HEIDENHEIM AN DER BRENZ. Bayer 04 Leverkusen beat Heidenheim to win 2-1. A goal from T. Kleindienst was decisive in the 86min. It was Bayer 04 Leverkusen to strike first with a goal of Jeremie Frimpong at the 45′. Then Amine Adli scored again for Bayer 04 Leverkusen in the 81′ minute. Eventually, Tim Kleindienst reduced the distance for Heidenheim (86′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Bayer 04 Leverkusen was surely superior in terms of ball possession (63%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Voith-Arena stadium in Heidenheim an der Brenz on Saturday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. The referee was Harm Osmers with the assistance of Robert Kempter and Dominik Schaal. The 4th official was Tom Bauer. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 10.27 degrees Celsius or 50.49 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 70%.
Match Statistics
- ! 37 Ball Possession 63
Shots
- 6 Total 18
- 3 On Target 3
- 2 Off Target 8
- 1 Shots blocked 7
- 94 Attack 122
- 58 Dangerous attack 53
- 84 Ball safe 121
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 5
Fouls
- 15 Total 5
- 2 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Bayer 04 Leverkusen was in firm control of the ball 63% while Heidenheim was struggling with a 37% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Heidenheim was more aggressive with 58 dangerous attacks and 6 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyway, Bayer 04 Leverkusen found a way to find the solution to win this match.
Heidenheim shot 6 times, 3 on target, 2 off target. On the other side, Bayer 04 Leverkusen shot 18 times, 3 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Heidenheim received 2 yellow cards (Jonas Föhrenbach and Benedikt Gimber). On the other side, Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 1 yellow card (Robert Andrich).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Heidenheim stays with 27 points like TSG Hoffenheim to hold in the 10th place. On the other side, Bayer 04 Leverkusen will has 58 points to remain in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Bundesliga, Heidenheim will play away with FC Union Berlin on the 24th of February with a 8-4 head to head stats in favor of Heidenheim (2 draws).
Bayer 04 Leverkusen will host FSV Mainz 05 on the 24th of February with a 17-11 head to head in favor of Bayer 04 Leverkusen (6 draws).
Heidenheim – Formation
Heidenheim
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Heidenheim started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Frank Schmidt decided to play with the following team: Kevin Müller , Haktab Omar Traore , Patrick Mainka , Benedikt Gimber , Jonas Föhrenbach , Jan Schöppner , Lennard Maloney , Eren Dinkçi , Adrian Beck , Jan-Niklas Beste and Tim Kleindienst .
The home team had on the bench: Marnon Busch , Tim Siersleben, Stefan Schimmer, Kevin Sessa , Florian Pick , Nikola Dovedan , Vitus Eicher, Norman Theuerkauf and Marvin Pieringer .
Substitutions
Heidenheim made 5 changes: Adrian Beck for Nikola Dovedan (46′), Jan Schöppner for Kevin Sessa (63′), Jan-Niklas Beste for Florian Pick (76′), Eren Dinkçi for Marnon Busch (76′) and Benedikt Gimber for Marvin Pieringer (82′).
Player of the match: Nikola Dovedan
The most impressive player for Heidenheim was Nikola Dovedan.
His rating is with 21 passes (67% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 2 crosses.
His performance was exceptional also because he began the match from the bench before entering in the 46′.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen – Formation
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Bayer 04 Leverkusen started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
Xabier Alonso Olano played with: Lukas Hradecky , Josip Stanisic , Jonathan Tah , Piero Hincapié , Jeremie Frimpong , Granit Xhaka , Robert Andrich , Alejandro Grimaldo , Florian Wirtz , Patrik Schick and Amine Adli .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Odilon Kossounou, Borja Iglesias , Matej Kovar, Noah Mbamba, Nathan Tella, Adam Hlozek, Gustavo Puerta, Edmond Tapsoba and Jonas Hofmann.
Substitutions
Bayer 04 Leverkusen made 4 changes: Amine Adli for Edmond Tapsoba (88′), Florian Wirtz for Jonas Hofmann (88′), Jeremie Frimpong for Nathan Tella (89′) and Patrik Schick for Borja Iglesias (74′).
Player of the match: Amine Adli
The most impressive player for Bayer 04 Leverkusen was Amine Adli.
His rating is with 1 goal, 46 passes (83% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 17. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Bundesliga.
- Darmstadt 98 – VfB Stuttgart – 1-2
- Heidenheim – Bayer 04 Leverkusen – 1-2
- TSG Hoffenheim – FC Union Berlin – 0-1
- FSV Mainz 05 – FC Augsburg – 1-0
- VfL Wolfsburg – Borussia Dortmund – 1-1
- RB Leipzig – Borussia Mönchengladbach – 2-0
