German Bundesliga

FT Saturday, March 1, 2025
Bayer Leverkusen WWDDW 4
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Eintracht Frankfurt LDDWL 1
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B04314
SGE101
Deutsche Bank Park · 58,000 att. · ESPN+

Match Report

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Leverkusen's first-half blitz leaves Frankfurt reeling in 4-1 win

Bayer Leverkusen delivered a ruthless first-half performance, striking three times in just seven minutes, to leave hosts Eintracht Frankfurt reeling with a 4-1 victory in the Bundesliga on Saturday.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
9
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
2
6
Corner Kicks
2
2
Saves
5
60
Possession
40
20
SHOTS
7
9
ON GOAL
3
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
518
Accurate Passes
323
607
Passes
408
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
0
15
Crosses
6
0.3
Cross %
0.0
60
Long Balls
51
30
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
6
Blocked Shots
1
12
Effective Tackles
11
14
Tackles
20
0.9
Tackle %
0.6
12
Interceptions
18
12
Effective Clearances
27
12
Clearances
27

Highlights

02:00 Archie says Xabi Alonso's Leverkusen side make him 'develop feelings' Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

B04 leads series 4-1

Lineups

SGE · 3-1-4-2

  1. 1Kevin TrappG
  2. 4Robin KochCD
  3. 3Arthur TheateCD-L
  4. 13Rasmus KristensenCD-R
  5. 16Hugo LarssonSW
  6. 27Mario GötzeCM-L
  7. 15Ellyes SkhiriCM-R
  8. 21Nathaniel BrownLM
  9. 36Ansgar KnauffRM
  10. 17Elye WahiCF-L
  11. 11Hugo EkitikeCF-R

B04 · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Lukas HradeckyG
  2. 4Jonathan TahCD
  3. 5Mario HermosoCD-L
  4. 23Nordi MukieleCD-R
  5. 34Granit XhakaCM-L
  6. 24Aleix GarcíaCM-R
  7. 20Alejandro GrimaldoLM
  8. 30Jeremie FrimpongRM
  9. 14Patrik SchickF
  10. 19Nathan TellaCF-L
  11. 10Florian WirtzCF-R

Timeline

  1. 26' Goal! Eintracht Frankfurt 0, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1. Nathan Tella (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Granit Xhaka.
  2. 29' Goal! Eintracht Frankfurt 0, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2. Nordi Mukiele (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner following a corner.
  3. 33' Goal! Eintracht Frankfurt 0, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3. Patrik Schick (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Álex Grimaldo.
  4. 37' Goal! Eintracht Frankfurt 1, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3. Hugo Ekitiké (Eintracht Frankfurt) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  5. 45' Substitution, Eintracht Frankfurt. Nnamdi Collins replaces Ansgar Knauff.
  6. 45' Substitution, Eintracht Frankfurt. Oscar Højlund replaces Hugo Larsson.
  7. 58' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Amine Adli replaces Patrik Schick.
  8. 62' Goal! Eintracht Frankfurt 1, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4. Aleix García (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
  9. 68' Granit Xhaka (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 71' Substitution, Eintracht Frankfurt. Michy Batshuayi replaces Robin Koch because of an injury.
  11. 72' Substitution, Eintracht Frankfurt. Jean-Mattéo Bahoya replaces Elye Wahi.
  12. 77' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Victor Boniface replaces Nathan Tella.
  13. 77' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Exequiel Palacios replaces Granit Xhaka.
  14. 78' Substitution, Eintracht Frankfurt. Niels Nkounkou replaces Nathaniel Brown.
  15. 80' Ellyes Skhiri (Eintracht Frankfurt) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 83' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Emiliano Buendía replaces Florian Wirtz.
  17. 83' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Jonas Hofmann replaces Jeremie Frimpong.

Bundesliga News

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