LEVERKUSEN. Borussia Dortmund and Bayer 04 Leverkusen draw 1-1. J. Ryerson scored the first goal (5′) for Borussia Dortmund. V. Boniface made it even (79′). Bayer 04 Leverkusen was much better in terms of ball possession (68%)
The match was played at the BayArena stadium in Leverkusen on Sunday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. In front of 30,210 spectators. The referee was assisted by Jan Seidel and Rafael Foltyn. The 4th official was Florian Badstübner. The weather was light snow. The temperature was quite cold at 2.39 degrees Celsius or 36.3 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 66%.
Match Statistics
- ! 68 Ball Possession 32
Shots
- 23 Total 6
- 6 On Target 2
- 14 Off Target 2
- 4 Shots blocked 2
- 155 Attack 57
- 126 Dangerous attack 17
- 82 Ball safe 105
- 0 Penalties 0
- 16 Corners 1
Fouls
- 13 Total 12
- 3 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 2 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Bayer 04 Leverkusen had a strong ball possession 68% while Borussia Dortmund was struggling with a 32% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Bayer 04 Leverkusen had a more offensive attitude with 126 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 6 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Bayer 04 Leverkusen to win the match.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen shot 23 times, 6 on target, 14 off target. Talking about the opposition, Borussia Dortmund shot 6 times, 2 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 3 yellow cards (Exequiel Palacios, Jeremie Frimpong and Odilon Kossounou). Regarding the opposition, Borussia Dortmund received 2 yellow cards (Marius Wolf and Mats Hummels).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Bayer 04 Leverkusen has 35 points to remain in the 1st place. Regarding the opposition, Borussia Dortmund will has 25 points to remain in the 5th place.
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).
Borussia Dortmund will host Darmstadt 98 on the 18th of May with a 2-1 head to head record in favor of Borussia Dortmund (1 draw).
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: Lukas Hradecky , Odilon Kossounou , Jonathan Tah , Edmond Tapsoba , Jeremie Frimpong , Granit Xhaka , Exequiel Palacios , Alejandro Grimaldo , Jonas Hofmann , Florian Wirtz and Victor Boniface .
The home team had on the bench: Amine Adli , Josip Stanisic, Piero Hincapié, Robert Andrich, Nadiem Amiri, Patrik Schick , Matej Kovar, Nathan Tella and Adam Hlozek.
Substitutions
Bayer 04 Leverkusen made 2 changes: Exequiel Palacios for Patrik Schick (79′) and Jonas Hofmann for Amine Adli (64′).
Player of the match: Florian Wirtz
The player that probably impressed the most for Bayer 04 Leverkusen was Florian Wirtz.
His rating is with 94 passes (83% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 11. He performed 3 crosses.
Borussia Dortmund – Formation
Borussia Dortmund started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Edin Terzic played with: Ramy Bensebaini, Gregor Kobel , Marius Wolf , Mats Hummels , Nico Schlotterbeck , Julian Ryerson , Emre Can , Marcel Sabitzer , Marco Reus , Julian Brandt and Jamie Bynoe-Gittens , Niclas Füllkrug .
These were the players on the bench: Giovanni Reyna, Donyell Malen, Mateu Morey Bauzà, Sébastien Haller, Youssoufa Moukoko, Thomas Meunier , Karim Adeyemi , Alexander Meyer and Antonios Papadopoulos .
Borussia Dortmund could not rely on the presence of Antonios Papadopoulos (injured).
Substitutions
Borussia Dortmund made 3 changes: Nico Schlotterbeck for Antonios Papadopoulos (64′), Jamie Bynoe-Gittens for Karim Adeyemi (64′) and Marco Reus for Thomas Meunier (84′).
Player of the match: Julian Ryerson
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Borussia Dortmund was Julian Ryerson.
His rating is with 1 goal, 24 passes (83% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 9.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Bundesliga.
- FC Augsburg – Eintracht Frankfurt – 2-1
- FSV Mainz 05 – SC Freiburg – 0-1
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen – Borussia Dortmund – 1-1