Bayer Leverkusen vs West Ham United, 2023-24 UEFA Europa League, Quarterfinals
· 1st LegBayer Leverkusen stay unbeaten with UEL first-leg win over West Ham
Late strikes by Bayer Leverkusen substitutes Jonas Hofmann and Victor Boniface earned the Bundesliga leaders a 2-0 home win over West Ham United in their Europa League quarterfinal first leg.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 2': Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 2': Foul by James Ward-Prowse (West Ham United).
- 3': Delay in match because of an injury Vladimír Coufal (West Ham United).
- 4': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 4': Foul by Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 4': Lucas Paquetá (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 7': Attempt missed. Josip Stanisic (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Florian Wirtz.
- 7': Attempt saved. Patrik Schick (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Josip Stanisic.
- 10': Attempt saved. Mohammed Kudus (West Ham United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Michail Antonio.
- 10': Attempt saved. Amine Adli (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Florian Wirtz.
- 12': Attempt missed. Amine Adli (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Álex Grimaldo.
- 12': Attempt missed. Amine Adli (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Florian Wirtz.
- 15': Attempt blocked. Exequiel Palacios (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Florian Wirtz.
- 15': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by James Ward-Prowse.
- 16': Attempt blocked. Edmond Tapsoba (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 18': Attempt missed. Patrik Schick (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jeremie Frimpong with a cross.
- 19': Foul by Exequiel Palacios (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 19': Michail Antonio (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 20': Attempt saved. Álex Grimaldo (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Exequiel Palacios.
- 20': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Lukasz Fabianski.
- 21': Attempt blocked. Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Josip Stanisic.
- 21': Amine Adli (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 21': Foul by Lucas Paquetá (West Ham United).
- 21': Lucas Paquetá (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 23': Attempt missed. Patrik Schick (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Florian Wirtz with a cross following a set piece situation.
- 23': Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 23': Foul by Lucas Paquetá (West Ham United).
- 25': Foul by Patrik Schick (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 25': Mohammed Kudus (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 27': Attempt blocked. Álex Grimaldo (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Exequiel Palacios.
- 30': Attempt saved. Patrik Schick (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Granit Xhaka.
- 30': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Lukasz Fabianski.
- 32': Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 32': Foul by Konstantinos Mavropanos (West Ham United).
- 33': Exequiel Palacios (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 33': Foul by James Ward-Prowse (West Ham United).
- 34': Attempt saved. Edmond Tapsoba (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Amine Adli.
- 38': Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Josip Stanisic.
- 39': Foul by Michail Antonio (West Ham United).
- 39': Matej Kovár (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 40': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Emerson.
- 40': Attempt missed. Amine Adli (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Álex Grimaldo with a cross following a corner.
- 42': Attempt missed. Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
- 42': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Aaron Cresswell.
- 42': Attempt missed. Edmond Tapsoba (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Exequiel Palacios following a corner.
- 42': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Konstantinos Mavropanos.
- 44': Attempt missed. Exequiel Palacios (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Josip Stanisic.
- 44': Offside, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Amine Adli is caught offside.
- 45'+1': First Half ends, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0, West Ham United 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0, West Ham United 0.
- 50': Foul by Michail Antonio (West Ham United).
- 50': Jonathan Tah (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 52': Delay in match because of an injury Josip Stanisic (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 53': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 54': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Vladimír Coufal.
- 55': Foul by Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 55': Konstantinos Mavropanos (West Ham United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 56': Amine Adli (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 56': Foul by Emerson (West Ham United).
- 56': Emerson (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 58': Offside, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Florian Wirtz is caught offside.
- 63': Foul by Edmond Tapsoba (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 63': Mohammed Kudus (West Ham United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 65': Attempt saved. Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Granit Xhaka.
- 66': Delay in match because of an injury Vladimír Coufal (West Ham United).
- 66': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Piero Hincapié replaces Josip Stanisic.
- 67': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Nathan Tella replaces Jeremie Frimpong.
- 67': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 68': Foul by Piero Hincapié (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 68': Mohammed Kudus (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 69': Foul by Edmond Tapsoba (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 69': Michail Antonio (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 70': Exequiel Palacios (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 70': Foul by Tomás Soucek (West Ham United).
- 70': Attempt blocked. Exequiel Palacios (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Amine Adli.
- 70': Attempt saved. Patrik Schick (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) header from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Álex Grimaldo with a cross.
- 71': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Lukasz Fabianski.
- 71': Attempt blocked. Granit Xhaka (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Exequiel Palacios.
- 72': Foul by Patrik Schick (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 72': Mohammed Kudus (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 73': Attempt missed. Granit Xhaka (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Nathan Tella.
- 74': Foul by Nathan Tella (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 74': Michail Antonio (West Ham United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 75': Delay in match (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 75': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 76': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Jonas Hofmann replaces Amine Adli.
- 76': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Victor Boniface replaces Patrik Schick.
- 77': Foul by Piero Hincapié (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 77': Mohammed Kudus (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 80': Foul by Michail Antonio (West Ham United).
- 80': Nathan Tella (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 81': Attempt saved. Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Exequiel Palacios.
- 82': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Kurt Zouma.
- 83': Attempt blocked. Victor Boniface (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jonathan Tah with a headed pass.
- 83': Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1, West Ham United 0. Jonas Hofmann (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a corner.
- 86': Delay in match because of an injury Konstantinos Mavropanos (West Ham United).
- 86': Substitution, West Ham United. Ben Johnson replaces Mohammed Kudus.
- 86': Substitution, West Ham United. Nayef Aguerd replaces Konstantinos Mavropanos.
- 87': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 88': Attempt missed. Victor Boniface (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Florian Wirtz with a cross.
- 88': Foul by Ben Johnson (West Ham United).
- 88': Granit Xhaka (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 89': Attempt blocked. Jonathan Tah (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked.
- 89': Attempt blocked. Granit Xhaka (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 89': Attempt blocked. Jonathan Tah (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
- 89': Attempt missed. Jonathan Tah (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is just a bit too high following a set piece situation.
- 90': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Vladimír Coufal.
- 90'+1': Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2, West Ham United 0. Victor Boniface (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jonas Hofmann with a cross following a corner.
- 90'+3': Attempt saved. Granit Xhaka (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jonas Hofmann.
- 90'+4': Second Half ends, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2, West Ham United 0.
- 0': Match ends, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2, West Ham United 0.
Statistics
 WHU |
B04 |
|
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Fouls | 10 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Offsides | 2 |
| 1 | Corner Kicks | 10 |
| 9 | Saves | 1 |
| 27.2 | Possession | 72.8 |
| 1 | SHOTS | 33 |
| 1 | ON GOAL | 13 |
| 1.0 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 204 | Accurate Passes | 674 |
| 279 | Passes | 743 |
| 0.7 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 0 | Accurate Crosses | 10 |
| 5 | Crosses | 26 |
| 0.0 | Cross % | 0.4 |
| 43 | Long Balls | 16 |
| 18 | Accurate Long Balls | 8 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 0 | Blocked Shots | 8 |
| 10 | Effective Tackles | 13 |
| 17 | Tackles | 19 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.7 |
| 9 | Interceptions | 7 |
| 29 | Effective Clearances | 6 |
| 29 | Clearances | 6 |
Game Information
Competition: UEFA Europa League
Venue: BayArena
Location: Leverkusen, Germany
Attendance: 30,210
Venue: BayArena
Location: Leverkusen, Germany
Attendance: 30,210
Line-Ups
Bayer Leverkusen (3-4-2-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 17 | Matej Kovar (GK) |
| 4 | Jonathan Tah |
| 12 | Edmond Tapsoba |
| 2 | Josip Stanisic |
| 34 | Granit Xhaka |
| 25 | Exequiel Palacios |
| 20 | Alejandro Grimaldo |
| 30 | Jeremie Frimpong |
| 14 | Patrik Schick |
| 21 | Amine Adli |
| 10 | Florian Wirtz |
West Ham United (3-4-2-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Lukasz Fabianski (GK) |
| 4 | Kurt Zouma |
| 3 | Aaron Cresswell |
| 15 | Konstantinos Mavropanos |
| 7 | James Ward-Prowse |
| 28 | Tomás Soucek |
| 33 | Emerson  |
| 5 | Vladimír Coufal |
| 9 | Michail Antonio |
| 10 | Lucas Paquetá |
| 14 | Mohammed Kudus |
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