German Bundesliga

FT Wednesday, December 20, 2023
VfL Bochum DDWLW 0
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Bayer Leverkusen DWDWW 4
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Leverkusen extend unbeaten start to make Bundesliga history

Patrik Schick celebrated his first Bundesliga start of the season Wednesday with a hat trick as Bayer Leverkusen consolidated top spot in the Bundesliga and set a record for games unbeaten with a 4-0 rout of VfL Bochum.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
7
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
5
3
Corner Kicks
4
4
Saves
1
30.8
Possession
69.2
6
SHOTS
16
1
ON GOAL
8
0.2
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
232
Accurate Passes
657
335
Passes
747
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
6
5
Crosses
13
0.4
Cross %
0.5
80
Long Balls
47
26
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.3
Long Balls %
0.6
4
Blocked Shots
3
20
Effective Tackles
7
29
Tackles
11
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
17
Interceptions
4
8
Effective Clearances
11
8
Clearances
11

Head to Head

B04 leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

B04 · 3-4-1-2

  1. 1Lukas HradeckyG
  2. 4Jonathan TahCD
  3. 3Piero HincapiéCD-L
  4. 2Josip StanisicCD-R
  5. 8Robert AndrichCM-L
  6. 34Granit XhakaCM-R
  7. 10Florian WirtzAM
  8. 20Alejandro GrimaldoLM
  9. 30Jeremie FrimpongRM
  10. 14Patrik SchickCF-L
  11. 7Jonas HofmannCF-R

BOC · 4-3-3

  1. 1Manuel RiemannG
  2. 31Keven SchlotterbeckCD-L
  3. 4Erhan MasovicCD-R
  4. 5BernardoLB
  5. 2Cristian GamboaRB
  6. 6Patrick OsterhageCM
  7. 19Matús BeroLM
  8. 8Anthony LosillaRM
  9. 9Gonçalo PaciênciaF
  10. 22Christopher Antwi-AdjeiLF
  11. 11Takuma AsanoRF

Timeline

  1. 30' Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1, VfL Bochum 1848 0. Patrik Schick (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  2. 32' Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2, VfL Bochum 1848 0. Patrik Schick (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jeremie Frimpong with a cross following a fast break.
  3. 39' Erhan Masovic (VfL Bochum 1848) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45'+1' Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3, VfL Bochum 1848 0. Patrik Schick (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Álex Grimaldo with a cross following a corner.
  5. 45' Substitution, VfL Bochum 1848. Danilo Soares replaces Takuma Asano.
  6. 50' Keven Schlotterbeck (VfL Bochum 1848) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 63' Substitution, VfL Bochum 1848. Philipp Förster replaces Gonçalo Paciência.
  8. 63' Substitution, VfL Bochum 1848. Moritz Broschinski replaces Christopher Antwi-Adjei.
  9. 67' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Victor Boniface replaces Patrik Schick.
  10. 67' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Edmond Tapsoba replaces Jonathan Tah.
  11. 69' Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4, VfL Bochum 1848 0. Victor Boniface (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Florian Wirtz with a through ball.
  12. 69' Substitution, VfL Bochum 1848. Noah Loosli replaces Erhan Masovic.
  13. 73' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Adam Hlozek replaces Jonas Hofmann.
  14. 73' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Gustavo Puerta replaces Piero Hincapié.
  15. 87' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Nadiem Amiri replaces Florian Wirtz.
  16. 87' Substitution, VfL Bochum 1848. Tim Oermann replaces Anthony Losilla.

Bundesliga News

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