German Cup

FT Saturday, May 25, 2024
Bayer Leverkusen WDWWL 1
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Kaiserslautern WWWLW 0
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Olympiastadion Berlin · 74,322 att. · ESPNU

Match Report

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Bayer Leverkusen complete double with DFB Pokal final win

Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen battled past second-division Kaiserslautern 1-0 on Saturday to win the DFB-Pokal (German Cup) and secure the club's first domestic double.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
13
1
Yellow Cards
2
1
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
5
Corner Kicks
1
2
Saves
3
60.8
Possession
39.2
14
SHOTS
7
4
ON GOAL
2
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
542
Accurate Passes
328
607
Passes
386
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
0
10
Crosses
10
0.3
Cross %
0.0
39
Long Balls
40
19
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
1
7
Effective Tackles
13
10
Tackles
20
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
7
Interceptions
7
5
Effective Clearances
18
5
Clearances
18

Head to Head

B04 leads series 4-1

Lineups

FCK · 4-1-4-1

  1. 18Julian KrahlG
  2. 2Boris TomiakCD-L
  3. 33Jan ElvediCD-R
  4. 26Filip KalocDM
  5. 15Tymoteusz PuchaczLB
  6. 31Ben ZolinskiRB
  7. 20Tobias RaschlCM-L
  8. 7Marlon RitterCM-R
  9. 11Kenny Prince RedondoLM
  10. 8Jean ZimmerRM
  11. 19Daniel HanslikF

B04 · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Lukas HradeckyG
  2. 4Jonathan TahCD
  3. 12Edmond TapsobaCD-L
  4. 6Odilon KossounouCD-R
  5. 34Granit XhakaCM-L
  6. 8Robert AndrichCM-R
  7. 20Alejandro GrimaldoLM
  8. 30Jeremie FrimpongRM
  9. 14Patrik SchickF
  10. 10Florian WirtzCF-L
  11. 7Jonas HofmannCF-R

Timeline

  1. 3' Odilon Kossounou (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 17' Goal! 1. FC Kaiserslautern 0, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1. Granit Xhaka (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner.
  3. 44' Second yellow card to Odilon Kossounou (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Substitution, 1. FC Kaiserslautern. Ragnar Ache replaces Daniel Hanslik.
  5. 45' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Amine Adli replaces Jonas Hofmann.
  6. 45' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Josip Stanisic replaces Patrik Schick.
  7. 74' Substitution, 1. FC Kaiserslautern. Richmond Tachie replaces Ben Zolinski.
  8. 83' Substitution, 1. FC Kaiserslautern. Philipp Klement replaces Tobias Raschl.
  9. 83' Substitution, 1. FC Kaiserslautern. Aaron Opoku replaces Kenny Redondo.
  10. 85' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Piero Hincapié replaces Álex Grimaldo.
  11. 86' Jan Elvedi (1. FC Kaiserslautern) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 90'+3' Substitution, 1. FC Kaiserslautern. Almamy Touré replaces Jean Zimmer.
  13. 90'+3' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Adam Hlozek replaces Florian Wirtz.
  14. 90'+4' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Nathan Tella replaces Jeremie Frimpong.
  15. 90'+5' Philipp Klement (1. FC Kaiserslautern) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 90'+6' Lukás Hrádecky (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card.

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