Bayer 04 Leverkusen overcomes Eintracht Frankfurt 3-1

LEVERKUSEN. Bayer 04 Leverkusen overcomes Eintracht Frankfurt 3-1.

April 9, 2023

LEVERKUSEN. Bayer 04 Leverkusen beats Eintracht Frankfurt 3-1. Bayer 04 Leverkusen got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from Amine Adli (10′) and Moussa Diaby (35′). Eintracht Frankfurt tried to recover with a goal from Djibril Sow (74′). However, the match was closed by a goal (90′) scored by Sardar Azmoun for Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Eintracht Frankfurt lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the BayArena stadium in Leverkusen on Saturday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. In front of 30,210 spectators. The referee was Robert Hartmann who had the assistance of Christian Leicher and Aarne Aarnink. The 4th official was Mark Borsch. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 11.7 degrees Celsius or 53.1 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 68%.

Match Statistics

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

3 - 1

Eintracht Frankfurt

43 Ball Possession 57

Shots

14 Total 9
9 On Target 2
3 Off Target 3
2 Shots blocked 4

104 Attack 128
21 Dangerous attack 40
108 Ball safe 127

0 Penalties 0
2 Corners 5

Fouls

9 Total 13
1 Yellow Cards 5
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Eintracht Frankfurt had a superior ball possession 57% while Bayer 04 Leverkusen was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Eintracht Frankfurt was more pushing with 40 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 2 were on target. Notwithstanding, Bayer 04 Leverkusen found a way to find the solution to win this match.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen shot 14 times, 9 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Eintracht Frankfurt shot 9 times, 2 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 1 yellow card (Edmond Tapsoba). On the other side, Eintracht Frankfurt received 5 yellow cards (Mario Götze, R. Borré, Ansgar Knauff, Junior Dina Ebimbe and Kristijan Jakic).

Match Timeline

Amine Adli(goal)

10'

35'

42'

Mario Götze- Yellow

Edmond Tapsoba- Yellow

44'

45'

46'

Ansgar Knauff- sub ->Aurélio Buta

48'

Ansgar Knauff- Yellow

56'

64'

Junior Dina Ebimbe- sub ->Sebastian Rode

64'

Tuta- sub ->Ahmed Nagy

70'

71'

74'

79'

82'

Timothy Fosu-Mensah- sub ->Piero Hincapié

88'

89'

Junior Dina Ebimbe- Yellow

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

Borussia Mönchengladbach

After this match, Bayer 04 Leverkusen will have 43 points to hold in the 6th place. On the opposite side, Eintracht Frankfurt will stay with 41 points like FSV Mainz 05 to sit in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Bundesliga, Bayer 04 Leverkusen will host RB Leipzig on the 23rd of April with a 7-2 head to head stats in favor of RB Leipzig (4 draws).

Eintracht Frankfurt will host Borussia Mönchengladbach on the 15th of April with a 15-10 head to head in favor of Borussia Mönchengladbach (8 draws).

Bayer 04 Leverkusen – Formation

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Lukas Hradecky 1.Finland

6.2

Jonathan Tah 4.Germany

6.4

Edmond Tapsoba 12.Burkina Faso

6.6

44'

Odilon Kossounou 6.Ivory Coast

7.0

Jeremie Frimpong 30.Netherlands

7.0

71'

Piero Hincapié 3.Ecuador

7.0

88'

Robert Andrich 8.Germany

7.0

Exequiel Palacios 25.Argentina

7.4

Florian Wirtz 27.Germany

8.4

79'

Moussa Diaby 19.France

8.1

35'

Amine Adli 21.France

8.3

70'

10'

Substitutes

Patrick Pentz 28.Austria

Mitchel Bakker 5.Netherlands

6.4

71'

Daley Sinkgraven 22.Netherlands

6.8

79'

Timothy Fosu-Mensah 24.Netherlands

6.5

88'

Noah Mbamba 18.Belgium

Ayman Azhil 32.Morocco

Callum Hudson-Odoi 17.England

Karim Bellarabi 38.Germany

Sardar Azmoun 9.Iran

7.3

70'

90'

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

The manager Xabier Alonso Olano decided to play with the following team: Lukáš Hrádecký (6.2), Odilon Kossounou (7.0), Jonathan Tah (6.4), Edmond Tapsoba (6.6), Jeremie Frimpong (6.8), Robert Andrich (7.0), Exequiel Palacios (7.4), Piero Hincapié (7.0), Florian Wirtz (8.4), Amine Adli (8.3) and Moussa Diaby (8.1).

The home team had on the bench: Callum Hudson-Odoi, Mitchel Bakker (6.6), Noah Mbamba, Karim Bellarabi, Daley Sinkgraven (6.8), Timothy Fosu-Mensah (6.5), Patrick Pentz, Sardar Azmoun (7.3) and Ayman Azhil.

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

Substitutions

Bayer 04 Leverkusen made 4 changes: J. Frimpong for Mitchel Bakker (70′), Amine Adli for Sardar Azmoun (70′), Florian Wirtz for Daley Sinkgraven (79′) and Piero Hincapié for Timothy Fosu-Mensah (88′).

Best player: Florian Wirtz

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Bayer 04 Leverkusen was Florian Wirtz even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.4) with 25 passes (76% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 3 crosses.

Eintracht Frankfurt – Formation

Eintracht Frankfurt

Kevin Trapp 1.Germany

7.8

Makoto Hasebe 20.Japan

6.2

64'

Evan Ndicka 2.France

6.4

Kristijan Jakic 6.Croatia

6.2

90'

Philipp Max 32.Germany

6.6

Aurélio Buta 24.Portugal

6.5

46'

Sebastian Rode 17.Germany

6.7

64'

Djibril Sow 8.Switzerland

6.4

74'

Mario Götze 27.Germany

6.4

82'

42'

R. Borré 19.Colombia

6.4

56'

45'

Randal Kolo Muani 9.France

6.3

Substitutes

Diant Ramaj 40.Germany

Christopher Lenz 25.Germany

Tuta 35.Brazil

6.3

64'

Timothy Chandler 22.United States

P. Aaronson 30.United States

Daichi Kamada 15.Japan

6.7

56'

Junior Dina Ebimbe 26.France

6.6

64'

89'

Ansgar Knauff 36.Germany

6.5

46'

48'

Lucas Alario 21.Argentina

6.3

82'

Eintracht Frankfurt started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Oliver Glasner played with: Kevin Trapp (7.8), Kristijan Jakić (6.2), Makoto Hasebe (6.2), Evan Ndicka (6.4), Aurélio Buta (6.5), Sebastian Rode (6.7), Djibril Sow (6.4), Philipp Max (6.6), Rafael Santos Borré (6.4), Mario Götze (6.4) and Randal Kolo Muani (6.3).

These were the players on the bench: Diant Ramaj, Christopher Lenz, Tuta (6.3), Paxten Aaronson, Daichi Kamada (6.7), Ansgar Knauff (6.5), Junior Dina Ebimbe (6.6), Timothy Chandler and Lucas Alario (6.3).

Substitutions

Eintracht Frankfurt made 5 changes: Aurélio Buta for Ansgar Knauff (46′), R. Borré for Daichi Kamada (56′), Sebastian Rode for Eric Junior Dina Ebimbe (64′), Ahmed Nagy for Lucas Melo (64′) and Mario Götze for Lucas Alario (82′).