German Bundesliga

FT Sunday, March 10, 2024
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Bayer Leverkusen WWWWD 2
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Leverkusen stay firmly on course with 2-0 win over Wolfsburg

Bayer Leverkusen beat 10-man VfL Wolfsburg 2-0 on Sunday to restore their 10-point lead at the top of the table and stay firmly on course for a first Bundesliga title.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
6
1
Yellow Cards
1
1
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
2
Corner Kicks
9
6
Saves
1
23.9
Possession
76.1
2
SHOTS
19
1
ON GOAL
8
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
212
Accurate Passes
838
280
Passes
899
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
3
5
Crosses
15
0.2
Cross %
0.2
48
Long Balls
34
19
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
0
Blocked Shots
4
8
Effective Tackles
5
16
Tackles
9
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
4
Interceptions
3
23
Effective Clearances
7
23
Clearances
7

Head to Head

B04 leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

B04 · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Lukas HradeckyG
  2. 4Jonathan TahCD
  3. 3Piero HincapiéCD-L
  4. 12Edmond TapsobaCD-R
  5. 25Exequiel PalaciosCM-L
  6. 34Granit XhakaCM-R
  7. 20Alejandro GrimaldoLM
  8. 2Josip StanisicRM
  9. 14Patrik SchickF
  10. 10Florian WirtzCF-L
  11. 19Nathan TellaCF-R

WOB · 3-4-3

  1. 1Koen CasteelsG
  2. 25Moritz JenzCD
  3. 5Cédric ZesigerCD-L
  4. 4Maxence LacroixCD-R
  5. 27Maximilian ArnoldCM-L
  6. 31Yannick GerhardtCM-R
  7. 40Kevin ParedesLM
  8. 20Ridle BakuRM
  9. 23Jonas WindF
  10. 11Tiago TomásCF-L
  11. 19Lovro MajerCF-R

Timeline

  1. 7' Yannick Gerhardt (VfL Wolfsburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 12' Moritz Jenz (VfL Wolfsburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 28' Second yellow card to Moritz Jenz (VfL Wolfsburg) for a bad foul.
  4. 32' Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Sebastiaan Bornauw replaces Jonas Wind.
  5. 37' Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1, VfL Wolfsburg 0. Nathan Tella (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Álex Grimaldo.
  6. 59' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Amine Adli replaces Piero Hincapié.
  7. 63' Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Amin Sarr replaces Tiago Tomás.
  8. 63' Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Aster Vranckx replaces Lovro Majer.
  9. 76' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Borja Iglesias replaces Patrik Schick.
  10. 76' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Jonas Hofmann replaces Nathan Tella.
  11. 80' Amine Adli (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 86' Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2, VfL Wolfsburg 0. Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Exequiel Palacios with a through ball.
  13. 87' Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Patrick Wimmer replaces Cédric Zesiger.
  14. 88' Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Kevin Behrens replaces Yannick Gerhardt.
  15. 90' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Robert Andrich replaces Exequiel Palacios.
  16. 90' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Adam Hlozek replaces Florian Wirtz.

Bundesliga News

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