German Bundesliga

FT Friday, September 12, 2025
Eintracht Frankfurt WWWWW 1
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Bayer Leverkusen WLWLD 3
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B04213
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Match Report

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Nine-man Leverkusen win 1st game since Ten Hag sacking

Bayer Leverkusen boss Kasper Hjulmand won his first Bundesliga game in charge as his side beat Eintracht Frankfurt 3-1 after finishing the game with nine men.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
10
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
2
0
Offsides
3
8
Corner Kicks
4
4
Saves
1
61.1
Possession
38.9
13
SHOTS
18
2
ON GOAL
8
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
412
Accurate Passes
243
477
Passes
313
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
9
Accurate Crosses
3
29
Crosses
7
0.3
Cross %
0.4
34
Long Balls
47
15
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
1
9
Effective Tackles
12
13
Tackles
25
0.7
Tackle %
0.5
3
Interceptions
4
18
Effective Clearances
28
18
Clearances
28

Head to Head

B04 leads series 5-0

Lineups

B04 · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Mark FlekkenG
  2. 5Loïc BadéCD
  3. 12Edmond TapsobaCD-L
  4. 4Jarell QuansahCD-R
  5. 25Exequiel PalaciosCM-L
  6. 8Robert AndrichCM-R
  7. 20Alejandro GrimaldoLM
  8. 21Lucas VázquezRM
  9. 14Patrik SchickF
  10. 10Malik TillmanCF-L
  11. 23Nathan TellaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 28Janis BlaswichSUB
  2. 30Ibrahim MazaSUB
  3. 24Aleix GarcíaSUB
  4. 17Eliesse Ben SeghirSUB
  5. 6Ezequiel FernándezSUB
  6. 35Christian KofaneSUB
  7. 19Ernest PokuSUB
  8. 16Axel TapeSUB
  9. 9Claudio EcheverriSUB

SGE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 23Michael ZettererG
  2. 4Robin KochCD-L
  3. 34Nnamdi CollinsCD-R
  4. 3Arthur TheateLB
  5. 13Rasmus KristensenRB
  6. 42Can UzunAM
  7. 8Farès ChaïbiLM
  8. 6Oscar HøjlundRM
  9. 9Jonathan BurkardtF
  10. 19Jean-Mattéo BahoyaAM-L
  11. 20Ritsu DoanAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 41Fousseny DoumbiaSUB
  2. 15Ellyes SkhiriSUB
  3. 24ButaSUB
  4. 21Nathaniel BrownSUB
  5. 40Kauã SantosSUB
  6. 7Ansgar KnauffSUB
  7. 18Mahmoud DahoudSUB
  8. 30Michy BatshuayiSUB
  9. 17Elye WahiSUB

Timeline

  1. 10' Substitution, Eintracht Frankfurt. Nathaniel Brown replaces Rasmus Kristensen because of an injury.
  2. 10' Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1, Eintracht Frankfurt 0. Alejandro Grimaldo (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the top right corner.
  3. 15' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Aleix García replaces Exequiel Palacios because of an injury.
  4. 19' Robert Andrich (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45'+4' Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2, Eintracht Frankfurt 0. Patrik Schick (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  6. 52' Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2, Eintracht Frankfurt 1. Can Uzun (Eintracht Frankfurt) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner following a corner.
  7. 59' Second yellow card to Robert Andrich (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) for a bad foul.
  8. 62' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Ezequiél Fernández replaces Malik Tillman.
  9. 71' Substitution, Eintracht Frankfurt. Michy Batshuayi replaces Oscar Højlund.
  10. 78' Ezequiél Fernández (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 79' Can Uzun (Eintracht Frankfurt) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 82' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Axel Tape replaces Patrik Schick.
  13. 83' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Christian Kofane replaces Nathan Tella.
  14. 83' Substitution, Eintracht Frankfurt. Elye Wahi replaces Jonathan Burkardt.
  15. 83' Substitution, Eintracht Frankfurt. Mahmoud Dahoud replaces Can Uzun.
  16. 83' Substitution, Eintracht Frankfurt. Ansgar Knauff replaces Jean-Mattéo Bahoya.
  17. 90'+2' Second yellow card to Ezequiél Fernández (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) for a bad foul.
  18. 90'+4' Lucas Vázquez (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card.
  19. 90'+4' Elye Wahi (Eintracht Frankfurt) is shown the yellow card.
  20. 90'+7' Arthur Theate (Eintracht Frankfurt) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  21. 90'+8' Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3, Eintracht Frankfurt 1. Alejandro Grimaldo (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the top right corner.

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