German Bundesliga

FT Saturday, April 6, 2024
Bayer Leverkusen WWWWW 1
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1. FC Union Berlin DLLWD 0
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Match Report

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Leverkusen beat Union to equal record, close in on title

Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen battled past Union Berlin 1-0 on Saturday to equal a league record unbeaten run of 28 consecutive matches and all but secure their first league title with a 16-point advantage at the top and six matches remaining.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
10
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
1
1
Offsides
1
10
Corner Kicks
7
0
Saves
7
65.8
Possession
34.2
20
SHOTS
9
8
ON GOAL
0
0.4
On Target %
0.0
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
589
Accurate Passes
253
661
Passes
331
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
6
Accurate Crosses
5
23
Crosses
19
0.3
Cross %
0.3
39
Long Balls
55
27
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.7
Long Balls %
0.4
8
Blocked Shots
3
9
Effective Tackles
8
15
Tackles
16
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
5
Interceptions
12
24
Effective Clearances
18
24
Clearances
18

Head to Head

B04 leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

FCU · 3-5-2

  1. 1Frederik RonnowG
  2. 2Kevin VogtCD
  3. 4Diogo LeiteCD-L
  4. 5Danilho DoekhiCD-R
  5. 8Rani KhediraCM-L
  6. 29Lucas TousartCM-R
  7. 13András SchäferAM
  8. 6Robin GosensLM
  9. 28Christopher TrimmelRM
  10. 14Yorbe VertessenCF-L
  11. 7Brenden AaronsonCF-R

B04 · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Lukas HradeckyG
  2. 4Jonathan TahCD
  3. 3Piero HincapiéCD-L
  4. 6Odilon KossounouCD-R
  5. 34Granit XhakaCM-L
  6. 8Robert AndrichCM-R
  7. 20Alejandro GrimaldoLM
  8. 19Nathan TellaRM
  9. 9Borja IglesiasF
  10. 23Adam HlozekCF-L
  11. 10Florian WirtzCF-R

Timeline

  1. 9' Robin Gosens (1. FC Union Berlin) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 32' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Amine Adli replaces Adam Hlozek because of an injury.
  3. 37' Lucas Tousart (1. FC Union Berlin) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45'+3' Second yellow card to Robin Gosens (1. FC Union Berlin) for a bad foul.
  5. 45'+8' Goal! 1. FC Union Berlin 0, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1. Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  6. 45' Substitution, 1. FC Union Berlin. Mikkel Kaufmann replaces Yorbe Vertessen.
  7. 62' Substitution, 1. FC Union Berlin. Aïssa Laïdouni replaces Rani Khedira.
  8. 63' Substitution, 1. FC Union Berlin. Josip Juranovic replaces Christopher Trimmel.
  9. 63' Substitution, 1. FC Union Berlin. Alex Král replaces András Schäfer.
  10. 64' Amine Adli (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 67' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Victor Boniface replaces Borja Iglesias.
  12. 79' Substitution, 1. FC Union Berlin. Benedict Hollerbach replaces Brenden Aaronson.
  13. 79' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Jeremie Frimpong replaces Nathan Tella because of an injury.
  14. 82' Robert Andrich (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Bundesliga News

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