SV Darmstadt 98 vs Bayer Leverkusen, 2023-24 German Bundesliga
· German BundesligaLeverkusen stay top as Tella brace secures win at Darmstadt
Bayer Leverkusen's Nathan Tella scored in each half to steer the Bundesliga leaders to a 2-0 victory at Darmstadt 98 on Saturday.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Attempt missed. Gerrit Holtmann (Darmstadt) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Oscar Vilhelmsson following a fast break.
- 4': Adam Hlozek (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 4': Foul by Matej Maglica (Darmstadt).
- 6': Fabian Holland (Darmstadt) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 6': Foul by Robert Andrich (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 6': Robert Andrich (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 7': Foul by Oscar Vilhelmsson (Darmstadt).
- 7': Josip Stanisic (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 10': Foul by Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 10': Matthias Bader (Darmstadt) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 10': Adam Hlozek (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 10': Foul by Fabian Holland (Darmstadt).
- 10': Foul by Gerrit Holtmann (Darmstadt).
- 10': Nathan Tella (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 11': Foul by Jonathan Tah (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 11': Oscar Vilhelmsson (Darmstadt) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 14': Offside, Darmstadt. Emir Karic is caught offside.
- 16': Attempt missed. Adam Hlozek (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Álex Grimaldo.
- 18': Attempt blocked. Nathan Tella (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Borja Iglesias.
- 19': Corner, Darmstadt. Conceded by Granit Xhaka.
- 20': Attempt saved. Christoph Zimmermann (Darmstadt) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Fabian Holland with a cross.
- 20': Hand ball by Nathan Tella (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 24': Attempt saved. Luca Pfeiffer (Darmstadt) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Emir Karic.
- 25': Attempt blocked. Robert Andrich (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nathan Tella.
- 25': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Matej Maglica.
- 28': Attempt missed. Luca Pfeiffer (Darmstadt) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Tim Skarke.
- 28': Attempt saved. Oscar Vilhelmsson (Darmstadt) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Luca Pfeiffer.
- 28': Foul by Fabian Holland (Darmstadt).
- 28': Granit Xhaka (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 30': Foul by Luca Pfeiffer (Darmstadt).
- 30': Granit Xhaka (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 32': Attempt saved. Piero Hincapié (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Granit Xhaka.
- 33': Goal! Darmstadt 0, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1. Nathan Tella (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Álex Grimaldo with a cross.
- 36': Corner, Darmstadt. Conceded by Josip Stanisic.
- 38': Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 38': Foul by Gerrit Holtmann (Darmstadt).
- 38': Corner, Darmstadt. Conceded by Josip Stanisic.
- 39': Attempt saved. Emir Karic (Darmstadt) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Tim Skarke with a cross.
- 39': Foul by Piero Hincapié (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 39': Luca Pfeiffer (Darmstadt) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 39': Delay in match because of an injury Matthias Bader (Darmstadt).
- 40': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 41': Attempt saved. Borja Iglesias (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Granit Xhaka.
- 42': Attempt saved. Robert Andrich (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
- 42': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Matthias Bader.
- 43': Attempt blocked. Josip Stanisic (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Álex Grimaldo with a cross.
- 43': Attempt missed. Adam Hlozek (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high following a corner.
- 45': Attempt saved. Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 45'+1': Attempt saved. Luca Pfeiffer (Darmstadt) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Emir Karic.
- 45'+3': First Half ends, Darmstadt 0, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1.
- 45': Second Half begins Darmstadt 0, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1.
- 47': Foul by Gerrit Holtmann (Darmstadt).
- 47': Nathan Tella (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 49': Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 49': Foul by Christoph Zimmermann (Darmstadt).
- 49': Christoph Zimmermann (Darmstadt) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 50': Attempt blocked. Jonathan Tah (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Álex Grimaldo with a cross.
- 51': Offside, Darmstadt. Tim Skarke is caught offside.
- 52': Goal! Darmstadt 0, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2. Nathan Tella (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Florian Wirtz.
- 54': Offside, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Álex Grimaldo is caught offside.
- 59': Attempt blocked. Nathan Tella (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Florian Wirtz.
- 61': Emir Karic (Darmstadt) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 61': Foul by Nathan Tella (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 63': Attempt blocked. Borja Iglesias (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Adam Hlozek.
- 65': Attempt blocked. Josip Stanisic (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Granit Xhaka.
- 65': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Oscar Vilhelmsson.
- 65': Substitution, Darmstadt. Sebastian Polter replaces Gerrit Holtmann because of an injury.
- 66': Attempt missed. Nathan Tella (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
- 67': Substitution, Darmstadt. Fabio Torsiello replaces Oscar Vilhelmsson.
- 67': Substitution, Darmstadt. Marvin Mehlem replaces Fabian Holland.
- 68': Adam Hlozek (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 68': Foul by Bartol Franjic (Darmstadt).
- 68': Bartol Franjic (Darmstadt) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 71': Borja Iglesias (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 71': Foul by Matej Maglica (Darmstadt).
- 73': Attempt blocked. Adam Hlozek (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Álex Grimaldo.
- 74': Foul by Adam Hlozek (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 74': Marvin Mehlem (Darmstadt) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 74': Adam Hlozek (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 75': Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Adam Hlozek.
- 76': Attempt saved. Emir Karic (Darmstadt) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 76': Attempt blocked. Adam Hlozek (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nathan Tella.
- 77': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Jonas Hofmann replaces Florian Wirtz.
- 78': Foul by Marvin Mehlem (Darmstadt).
- 78': Granit Xhaka (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 79': Delay in match because of an injury Matej Maglica (Darmstadt).
- 81': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 81': Substitution, Darmstadt. Christoph Klarer replaces Matej Maglica because of an injury.
- 81': Substitution, Darmstadt. Andreas Müller replaces Bartol Franjic.
- 83': Foul by Fabio Torsiello (Darmstadt).
- 83': Álex Grimaldo (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 88': Christoph Klarer (Darmstadt) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 88': Foul by Piero Hincapié (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 89': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Edmond Tapsoba replaces Granit Xhaka.
- 89': Corner, Darmstadt. Conceded by Borja Iglesias.
- 90'+1': Offside, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Adam Hlozek is caught offside.
- 90'+2': Edmond Tapsoba (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 90'+2': Foul by Christoph Klarer (Darmstadt).
- 90'+3': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Noah Mbamba replaces Adam Hlozek.
- 90'+3': Attempt saved. Borja Iglesias (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Josip Stanisic with a through ball.
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, Darmstadt 0, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2.
- 0': Match ends, Darmstadt 0, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2.
Statistics
 B04 |
SVD |
|
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Fouls | 14 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 2 | Offsides | 2 |
| 3 | Corner Kicks | 4 |
| 6 | Saves | 5 |
| 67.1 | Possession | 32.9 |
| 20 | SHOTS | 8 |
| 7 | ON GOAL | 6 |
| 0.4 | On Target % | 0.8 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 685 | Accurate Passes | 281 |
| 771 | Passes | 371 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 3 | Accurate Crosses | 2 |
| 8 | Crosses | 12 |
| 0.4 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 45 | Long Balls | 61 |
| 16 | Accurate Long Balls | 27 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
| 9 | Blocked Shots | 0 |
| 11 | Effective Tackles | 10 |
| 20 | Tackles | 25 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.4 |
| 2 | Interceptions | 12 |
| 9 | Effective Clearances | 12 |
| 9 | Clearances | 12 |
Game Information
Competition: German Bundesliga
Venue: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor
Location: Darmstadt, Germany
Attendance: 17,810
Venue: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor
Location: Darmstadt, Germany
Attendance: 17,810
Bundesliga Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bayern Munich | 34 | +67 | 82 |
| 2 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | +29 | 69 |
| 3 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | +22 | 60 |
| 4 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | +20 | 57 |
Line-Ups
SV Darmstadt 98 (4-4-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Marcel Schuhen (GK) |
| 5 | Matej Maglica |
| 4 | Christoph Zimmerman  |
| 19 | Emir Karic |
| 26 | Matthias Bader |
| 32 | Fabian Holland |
| 28 | Bartol Franjic |
| 25 | Gerrit Holtmann |
| 27 | Tim Skarke |
| 29 | Oscar Wilhelmsson |
| 24 | Luca Pfeiffer |
Bayer Leverkusen (3-4-2-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Lukas Hradecky (GK) |
| 4 | Jonathan Tah |
| 3 | Piero Hincapié |
| 2 | Josip Stanisic |
| 34 | Granit Xhaka |
| 8 | Robert Andrich |
| 20 | Alejandro Grimaldo |
| 19 | Nathan Tella |
| 9 | Borja Iglesias |
| 10 | Florian Wirtz |
| 23 | Adam Hlozek |
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