German Bundesliga

FT Friday, March 28, 2025
VfL Bochum WDLWL 1
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Bayer Leverkusen WLLLW 3
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BOC101
B04123
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Match Report

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Leverkusen beat Bochum to close gap on leaders Bayern

Bayer Leverkusen battled past strugglers VfL Bochum 3-1 thanks to two second half goals on Friday to cut the gap with leaders Bayern Munich to three points.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
6
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
2
Corner Kicks
3
2
Saves
2
34.3
Possession
65.7
8
SHOTS
14
3
ON GOAL
5
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
270
Accurate Passes
611
356
Passes
690
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
2
11
Crosses
19
0.3
Cross %
0.1
59
Long Balls
42
24
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
6
12
Effective Tackles
5
22
Tackles
8
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
13
Interceptions
9
35
Effective Clearances
29
35
Clearances
29

Head to Head

B04 leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

B04 · 3-5-2

  1. 1Lukas HradeckyG
  2. 4Jonathan TahCD
  3. 3Piero HincapiéCD-L
  4. 23Nordi MukieleCD-R
  5. 24Aleix GarcíaCM-L
  6. 25Exequiel PalaciosCM-R
  7. 34Granit XhakaAM
  8. 20Alejandro GrimaldoLM
  9. 30Jeremie FrimpongRM
  10. 14Patrik SchickCF-L
  11. 22Victor BonifaceCF-R

BOC · 5-3-2

  1. 1Timo HornG
  2. 20Ivan OrdetsCD
  3. 32Maximilian WittekCD-L
  4. 14Tim OermannCD-R
  5. 21Gerrit HoltmannLB
  6. 15Felix PasslackRB
  7. 6Ibrahima SissokoCM
  8. 17Tom KraussCM-L
  9. 19Matús BeroCM-R
  10. 11Georgios MasourasCF-L
  11. 33Philipp HofmannCF-R

Timeline

  1. 20' Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1, VfL Bochum 1848 0. Aleix García (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Exequiel Palacios.
  2. 26' Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1, VfL Bochum 1848 1. Felix Passlack (VfL Bochum 1848) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner.
  3. 60' Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2, VfL Bochum 1848 1. Victor Boniface (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Piero Hincapié following a set piece situation.
  4. 71' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Amine Adli replaces Patrik Schick.
  5. 75' Substitution, VfL Bochum 1848. Moritz Broschinski replaces Gerrit Holtmann.
  6. 75' Substitution, VfL Bochum 1848. Myron Boadu replaces Philipp Hofmann.
  7. 85' Substitution, VfL Bochum 1848. Dani de Wit replaces Ibrahima Sissoko.
  8. 87' Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3, VfL Bochum 1848 1. Amine Adli (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Exequiel Palacios with a through ball following a fast break.
  9. 87' Myron Boadu (VfL Bochum 1848) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 89' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Emiliano Buendía replaces Victor Boniface.
  11. 89' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Arthur replaces Jeremie Frimpong.
  12. 90'+3' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Robert Andrich replaces Exequiel Palacios.

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