Bayer Leverkusen vs 1. FC Union Berlin, 2023-24 German Bundesliga

· German Bundesliga

Bayer Leverkusen

23': Alejandro Grimaldo
57': Odilon Kossounou
73': Jonathan Tah
83': Nathan Tella

FT
4 - 0

1. FC Union Berlin

Leverkusen stretch winning run by beating Union 4-0 to reclaim top spot

Unbeaten Bayer Leverkusen thundered Union Berlin 4-0 on Sunday and move back to the top of the Bundesliga

Match Commentary

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
2': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Frederik Rønnow.
9': Attempt missed. Victor Boniface (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Florian Wirtz.
11': Attempt missed. Victor Boniface (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Florian Wirtz.
15': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Aïssa Laïdouni.
16': Attempt blocked. Jonathan Tah (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jonas Hofmann with a cross.
16': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Paul Jaeckel.
17': VAR Decision: No Penalty Bayer 04 Leverkusen.
19': Offside, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Jonathan Tah tries a through ball, but Jonas Hofmann is caught offside.
20': Foul by Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
20': Jérôme Roussillon (1. FC Union Berlin) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
22': Foul by Sheraldo Becker (1. FC Union Berlin).
22': Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
23': Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1, 1. FC Union Berlin 0. Álex Grimaldo (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Florian Wirtz.
24': Substitution, 1. FC Union Berlin. Robin Knoche replaces Leonardo Bonucci because of an injury.
26': Attempt saved. Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Odilon Kossounou.
26': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Frederik Rønnow.
27': David Datro Fofana (1. FC Union Berlin) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
27': Foul by Exequiel Palacios (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
30': Attempt saved. Victor Boniface (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Jeremie Frimpong with a cross.
30': Diogo Leite (1. FC Union Berlin) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
30': Foul by Jonas Hofmann (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
35': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Frederik Rønnow.
37': Foul by Diogo Leite (1. FC Union Berlin).
37': Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
43': Attempt saved. Janik Haberer (1. FC Union Berlin) header from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Sheraldo Becker with a cross.
43': Offside, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Florian Wirtz tries a through ball, but Jeremie Frimpong is caught offside.
45': Attempt saved. Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
45': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Frederik Rønnow.
45'+1': Foul by Jonas Hofmann (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
45'+1': Sheraldo Becker (1. FC Union Berlin) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+2': First Half ends, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1, 1. FC Union Berlin 0.
45': Second Half begins Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1, 1. FC Union Berlin 0.
45': Substitution, 1. FC Union Berlin. Christopher Trimmel replaces Josip Juranovic.
50': Attempt blocked. Granit Xhaka (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Florian Wirtz.
50': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Diogo Leite.
53': Attempt saved. Aïssa Laïdouni (1. FC Union Berlin) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jérôme Roussillon.
54': Corner, 1. FC Union Berlin. Conceded by Odilon Kossounou.
56': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Aïssa Laïdouni.
57': Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2, 1. FC Union Berlin 0. Odilon Kossounou (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jonas Hofmann with a cross following a corner.
58': Attempt saved. Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Victor Boniface.
58': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Jérôme Roussillon.
62': Attempt blocked. Victor Boniface (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Álex Grimaldo with a cross.
63': Foul by Robin Knoche (1. FC Union Berlin).
63': Victor Boniface (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
64': Substitution, 1. FC Union Berlin. Brenden Aaronson replaces Sheraldo Becker.
64': Attempt missed. Álex Grimaldo (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
66': Attempt saved. Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jonas Hofmann.
71': Attempt blocked. Jonas Hofmann (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jeremie Frimpong.
71': Attempt missed. Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) header from the centre of the box misses to the left.
72': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Aïssa Laïdouni.
73': Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3, 1. FC Union Berlin 0. Jonathan Tah (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the top right corner. Assisted by Álex Grimaldo with a cross following a corner.
74': Frederik Rønnow (1. FC Union Berlin) is shown the yellow card.
75': Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick on the right wing.
75': Foul by Jérôme Roussillon (1. FC Union Berlin).
78': Offside, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Granit Xhaka tries a through ball, but Jeremie Frimpong is caught offside.
78': Substitution, 1. FC Union Berlin. Kevin Behrens replaces David Datro Fofana.
78': Substitution, 1. FC Union Berlin. Robin Gosens replaces Jérôme Roussillon.
81': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Amine Adli replaces Jonas Hofmann.
81': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Nathan Tella replaces Jeremie Frimpong.
82': Alex Král (1. FC Union Berlin) wins a free kick on the right wing.
82': Foul by Victor Boniface (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
82': Hand ball by Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
83': Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4, 1. FC Union Berlin 0. Nathan Tella (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Amine Adli following a fast break.
85': Attempt saved. Amine Adli (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Florian Wirtz.
87': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Robert Andrich replaces Exequiel Palacios.
87': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Noah Mbamba replaces Florian Wirtz.
87': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Adam Hlozek replaces Victor Boniface.
88': Foul by Noah Mbamba (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
88': Paul Jaeckel (1. FC Union Berlin) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
88': Aïssa Laïdouni (1. FC Union Berlin) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
88': Foul by Robert Andrich (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
90': Foul by Kevin Behrens (1. FC Union Berlin).
90': Granit Xhaka (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick on the left wing.
90'+2': Second Half ends, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4, 1. FC Union Berlin 0.
0': Match ends, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4, 1. FC Union Berlin 0.

Statistics

FCU		B04
5	Fouls	8
1	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	3
1	Corner Kicks	10
7	Saves	2
31.2	Possession	68.8
2	SHOTS	18
2	ON GOAL	10
1.0	On Target %	0.6
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
290	Accurate Passes	750
368	Passes	819
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.9
2	Accurate Crosses	5
13	Crosses	16
0.2	Cross %	0.3
59	Long Balls	41
20	Accurate Long Balls	29
0.3	Long Balls %	0.7
0	Blocked Shots	4
8	Effective Tackles	4
16	Tackles	9
0.5	Tackle %	0.4
7	Interceptions	5
18	Effective Clearances	10
18	Clearances	10

Game Information

Competition: German Bundesliga

Venue: BayArena
Location: Leverkusen, Germany
Attendance: 29,387

Bundesliga Standings

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Bayern Munich	11	+29	29
2	Eintracht Frankfurt	11	+11	23
3	RB Leipzig	11	+9	21
4	Bayer Leverkusen	11	+8	20

Full Standings

Line-Ups

Bayer Leverkusen (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
1	Lukas Hradecky (GK)
4	Jonathan Tah
3	Piero Hincapié
6	Odilon Kossounou
25	Exequiel Palacios
34	Granit Xhaka
20	Alejandro Grimaldo
30	Jeremie Frimpong
22	Victor Boniface
10	Florian Wirtz
7	Jonas Hofmann

Bayer Leverkusen Substitutes:

Adam Hlozek, Robert Andrich, Nathan Tella, Nadiem Amiri, Josip Stanisic, Gustavo Puerta, Amine Adli, Matej Kovar, Noah Mbamba.

1. FC Union Berlin (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
1	Frederik Ronnow (GK)
23	Leonardo Bonucci
4	Diogo Leite
3	Paul Jaeckel
20	Aïssa Laïdouni
33	Alex Král
26	Jérôme Roussillon
18	Josip Juranovic
11	David Datro Fofana
27	Sheraldo Becker
19	Janik Haberer

1. FC Union Berlin Substitutes:

Aljoscha Kemlein, Lucas Tousart, Jakob Busk, Robin Knoche, Christopher Trimmel, Benedict Hollerbach, Kevin Behrens, Robin Gosens, Brenden Aaronson.

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