Bayer 04 Leverkusen tops RB Leipzig 3-2. HIGHLIGHTS

LEVERKUSEN. Bayer 04 Leverkusen bested RB Leipzig.

August 21, 2023

LEVERKUSEN. Bayer 04 Leverkusen overcome RB Leipzig. RB Leipzig lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the BayArena stadium in Leverkusen on Saturday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. In front of 30,000 spectators. The referee was Felix Brych who had the assistance of Thorben Siewer and Robert Edgar Wessel. The 4th official was Robert Schröder. The weather was light rain. The temperature was hot at 25.83 degrees Celsius or 78.49 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 79%.

Match Statistics

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

3 - 2

RB Leipzig

44 Ball Possession 56

Shots

11 Total 14
7 On Target 7
3 Off Target 4
1 Shots blocked 4

106 Attack 99
47 Dangerous attack 27
39 Ball safe 59

0 Penalties 0
4 Corners 5

Fouls

8 Total 4
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

RB Leipzig had a strong ball possession 56% while Bayer 04 Leverkusen was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Bayer 04 Leverkusen had a more offensive attitude with 47 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Bayer 04 Leverkusen won the match.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen shot 11 times, 7 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, RB Leipzig shot 14 times, 7 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 1 yellow card (Victor Boniface). Talking about the opposition, RB Leipzig received 2 yellow cards (Nicolas Seiwald and Castello Lukeba).

Match Timeline

Jeremie Frimpong(goal)

23'

Jonathan Tah(goal)Jonas Hofmann

34'

39'

Dani Olmo(goal)David Raum

62'

Nicolas Seiwald- Yellow

62'

Kevin Kampl- sub ->Nicolas Seiwald

62'

Castello Lukeba- sub ->Nicolas Seiwald

62'

Yussuf Poulsen - sub ->Timo Werner

Florian Wirtz(goal)

64'

Victor Boniface - Yellow

69'

71'

Loïs Openda(goal)

Robert Andrich- sub ->Florian Wirtz

75'

76'

Arthur- sub ->Jeremie Frimpong

78'

81'

Castello Lukeba- Yellow

83'

89'

Adam Hlozek- sub ->Jonas Hofmann

89'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

Borussia Mönchengladbach

After this encounter, Bayer 04 Leverkusen has 3 points to occupy the 5th place in the table. On the opposite side, RB Leipzig stays with 0 points (11th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Bundesliga, Bayer 04 Leverkusen will host FC Augsburg on the 18th of May with a 16-3 head to head record in favor of Bayer 04 Leverkusen (7 draws).

RB Leipzig will play away agasint Eintracht Frankfurt on the 18th of May with a 5-4 head to head statistic in favor of RB Leipzig (7 draws).

Bayer 04 Leverkusen – Formation

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Lukas Hradecky 1.Finland

7.0

Jonathan Tah 4.Germany

7.8

34'

Odilon Kossounou 6.Ivory Coast

6.9

Edmond Tapsoba 12.Burkina Faso

6.5

Jonas Hofmann 7.Germany

8.5

89'

Florian Wirtz 10.Germany

7.0

75'

64'

Alejandro Grimaldo 20.Spain

6.6

Exequiel Palacios 25.Argentina

7.0

Jeremie Frimpong 30.Netherlands

8.3

78'

23'

Granit Xhaka 34.Switzerland

7.1

Victor Boniface 22.Nigeria

7.3

89'

69'

Substitutes

Matej Kovar 17.Czech Republic

Arthur 13.Brazil

78'

Timothy Fosu-Mensah 24.Netherlands

Robert Andrich 8.Germany

75'

Nadiem Amiri 11.Germany

89'

Noah Mbamba 18.Belgium

Gustavo Puerta 32.Colombia

Adam Hlozek 23.Czech Republic

89'

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 (7.0), Odilon Kossounou (6.9), Jonathan Tah (7.8), Edmond Tapsoba (6.5), Jeremie Frimpong (8.3), Exequiel Palacios (7.0), Granit Xhaka (7.1), Alejandro Grimaldo (6.6), Jonas Hofmann (8.5), Florian Wirtz (7.0) and Victor Boniface (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Robert Andrich, Nadiem Amiri, Arthur, Matej Kovar, Noah Mbamba, Adam Hložek, Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Gustavo Puerta and Reno Münz.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen could not rely on the presence of Arthur (injured).

Substitutions

Bayer 04 Leverkusen made 4 changes: Florian Wirtz for Robert Andrich (75′), Jeremie Frimpong for Arthur (78′), Victor Boniface for Nadiem Amiri (89′) and Jonas Hofmann for Adam Hložek (89′).

Best player: Jonas Hofmann

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Bayer 04 Leverkusen was Jonas Hofmann even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.5) with 30 passes (0% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 8. He performed 6 crosses.

RB Leipzig – Formation

RB Leipzig

Janis Blaswich 21.Germany

6.8

Mohamed Simakan 2.France

7.2

Willi Orbán 4.Hungary

6.4

David Raum 22.Germany

7.0

Benjamin Henrichs 39.Germany

7.1

Xavi Simons 20.Netherlands

6.7

Timo Werner 11.Germany

6.1

62'

Nicolas Seiwald 13.Austria

6.5

62'

Xaver Schlager 24.Austria

6.5

83'

Dani Olmo 7.Spain

7.7

39'

Loïs Openda 17.Belgium

7.1

76'

71'

Substitutes

Leopold Zingerle 25.Germany

Lukas Klostermann 16.Germany

Castello Lukeba 23.France

6.6

62'

81'

Emil Forsberg 10.Sweden

76'

Christoph Baumgartner 14.Austria

Fábio Carvalho 18.Portugal

83'

Kevin Kampl 44.Slovenia

6.7

62'

Yussuf Poulsen 9.Denmark

7.1

62'

Hugo Novoa 38.Spain

RB Leipzig started with a 4-2-2-2 line-up (4-2-2-2).

Marco Rose played with: Xavi Simons, Janis Blaswich (6.8), Benjamin Henrichs (7.1), Mohamed Simakan (7.2), Willi Orbán (6.4), David Raum (7.0), Nicolas Seiwald (6.5), Xaver Schlager (6.5), Xavi Simons (6.7), Timo Werner (6.1) and Loïs Openda (7.1), Dani Olmo (7.7).

These were the players on the bench: Yussuf Poulsen (7.1), Emil Forsberg, Christoph Baumgartner, Lukas Klostermann, Fabio Carvalho, Castello Lukeba (6.6), Leopold Zingerle, Hugo Novoa Ramos and Kevin Kampl (6.7).

Substitutions

RB Leipzig made 5 changes: Nicolas Seiwald for Kevin Kampl (62′), Nicolas Seiwald for Castello Lukeba (62′), Timo Werner for Yussuf Poulsen (62′), Loïs Openda for Emil Forsberg (76′) and Xaver Schlager for Fabio Carvalho (83′).