LEVERKUSEN. Karlsruher SC overcame Bayer 04 Leverkusen to win 2-1. It was Karlsruher SC to strike first with an early goal of L. Cueto at the 5′. Then it was a goal in the 54′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Choi Kyoung-Rok gave the win to Karlsruher SC in the 63′ minute with a goal. Bayer 04 Leverkusen was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (62%).
The match was played at the BayArena stadium in Leverkusen on Wednesday and it started at 4:30 pm local time. The referee was Tobias Welz who was helped by Martin Thomsen and Rafael Foltyn. The 4th official was Patrick Alt. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 12.6 degrees Celsius or 54.68 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 81%.
Match Statistics
- ! 63 Ball Possession 37
Shots
- 21 Total 6
- 3 On Target 5
- 18 Off Target 1
- 1 Shots blocked 0
- 139 Attack 93
- 104 Dangerous attack 31
- 62 Ball safe 82
- 0 Penalties 0
- 9 Corners 5
Fouls
- 6 Total 5
- 2 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Bayer 04 Leverkusen had a superior ball possession 62% while Karlsruher SC was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Bayer 04 Leverkusen was more aggressive with 104 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 3 were on target. Notwithstanding, Karlsruher SC succeeded in find the solution to win this match.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen shot 21 times, 3 on target, 18 off target. Regarding the opposition, Karlsruher SC shot 6 times, 5 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 2 yellow cards (J. Tah and J. Frimpong). On the opposite side, Karlsruher SC received 1 yellow card (D. Gordon).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Bayer 04 Leverkusen stays with points to occupy the 0th place in the table. Talking about the opposition, Karlsruher SC has points (0th).
Next matches
Bayer 04 Leverkusen – Formation
Bayer 04 Leverkusen adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Gerardo Seoane decided to play with the following team: Lukáš Hrádecký
, Jeremie Frimpong , Jonathan Tah , Edmond Tapsoba , Mitchel Bakker , Robert Andrich , Exequiel Palacios , Moussa Diaby , Nadiem Amiri , Amine Adli and Paulinho .The home team had on the bench: Andrey Lunev, Z. Sertdemir, Kerem Demirbay
, Odilon Kossounou, Iker Bravo , Panagiotis Retsos, Florian Wirtz , Piero Hincapie and Daley Sinkgraven .Substitutions
Bayer 04 Leverkusen made 4 changes: E. Palacios for F. Wirtz (65′), N. Amiri for K. Demirbay (65′), Paulinho for I. Bravo (77′) and M. Bakker for D. Sinkgraven (77′).
Best player: Jeremie Frimpong
The most impressive player for Bayer 04 Leverkusen was Jeremie Frimpong.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 51 passes (78% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 11. He performed 6 crosses.Karlsruher SC – Formation
Also Karlsruher SC adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Regarding the opposition, Christian Eichner played with: Marius Gersbeck
, Marco Thiede , Daniel Gordon , Christoph Kobald , Philip Heise , Tim Breithaupt , Marvin Wanitzek , Kyoung-Rok Choi , Jérôme Gondorf , Lucas Cueto and Philipp Hofmann .They had on the bench: Felix Irorere, Marc Lorenz
, Malik Batmaz , Fabio Kaufmann, Markus Kuster, Fabian Schleusener , Dominik Kother, Kilian Jakob and Ricardo Van Rhijn.Substitutions
Karlsruher SC made 4 changes: L. Cueto for M. Lorenz (66′), T. Breithaupt for M. Batmaz (82′), P. Hofmann for F. Schleusener (82′) and P. Heise for K. Jakob (86′).
Best player: Jérôme Gondorf
The most impressive player for Karlsruher SC was Jérôme Gondorf even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is
with 26 passes (73% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 5. He performed 1 cross.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the DFB Pokal.
- Waldhof Mannheim – FC Union Berlin – 1-1
- VfL Bochum 1848 – FC Augsburg – 2-2
- Dynamo Dresden – St. Pauli – 2-2
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen – Karlsruher SC – 1-2
- Hannover 96 – Fortuna Düsseldorf – 3-0
- Borussia Mönchengladbach – FC Bayern München – 5-0
- Jahn Regensburg – Hansa Rostock –
- VfB Stuttgart – FC Köln – 0-2