AUGSBURG. Bayer 04 Leverkusen snatched a late win FC Augsburg 1-0 after E. Palacios scored just 1 goal (90′). Bayer 04 Leverkusen was truly superior in terms of ball possession (76%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the WWK Arena stadium in Augsburg on Saturday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. In front of 30,055 spectators.​ The referee was Sven Jablonski with the support of Lasse Koslowski and Dominik Schaal. The 4th official was Florian Badstübner. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was freezing at -1.8 degrees Celsius or 28.76 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 73%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Bayer 04 Leverkusen had a superior ball possession 76% while FC Augsburg was struggling with a 24% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Bayer 04 Leverkusen was putting more pressure with 110 dangerous attacks and 24 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Bayer 04 Leverkusen won the match.​

FC Augsburg shot 4 times, 0 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Bayer 04 Leverkusen shot 24 times, 6 on target, 11 off target.

Cards

FC Augsburg received 3 yellow cards (Niklas Dorsch, Rubén Vargas and Iago). On the opposite side, Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 1 yellow card (Jonas Hofmann).

Standings

After playing this match, FC Augsburg stays with 18 points to hold in the 11th place. On the opposite side, Bayer 04 Leverkusen will has 45 points to hold in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Bundesliga, FC Augsburg will play away against Borussia Mönchengladbach on the 20th of January with a 11-8 head to head stats in favor of Borussia Mönchengladbach (9 draws).

Bayer 04 Leverkusen will play away against RB Leipzig on the 20th of January with a 7-4 head to head record in favor of RB Leipzig (4 draws).

FC Augsburg – Formation

FC Augsburg started with a 4-2-2-2 line-up (4-2-2-2).

The manager Jess Thorup decided to play with the following team: Finn Gilbert Dahmen (8.1), Kevin Mbabu (7.0), Jeffrey Gouweleeuw (7.7), Felix Uduokhai (7.1), Iago (7.0), Fredrik Jensen (6.7), Niklas Dorsch (6.7), Elvis Rexhbeçaj (6.4), Rubén Vargas (6.4), Ermedin Demirovic (7.1) and Phillip Tietz (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Robert Gumny (6.3), Arne Engels (6.3), Patric Pfeiffer, Dion Drena Beljo (6.4), Arne Maier (6.8), Tim Breithaupt, Sven Michel (6.6), Frederik Winther and Tomas Koubek .

Substitutions

FC Augsburg made 5 changes: Rubén Vargas for Arne Maier (62′), Ermedin Demirovic for Dion Drena Beljo (80′), Fredrik Jensen for Arne Engels (80′), Phillip Tietz for Sven Michel (80′) and Elvis Rexhbeçaj for Robert Gumny (88′).

Player of the match: Finn Gilbert Dahmen​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for FC Augsburg was the goalkeeper: Finn Gilbert Dahmen. His rating is 8.06. He performed 5 saves.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen – Formation

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

Xabier Alonso Olano played with: Lukas Hradecky  (7.0), Josip Stanisic (7.5), Robert Andrich (7.5), Piero Hincapié (7.5), Jeremie Frimpong (7.8), Granit Xhaka  (8.5), Exequiel Palacios (9.2), Alejandro Grimaldo (8.5), Jonas Hofmann (8.2), Adam Hlozek (7.0) and Patrik Schick (6.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Jonathan Tah, Florian Wirtz (6.8), Nadiem Amiri, Matej Kovar, Noah Mbamba, Nathan Tella, Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Gustavo Puerta and Francis Onyeka.

Substitutions

Bayer 04 Leverkusen made only 1 change substituting Adam Hlozek for Florian Wirtz (62′)​.

Player of the match: Exequiel Palacios​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Bayer 04 Leverkusen was Exequiel Palacios.

His rating is 9.2 with 1 goal, 108 passes (97% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 8.

Results of the day

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

• Darmstadt 98 – Borussia Dortmund – 0-3
• FC Augsburg – Bayer 04 Leverkusen – 0-1
• FC Köln – Heidenheim – 1-1
• FSV Mainz 05 – VfL Wolfsburg – 1-1
• SC Freiburg – FC Union Berlin – 0-0
• RB Leipzig – Eintracht Frankfurt – 0-1