LEVERKUSEN. Bayer 04 Leverkusen liquidates Hertha BSC 4-1 with goals of Sardar Azmoun (12′), J. Frimpong (21′), Moussa Diaby (61′) and Amine Adli (73′). Talking about the opposition, Hertha BSC scored with ​Dodi Lukébakio (67′ pen). Bayer 04 Leverkusen was decisively better in terms of ball possession (62%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the BayArena stadium in Leverkusen on Sunday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. In front of 30,210 spectators.​ The referee was Patrick Ittrich with the assistance of Norbert Grudzinski and Thomas Gorniak. The 4th official was Aarne Aarnink. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 5 degrees Celsius or 40.98 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 82%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Bayer 04 Leverkusen had a superior ball possession 62% while Hertha BSC was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Bayer 04 Leverkusen was more aggressive with 30 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Bayer 04 Leverkusen won the match​.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen shot 16 times, 9 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Hertha BSC shot 7 times, 2 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 1 yellow card (Jonathan Tah). Regarding the opposition, Hertha BSC received 2 yellow cards (Jessic Ngankam and Jonjoe Kenny).

Standings

After this encounter, Bayer 04 Leverkusen will have 31 points to remain in the 9th place. Talking about the opposition, Hertha BSC will stay with 20 points to remain in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Bundesliga, Bayer 04 Leverkusen will play away against Schalke 04 on the 1st of April with a 17-8 head to head statistic in favor of Bayer 04 Leverkusen (8 draws).

Hertha BSC will play away agasint SC Freiburg on the 1st of April with a 9-4 head to head record in favor of SC Freiburg (8 draws).

Bayer 04 Leverkusen – Formation

Bayer 04 Leverkusen started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Xabier Alonso Olano decided to play with the following team: Lukáš Hrádecký (6.7), Odilon Kossounou (6.7), Jonathan Tah (6.8), Edmond Tapsoba (7.3), Jeremie Frimpong (8.2), Exequiel Palacios (7.4), Robert Andrich (7.3), Piero Hincapié (7.3), Moussa Diaby (8.6), Florian Wirtz (8.4) and Sardar Azmoun (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Adam Hložek, Patrick Pentz, Amine Adli (7.2), Timothy Fosu-Mensah (6.2), Nadiem Amiri, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Kerem Demirbay, Daley Sinkgraven and Patrik Schick (7.0).

Bayer 04 Leverkusen could not rely on the presence of Timothy Fosu-Mensah (injured).

Substitutions

Bayer 04 Leverkusen made 5 changes: J. Frimpong for Timothy Fosu-Mensah (29′), Moussa Diaby for Amine Adli (69′), Sardar Azmoun for Patrik Schick (69′), Florian Wirtz for Nadiem Amiri (82′) and Piero Hincapié for Daley Sinkgraven (82′).

Best player: Moussa Diaby​

The player that probably impressed the most for Bayer 04 Leverkusen was Moussa Diaby.

His rating is (8.6) with 1 goal, 34 passes (82% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 5. He hit the woodwork once times.

Hertha BSC – Formation

Hertha BSC started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Sandro Schwarz played with: Oliver Christensen (6.6), Agustín Rogel (6.4), Filip Uremović (6.6), Marc-Oliver Kempf (5.9), Marco Richter (6.6), Lucas Tousart (6.0), Tolga Ciğerci (6.7), Suat Serdar (6.2), Marvin Plattenhardt (6.6), Dodi Lukebakio (7.3) and Florian Niederlechner (6.5).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Ivan Šunjić (6.8), Stevan Jovetić (6.4), Kevin-Prince Boateng, Jessic Ngankam (6.4), Jonjoe Kenny, Tjark Ernst, Jean-Paul Boëtius (6.1), Márton Dárdai and Maximilian Mittelstädt.

Substitutions

Hertha BSC made 5 changes: Suat Serdar for Jean-Paul Boëtius (58′), Florian Niederlechner for Stevan Jovetić (58′), Tolga Cigerci for Jessic Ngankam (73′), Dodi Lukébakio for Jonjoe Kenny (83′) and M. Richter for Ivan Šunjić (84′).

Best player: Dodi Lukebakio​

The player that probably impressed the most for Hertha BSC was Dodi Lukebakio.

His rating is (7.3) with 1 goal, 12 passes (58% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Bundesliga.​

• VfL Wolfsburg – Eintracht Frankfurt – 2-2
• Bayer 04 Leverkusen – Hertha BSC – 4-1