German Bundesliga

FT Sunday, April 20, 2025
Bayer Leverkusen WWLWD 1
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St. Pauli DWLDW 1
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Leverkusen's title hopes all but over after draw at St. Pauli

Reigning champions Bayer Leverkusen slipped up with a 1-1 draw at St Pauli on Sunday to drop eight points behind leaders Bayern Munich as their slim hopes of defending the Bundesliga title were all but ended.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
12
4
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
4
4
Saves
3
57.6
Possession
42.4
6
SHOTS
10
4
ON GOAL
5
0.7
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
502
Accurate Passes
348
585
Passes
427
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
4
17
Crosses
17
0.3
Cross %
0.2
39
Long Balls
56
16
Accurate Long Balls
17
0.4
Long Balls %
0.3
0
Blocked Shots
2
4
Effective Tackles
5
7
Tackles
14
0.6
Tackle %
0.4
2
Interceptions
6
32
Effective Clearances
23
32
Clearances
23

Head to Head

B04 leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

STP · 3-4-3

  1. 22Nikola VasiljG
  2. 5Hauke WahlCD
  3. 44Siebe van der HeydenCD-L
  4. 4Dávid NémethCD-R
  5. 8Eric SmithCM-L
  6. 16Carlo BoukhalfaCM-R
  7. 23Philipp TreuLM
  8. 2Manolis SaliakasRM
  9. 10Danel SinaniF
  10. 29Morgan GuilavoguiCF-L
  11. 24Connor MetcalfeCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 20Erik AhlstrandSUB
  2. 26Elias SaadSUB
  3. 21Lars RitzkaSUB
  4. 1Ben VollSUB
  5. 17Oladapo AfolayanSUB
  6. 11Johannes EggesteinSUB
  7. 25Adam DzwigalaSUB
  8. 39Robert WagnerSUB
  9. 13Noah WeißhauptSUB

B04 · 3-4-2-1

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

Substitutes

  1. 16Emiliano BuendíaSUB
  2. 22Victor BonifaceSUB
  3. 24Aleix GarcíaSUB
  4. 8Robert AndrichSUB
  5. 21Amine AdliSUB
  6. 17Matej KovárSUB
  7. 7Jonas HofmannSUB
  8. 23Nordi MukieleSUB
  9. 13ArthurSUB

Timeline

  1. 32' Goal! FC St. Pauli Hamburg 0, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1. Patrik Schick (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Álex Grimaldo with a cross following a set piece situation.
  2. 59' Substitution, FC St. Pauli Hamburg. Noah Weißhaupt replaces Connor Metcalfe.
  3. 63' Piero Hincapié (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 64' Lukás Hrádecky (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 64' Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 66' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Amine Adli replaces Patrik Schick.
  7. 77' Nathan Tella (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 78' Goal! FC St. Pauli Hamburg 1, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1. Carlo Boukhalfa (FC St. Pauli Hamburg) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner following a set piece situation.
  9. 85' Substitution, FC St. Pauli Hamburg. Robert Wagner replaces Carlo Boukhalfa.
  10. 89' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Victor Boniface replaces Nathan Tella.
  11. 89' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Emiliano Buendía replaces Edmond Tapsoba.
  12. 90'+1' Substitution, FC St. Pauli Hamburg. Oladapo Afolayan replaces Morgan Guilavogui.
  13. 90'+1' Substitution, FC St. Pauli Hamburg. Elias Saad replaces Danel Sinani.
  14. 90'+1' Eric Smith (FC St. Pauli Hamburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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