SC Freiburg vs Bayer Leverkusen, 2023-24 German Bundesliga
· German Bundesliga
FT
2 - 3
2 - 3
Leverkusen beat Freiburg to edge closer to first league title
Bayer Leverkusen beat hosts Freiburg 3-2 on Sunday to stay 10 points clear at the top of the league standings and edge closer to a first ever Bundesliga title.
Match Commentary
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 2': Goal! SC Freiburg 0, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1. Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Álex Grimaldo.
- 3': Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 3': Foul by Kiliann Sildillia (SC Freiburg).
- 8': Attempt missed. Jonathan Tah (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Granit Xhaka.
- 10': Goal! SC Freiburg 1, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1. Ritsu Doan (SC Freiburg) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lucas Höler.
- 11': Exequiel Palacios (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 11': Foul by Roland Sallai (SC Freiburg).
- 12': Exequiel Palacios (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 12': Foul by Kiliann Sildillia (SC Freiburg).
- 16': Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 16': Foul by Kiliann Sildillia (SC Freiburg).
- 20': Attempt missed. Christian Günter (SC Freiburg) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Vincenzo Grifo with a headed pass.
- 23': Foul by Piero Hincapié (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 23': Ritsu Doan (SC Freiburg) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 24': Attempt missed. Merlin Röhl (SC Freiburg) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Lucas Höler.
- 25': Attempt missed. Roland Sallai (SC Freiburg) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Vincenzo Grifo with a through ball.
- 27': Foul by Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 27': Merlin Röhl (SC Freiburg) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 28': Attempt missed. Nicolas Höfler (SC Freiburg) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Vincenzo Grifo with a cross following a set piece situation.
- 28': Attempt blocked. Lucas Höler (SC Freiburg) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nicolas Höfler.
- 28': Foul by Lucas Höler (SC Freiburg).
- 28': Piero Hincapié (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 29': Foul by Merlin Röhl (SC Freiburg).
- 29': Piero Hincapié (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 30': Attempt missed. Piero Hincapié (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Granit Xhaka.
- 32': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Manuel Gulde.
- 33': Foul by Patrik Schick (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 33': Manuel Gulde (SC Freiburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 37': Attempt blocked. Christian Günter (SC Freiburg) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Merlin Röhl.
- 37': Attempt missed. Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right following a fast break.
- 40': Attempt saved. Patrik Schick (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 40': Goal! SC Freiburg 1, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2. Adam Hlozek (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
- 44': Offside, SC Freiburg. Vincenzo Grifo is caught offside.
- 45': Attempt saved. Exequiel Palacios (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 45': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Kiliann Sildillia.
- 45'+1': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Kiliann Sildillia.
- 45'+2': Attempt saved. Jonathan Tah (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) header from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Álex Grimaldo with a cross.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, SC Freiburg 1, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2.
- 45': Second Half begins SC Freiburg 1, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2.
- 49': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Kiliann Sildillia.
- 50': Attempt blocked. Adam Hlozek (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Álex Grimaldo.
- 51': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Matthias Ginter.
- 52': Attempt blocked. Adam Hlozek (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 53': Goal! SC Freiburg 1, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3. Patrik Schick (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jeremie Frimpong with a cross.
- 57': Attempt missed. Merlin Röhl (SC Freiburg) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Christian Günter with a cross.
- 58': Attempt missed. Álex Grimaldo (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
- 59': Foul by Piero Hincapié (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 59': Roland Sallai (SC Freiburg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 60': Adam Hlozek (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 60': Foul by Matthias Ginter (SC Freiburg).
- 61': Foul by Christian Günter (SC Freiburg).
- 61': Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 62': Substitution, SC Freiburg. Michael Gregoritsch replaces Roland Sallai.
- 62': Substitution, SC Freiburg. Florent Muslija replaces Vincenzo Grifo.
- 62': Substitution, SC Freiburg. Philipp Lienhart replaces Matthias Ginter.
- 62': Exequiel Palacios (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 62': Foul by Merlin Röhl (SC Freiburg).
- 66': Exequiel Palacios (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 66': Foul by Nicolas Höfler (SC Freiburg).
- 67': Delay in match because of an injury Exequiel Palacios (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 68': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 68': Foul by Merlin Röhl (SC Freiburg).
- 68': Josip Stanisic (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 72': Foul by Nicolas Höfler (SC Freiburg).
- 72': Patrik Schick (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 72': Nicolas Höfler (SC Freiburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 73': Attempt blocked. Álex Grimaldo (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 73': Attempt blocked. Adam Hlozek (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 73': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Philipp Lienhart.
- 75': Attempt missed. Adam Hlozek (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Florian Wirtz.
- 75': Foul by Exequiel Palacios (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 75': Lucas Höler (SC Freiburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 76': Substitution, SC Freiburg. Yannik Keitel replaces Merlin Röhl.
- 76': Substitution, SC Freiburg. Maximilian Philipp replaces Lucas Höler.
- 76': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Amine Adli replaces Patrik Schick.
- 77': Corner, SC Freiburg. Conceded by Piero Hincapié.
- 79': Attempt saved. Yannik Keitel (SC Freiburg) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Florent Muslija with a through ball.
- 79': Goal! SC Freiburg 2, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3. Yannik Keitel (SC Freiburg) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner.
- 80': Foul by Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 80': Manuel Gulde (SC Freiburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 82': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Philipp Lienhart.
- 82': Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) hits the left post with a right footed shot from very close range. Assisted by Álex Grimaldo with a cross following a corner.
- 83': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Nathan Tella replaces Jeremie Frimpong.
- 83': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Robert Andrich replaces Adam Hlozek.
- 85': Foul by Yannik Keitel (SC Freiburg).
- 85': Nathan Tella (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 86': Attempt saved. Granit Xhaka (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Florian Wirtz.
- 87': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Kiliann Sildillia.
- 88': Attempt missed. Exequiel Palacios (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left following a corner.
- 89': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Edmond Tapsoba replaces Exequiel Palacios.
- 90': Attempt blocked. Álex Grimaldo (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nathan Tella.
- 90'+3': Corner, SC Freiburg. Conceded by Josip Stanisic.
- 90'+4': Attempt missed. Manuel Gulde (SC Freiburg) header from the left side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by Florent Muslija with a cross following a corner.
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, SC Freiburg 2, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3.
- 0': Match ends, SC Freiburg 2, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3.
Statistics
 B04 |
SCF |
|
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Fouls | 13 |
| 0 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Offsides | 1 |
| 8 | Corner Kicks | 2 |
| 1 | Saves | 4 |
| 67.6 | Possession | 32.4 |
| 19 | SHOTS | 11 |
| 7 | ON GOAL | 3 |
| 0.4 | On Target % | 0.3 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 673 | Accurate Passes | 269 |
| 730 | Passes | 340 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 5 | Accurate Crosses | 6 |
| 17 | Crosses | 17 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.4 |
| 38 | Long Balls | 43 |
| 23 | Accurate Long Balls | 19 |
| 0.6 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
| 5 | Blocked Shots | 2 |
| 10 | Effective Tackles | 16 |
| 15 | Tackles | 20 |
| 0.7 | Tackle % | 0.8 |
| 7 | Interceptions | 8 |
| 14 | Effective Clearances | 21 |
| 14 | Clearances | 21 |
Game Information
Competition: German Bundesliga
Venue: Europa-Park Stadion
Location: Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Attendance: 34,700
Venue: Europa-Park Stadion
Location: Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Attendance: 34,700
Bundesliga Standings
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bayern Munich | 10 | +26 | 26 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 10 | +10 | 21 |
| 3 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 10 | +10 | 20 |
| 4 | Bayer Leverkusen | 10 | +5 | 17 |
Line-Ups
SC Freiburg (5-4-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Noah Atubolu (GK) |
| 28 | Matthias Ginter |
| 5 | Manuel Gulde |
| 25 | Kiliann Sildillia |
| 30 | Christian Günter |
| 42 | Ritsu Doan |
| 34 | Merlin Rohl |
| 27 | Nicolas Höfler  |
| 32 | Vincenzo Grifo |
| 9 | Lucas Höler |
| 22 | Roland Sallai |
Bayer Leverkusen (3-4-2-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Lukas Hradecky (GK) |
| 4 | Jonathan Tah |
| 3 | Piero Hincapié |
| 2 | Josip Stanisic |
| 25 | Exequiel Palacios |
| 34 | Granit Xhaka |
| 20 | Alejandro Grimaldo |
| 30 | Jeremie Frimpong |
| 14 | Patrik Schick |
| 10 | Florian Wirtz |
| 23 | Adam Hlozek |
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