Bayer Leverkusen vs VfL Wolfsburg, 2024-25 German Bundesliga
· German Bundesliga
FT
4 - 3
4 - 3
- 5': Nordi Mukiele (OG)
- 37': Sebastiaan Bornauw
- 45'+1': Mattias Svanberg
88': Yannick Gerhardt
Victor Boniface hands Bayer Leverkusen 4-3 comeback win
Bayer Leverkusen pulled off a stunning Bundesliga comeback when they twice fought back from a goal down as Victor Boniface netted a 93rd-minute winner in a 4-3 home victory over VfL Wolfsburg on Sunday.
Match Commentary
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': Delay in match because of an injury Mohammed Amoura (VfL Wolfsburg).
- 0': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 2': Corner, VfL Wolfsburg. Conceded by Jeanuël Belocian.
- 3': Attempt missed. Ridle Baku (VfL Wolfsburg) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.
- 3': Foul by Mohammed Amoura (VfL Wolfsburg).
- 3': Jeanuël Belocian (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 4': Attempt missed. Mohammed Amoura (VfL Wolfsburg) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Tiago Tomás following a fast break.
- 5': Own Goal by Nordi Mukiele, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0, VfL Wolfsburg 1.
- 7': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Cédric Zesiger.
- 7': Offside, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Patrik Schick is caught offside.
- 9': Attempt blocked. Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Granit Xhaka.
- 10': Attempt saved. Mohammed Amoura (VfL Wolfsburg) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Patrick Wimmer with a cross.
- 11': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Mattias Svanberg.
- 13': Foul by Kilian Fischer (VfL Wolfsburg).
- 13': Jeanuël Belocian (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 14': Attempt blocked. Jonathan Tah (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) header from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Álex Grimaldo with a cross.
- 14': Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1, VfL Wolfsburg 1. Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Granit Xhaka following a set piece situation.
- 20': Attempt missed. Patrik Schick (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from very close range misses to the right. Assisted by Aleix García with a cross.
- 22': Attempt missed. Mohammed Amoura (VfL Wolfsburg) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ridle Baku with a cross.
- 24': Offside, VfL Wolfsburg. Mohammed Amoura is caught offside.
- 30': Attempt saved. Patrik Schick (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Álex Grimaldo.
- 31': Attempt missed. Mohammed Amoura (VfL Wolfsburg) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right.
- 31': Attempt saved. Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Granit Xhaka.
- 31': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Kamil Grabara.
- 32': Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2, VfL Wolfsburg 1. Jonathan Tah (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Álex Grimaldo with a cross following a corner.
- 34': Foul by Jakub Kaminski (VfL Wolfsburg).
- 34': Granit Xhaka (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 35': Foul by Jeanuël Belocian (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 35': Patrick Wimmer (VfL Wolfsburg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 36': Jeanuël Belocian (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 36': Corner, VfL Wolfsburg. Conceded by Granit Xhaka.
- 37': Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2, VfL Wolfsburg 2. Sebastiaan Bornauw (VfL Wolfsburg) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jakub Kaminski with a cross following a corner.
- 38': Amine Adli (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 38': Foul by Cédric Zesiger (VfL Wolfsburg).
- 41': Attempt saved. Maximilian Arnold (VfL Wolfsburg) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tiago Tomás.
- 42': Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Konstantinos Koulierakis replaces Ridle Baku.
- 43': Foul by Kilian Fischer (VfL Wolfsburg).
- 43': Jeanuël Belocian (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+1': Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2, VfL Wolfsburg 3. Mattias Svanberg (VfL Wolfsburg) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Konstantinos Koulierakis.
- 45'+1': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
- 45'+3': Attempt blocked. Jonathan Tah (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Florian Wirtz.
- 45'+4': Foul by Patrick Wimmer (VfL Wolfsburg).
- 45'+4': Jeanuël Belocian (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+5': Hand ball by Álex Grimaldo (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 45'+5': Álex Grimaldo (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card.
- 45'+6': First Half ends, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2, VfL Wolfsburg 3.
- 45': Second Half begins Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2, VfL Wolfsburg 3.
- 45': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Jeremie Frimpong replaces Nordi Mukiele.
- 45': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Piero Hincapié replaces Jeanuël Belocian.
- 48': Attempt missed. Aleix García (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Amine Adli.
- 48': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Maximilian Arnold.
- 48': Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3, VfL Wolfsburg 3. Piero Hincapié (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) header from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Aleix García with a cross following a corner.
- 49': Foul by Tiago Tomás (VfL Wolfsburg).
- 49': Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 49': Tiago Tomás (VfL Wolfsburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 50': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Konstantinos Koulierakis.
- 50': Attempt blocked. Piero Hincapié (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Aleix García with a cross.
- 51': Attempt blocked. Amine Adli (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 51': Foul by Amine Adli (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 51': Patrick Wimmer (VfL Wolfsburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 51': Amine Adli (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 55': Attempt missed. Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the right side of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Patrik Schick.
- 56': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Martin Terrier replaces Amine Adli.
- 57': Foul by Aleix García (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 57': Tiago Tomás (VfL Wolfsburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 58': Aleix García (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 58': Foul by Mattias Svanberg (VfL Wolfsburg).
- 58': Foul by Mattias Svanberg (VfL Wolfsburg).
- 58': Martin Terrier (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 60': Offside, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Martin Terrier is caught offside.
- 65': Foul by Maximilian Arnold (VfL Wolfsburg).
- 65': Granit Xhaka (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 65': Offside, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Patrik Schick is caught offside.
- 66': Delay in match because of an injury Mattias Svanberg (VfL Wolfsburg).
- 67': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 68': Foul by Patrik Schick (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 68': Maximilian Arnold (VfL Wolfsburg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 69': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Victor Boniface replaces Patrik Schick.
- 70': Delay in match because of an injury Tiago Tomás (VfL Wolfsburg).
- 71': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 71': Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Yannick Gerhardt replaces Tiago Tomás because of an injury.
- 71': Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Salih Özcan replaces Mattias Svanberg.
- 72': Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Aster Vranckx replaces Patrick Wimmer.
- 74': Attempt missed. Salih Özcan (VfL Wolfsburg) right footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the left following a fast break.
- 77': Attempt saved. Victor Boniface (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Martin Terrier with a headed pass.
- 77': Offside, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Martin Terrier is caught offside.
- 78': Attempt missed. Martin Terrier (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Piero Hincapié with a cross.
- 79': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Exequiel Palacios replaces Aleix García.
- 80': Foul by Cédric Zesiger (VfL Wolfsburg).
- 80': Martin Terrier (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 80': Cédric Zesiger (VfL Wolfsburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 87': Foul by Piero Hincapié (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 87': Maximilian Arnold (VfL Wolfsburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 88': Foul by Yannick Gerhardt (VfL Wolfsburg).
- 88': Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 88': Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card.
- 88': Yannick Gerhardt (VfL Wolfsburg) is shown the red card for violent conduct.
- 90'+1': Granit Xhaka (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) hits the left post with a left footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Florian Wirtz.
- 90'+1': Kamil Grabara (VfL Wolfsburg) is shown the yellow card.
- 90'+2': Maximilian Arnold (VfL Wolfsburg) is shown the yellow card.
- 90'+2': Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Denis Vavro replaces Mohammed Amoura.
- 90'+2': Fourth official has announced 7 minutes of added time.
- 90'+3': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Konstantinos Koulierakis.
- 90'+3': Attempt blocked. Álex Grimaldo (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Exequiel Palacios.
- 90'+3': Attempt missed. Exequiel Palacios (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Florian Wirtz following a corner.
- 90'+3': Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4, VfL Wolfsburg 3. Victor Boniface (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a corner.
- 90'+5': Foul by Cédric Zesiger (VfL Wolfsburg).
- 90'+5': Victor Boniface (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+6': Foul by Jakub Kaminski (VfL Wolfsburg).
- 90'+6': Álex Grimaldo (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 90'+7': Jakub Kaminski (VfL Wolfsburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+7': Attempt missed. Victor Boniface (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right misses to the left. Assisted by Jeremie Frimpong.
- 90'+8': Second Half ends, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4, VfL Wolfsburg 3.
- 0': Match ends, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4, VfL Wolfsburg 3.
Statistics
 WOB |
B04 |
|
|---|---|---|
| 14 | Fouls | 6 |
| 5 | Yellow Cards | 4 |
| 1 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 4 |
| 2 | Corner Kicks | 6 |
| 3 | Saves | 2 |
| 20.8 | Possession | 79.2 |
| 9 | SHOTS | 20 |
| 4 | ON GOAL | 7 |
| 0.4 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 138 | Accurate Passes | 707 |
| 202 | Passes | 773 |
| 0.7 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 4 | Accurate Crosses | 7 |
| 6 | Crosses | 25 |
| 0.7 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 56 | Long Balls | 31 |
| 17 | Accurate Long Balls | 20 |
| 0.3 | Long Balls % | 0.6 |
| 0 | Blocked Shots | 6 |
| 7 | Effective Tackles | 13 |
| 12 | Tackles | 15 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.9 |
| 13 | Interceptions | 9 |
| 30 | Effective Clearances | 11 |
| 30 | Clearances | 11 |
Game Information
Competition: German Bundesliga
Venue: BayArena
Location: Leverkusen, Germany
Attendance: 29,250
Venue: BayArena
Location: Leverkusen, Germany
Attendance: 29,250
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
Bayer Leverkusen (3-4-2-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Lukas Hradecky (GK) |
| 4 | Jonathan Tah |
| 44 | Jeanuël Belocian  |
| 12 | Edmond Tapsoba |
| 24 | Aleix García |
| 34 | Granit Xhaka |
| 20 | Alejandro Grimaldo |
| 23 | Nordi Mukiele |
| 14 | Patrik Schick |
| 10 | Florian Wirtz |
| 21 | Amine Adli |
VfL Wolfsburg (4-1-4-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Kamil Grabara (GK) |
| 5 | Cédric Zesiger |
| 3 | Sebastiaan Bornauw |
| 27 | Maximilian Arnold |
| 16 | Jakub Kaminski |
| 2 | Kilian Fischer |
| 32 | Mattias Svanberg |
| 39 | Patrick Wimmer |
| 11 | Tiago Tomas |
| 20 | Ridle Baku |
| 9 | Mohamed Amoura |
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