LEVERKUSEN. Bayer 04 Leverkusen overcomes VfL Bochum 1848 1-0 after A. Adli scored just 1 goal (4′).

The match was played at the BayArena stadium in Leverkusen on Saturday and it started at 2:30 pm local time. The referee was Daniel Schlager with the collaboration of Sven Waschitzki and Christian Gittelmann. The 4th official was Thomas Gorniak. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 9.4 degrees Celsius or 48.99 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 78%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Bayer 04 Leverkusen had a strong ball possession 55% while VfL Bochum 1848 was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Bayer 04 Leverkusen was was more aggressive with 48 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Bayer 04 Leverkusen won the match​.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen shot 11 times, 5 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, VfL Bochum 1848 shot 21 times, 7 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 3 yellow cards (A. Adli, M. Diaby and J. Frimpong). Regarding the opposition, VfL Bochum 1848 received 2 yellow cards (D. T. Soares and E. Masovic).

Standings

After this match, Bayer 04 Leverkusen will have 21 points to remain in the 4th place. Talking about the opposition, VfL Bochum 1848 will stay with 13 points like Hertha BSC to sit in the 12th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Bundesliga, Bayer 04 Leverkusen will play away against RB Leipzig on the 28th of November with a 5-1 head to head in favor of RB Leipzig (4 draws).

VfL Bochum 1848 will host SC Freiburg on the 27th of November with a 3-1 head to head record in favor of VfL Bochum 1848 (2 draws).

Bayer 04 Leverkusen – Formation

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

The manager Gerardo Seoane decided to play with the following team: Lukáš Hrádecký (8.1), Jeremie Frimpong (7.6), Jonathan Tah (7.3), Edmond Tapsoba (7.6), Daley Sinkgraven (6.5), Moussa Diaby (7.0), Robert Andrich (6.9), Kerem Demirbay (7.3), Nadiem Amiri (6.1), Amine Adli (7.7) and Florian Wirtz (7.4).

The home team had on the bench: Exequiel Palacios (7.0), Niklas Lomb, Odilon Kossounou, Paulinho (6.1), Emrehan Gedikli, Zidan Sertdemir, Piero Hincapie (6.8), Panagiotis Retsos and Andrey Lunev.

Substitutions

Bayer 04 Leverkusen made 4 changes: K. Demirbay for E. Palacios (66′), D. Sinkgraven for P. Hincapie (76′), N. Amiri for Paulinho (76′) and F. Wirtz for O. Kossounou (90′).

Best player: Lukáš Hrádecký​

The most impressive player for Bayer 04 Leverkusen was the goalkeeper: Lukáš Hrádecký. His rating is 8.12. He performed 7 saves.

VfL Bochum 1848 – Formation

VfL Bochum 1848 started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Thomas Reis played with: Manuel Riemann (7.4), Konstantinos Stafylidis (7.6), Erhan Mašović (6.7), Vasilis Lampropoulos (6.6), Danilo Soares (7.4), Eduard Löwen (7.3), Anthony Losilla (7.2), Elvis Rexhbeçaj (6.7), Takuma Asano (7.5), Sebastian Polter (6.2) and Christopher Antwi-Adjei (7.4).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Raman Chibsah, Silvère Ganvoula (6.3), Soma Novothny (6.3), Herbert Bockhorn (6.8), Tarsis Bonga, Armel Bella-Kotchap, Cristian Gamboa, Michael Esser and Miloš Pantović (6.4).

Substitutions

VfL Bochum 1848 made 4 changes: C. Antwi-Adjei for H. Bockhorn (70′), E. Rexhbecaj for M. Pantovic (70′), S. Polter for S. Ganvoula (82′) and E. Lowen for S. Novothny (82′).

Best player: Konstantinos Stafylidis​

The most impressive player for VfL Bochum 1848 was Konstantinos Stafylidis.

His rating is (7.6) with 34 passes (79% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 7.

Results of the day

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

• Borussia Dortmund – VfB Stuttgart – 2-1
• Bayer 04 Leverkusen – VfL Bochum 1848 – 1-0
• FC Union Berlin – Hertha BSC – 2-0
• Borussia Mönchengladbach – SpVgg Greuther Fürth – 4-0
• TSG Hoffenheim – RB Leipzig – 2-0
• DSC Arminia Bielefeld – VfL Wolfsburg – 2-2