German Bundesliga

FT Saturday, April 12, 2025
1. FC Union Berlin LWDWW 0
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Bayer Leverkusen LWWLW 0
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Match Report

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Bayer Leverkusen play out goalless draw with Union Berlin

Bayer Leverkusen laboured to a 0-0 draw against visiting Union Berlin on Saturday as their Bundesliga title hopes faded with five matches remaining.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
2
3
Corner Kicks
7
4
Saves
3
25.5
Possession
74.5
7
SHOTS
17
3
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
168
Accurate Passes
645
248
Passes
703
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
9
8
Crosses
48
0.3
Cross %
0.2
61
Long Balls
44
23
Accurate Long Balls
29
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
3
Blocked Shots
4
9
Effective Tackles
5
17
Tackles
10
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
11
Interceptions
2
45
Effective Clearances
16
45
Clearances
16

Head to Head

B04 leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

B04 · 3-5-2

  1. 1Lukas HradeckyG
  2. 4Jonathan TahCD
  3. 3Piero HincapiéCD-L
  4. 12Edmond TapsobaCD-R
  5. 24Aleix GarcíaCM-L
  6. 25Exequiel PalaciosCM-R
  7. 34Granit XhakaAM
  8. 20Alejandro GrimaldoLM
  9. 30Jeremie FrimpongRM
  10. 14Patrik SchickCF-L
  11. 19Nathan TellaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 21Amine AdliSUB
  2. 22Victor BonifaceSUB
  3. 23Nordi MukieleSUB
  4. 13ArthurSUB
  5. 10Florian WirtzSUB
  6. 8Robert AndrichSUB
  7. 7Jonas HofmannSUB
  8. 16Emiliano BuendíaSUB
  9. 17Matej KovárSUB

FCU · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Frederik RonnowG
  2. 14Leopold QuerfeldCD
  3. 4Diogo LeiteCD-L
  4. 5Danilho DoekhiCD-R
  5. 19Janik HabererCM-L
  6. 8Rani KhediraCM-R
  7. 18Josip JuranovicLM
  8. 28Christopher TrimmelRM
  9. 23Andrej IlićF
  10. 13András SchäferCF-L
  11. 21Tim SkarkeCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 16Benedict HollerbachSUB
  2. 29Lucas TousartSUB
  3. 20László BénesSUB
  4. 45David PreuSUB
  5. 37Alexander SchwolowSUB
  6. 15Tom RotheSUB
  7. 2Kevin VogtSUB
  8. 26Jérôme RoussillonSUB
  9. 27Marin LjubicicSUB

Timeline

  1. 45' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Amine Adli replaces Nathan Tella because of an injury.
  2. 57' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Florian Wirtz replaces Aleix García.
  3. 60' Substitution, 1. FC Union Berlin. Benedict Hollerbach replaces Tim Skarke.
  4. 61' Substitution, 1. FC Union Berlin. Lucas Tousart replaces Andrej Ilic.
  5. 74' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Arthur replaces Edmond Tapsoba.
  6. 74' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Victor Boniface replaces Álex Grimaldo.
  7. 78' Substitution, 1. FC Union Berlin. David Preu replaces Janik Haberer.
  8. 78' Substitution, 1. FC Union Berlin. Jérôme Roussillon replaces Christopher Trimmel.
  9. 82' Substitution, 1. FC Union Berlin. Tom Rothe replaces Josip Juranovic because of an injury.
  10. 84' David Preu (1. FC Union Berlin) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 86' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Jonas Hofmann replaces Exequiel Palacios.
  12. 90'+3' Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 90'+3' Jonas Hofmann (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card.

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