Bayer 04 Leverkusen surprises VfL Wolfsburg with a 2-0 win. HIGHLIGHTS

LEVERKUSEN. Bayer 04 Leverkusen had a surprising win over VfL Wolfsburg with a 2-0 win with a goal from N. Tella (37') and a goal from F. Wirtz (86').

John Ross

March 11, 2024

LEVERKUSEN. Bayer 04 Leverkusen had a surprising win over VfL Wolfsburg with a 2-0 win with a goal from N. Tella (37′) and a goal from F. Wirtz (86′). Bayer 04 Leverkusen was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (76%) and that was among the factors of its victory.

The match was played at the BayArena stadium in Leverkusen on Sunday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. In front of 29,314 spectators. The referee was assisted by Jan Seidel and Rafael Foltyn. The 4th official was Robert Kampka. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 14.95 degrees Celsius or 58.91 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 42%.

Match Statistics

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

2 - 0

VfL Wolfsburg

! 76 Ball Possession 24

Shots

19 Total 2
8 On Target 1
7 Off Target 1
4 Shots blocked 0

171 Attack 39
130 Dangerous attack 15
70 Ball safe 81

0 Penalties 0
9 Corners 2

Fouls

6 Total 7
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Double Yellow 1
0 Red Card 1

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Bayer 04 Leverkusen had a strong ball possession 76% while VfL Wolfsburg was struggling with a 24% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Bayer 04 Leverkusen was more aggressive with 130 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Bayer 04 Leverkusen won the match.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen shot 19 times, 8 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, VfL Wolfsburg shot 2 times, 1 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 1 yellow card (Amine Adli). Talking about the opposition, VfL Wolfsburg received 2 yellow cards (Yannick Gerhardt and Moritz Jenz).

Match Timeline

Yannick Gerhardt- Yellow

12'

Moritz Jenz- Yellow

28'

Moritz Jenz(yellowredcard)

32'

Sebastiaan Bornauw- sub ->Jonas Wind

Nathan Tella(goal)Alejandro Grimaldo

37'

Amine Adli- sub ->Piero Hincapié

59'

63'

Amin Sarr- sub ->Tiago Tomás

63'

Aster Vranckx- sub ->Lovro Majer

Jonas Hofmann- sub ->Nathan Tella

76'

Borja Iglesias- sub ->Patrik Schick

76'

Amine Adli- Yellow

80'

Florian Wirtz(goal)Exequiel Palacios

86'

87'

Patrick Wimmer- sub ->Cédric Zesiger

88'

Kevin Behrens- sub ->Yannick Gerhardt

Adam Hlozek- sub ->Florian Wirtz

90'

Robert Andrich- sub ->Exequiel Palacios

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

Borussia Mönchengladbach

After this match, Bayer 04 Leverkusen has 67 points to remain in the 1st place. On the opposite side, VfL Wolfsburg will stays with 25 points like FC Union Berlin and VfL Bochum 1848 to remain in the 13th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Bundesliga, Bayer 04 Leverkusen will play away with SC Freiburg on the 16th of March with a 14-6 head to head stats in favor of Bayer 04 Leverkusen (9 draws).

VfL Wolfsburg will host FC Augsburg on the 16th of March with a 8-8 head to head record.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen – Formation

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Lukas Hradecky 1.Finland

6.7

Piero Hincapié 3.Ecuador

7.1

59'

Jonathan Tah 4.Germany

7.5

Edmond Tapsoba 12.Burkina Faso

7.9

Florian Wirtz 10.Germany

8.1

90'

86'

Nathan Tella 19.Nigeria

7.7

76'

37'

Alejandro Grimaldo 20.Spain

8.5

Granit Xhaka 34.Switzerland

8.9

Josip Stanisic 2.Croatia

7.5

Exequiel Palacios 25.Argentina

9.4

90'

Patrik Schick 14.Czech Republic

6.8

76'

Substitutes

Rene Gilmartin 36.Germany

Odilon Kossounou 6.Ivory Coast

Jonas Hofmann 7.Germany

7.1

76'

Robert Andrich 8.Germany

90'

Noah Mbamba 18.Belgium

Gustavo Puerta 32.Colombia

Borja Iglesias 9.Spain

6.4

76'

Amine Adli 21.France

7.1

59'

80'

Adam Hlozek 23.Czech Republic

90'

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 (6.7), Edmond Tapsoba (7.9), Jonathan Tah (7.5), Piero Hincapié (7.1), Josip Stanisic (7.5), Granit Xhaka (8.9), Exequiel Palacios (9.4), Alejandro Grimaldo (8.5), Nathan Tella (7.7), Florian Wirtz (8.1) and Patrik Schick (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Robert Andrich, Borja Iglesias (6.4), Noah Mbamba, Amine Adli (7.1), Adam Hlozek, Gustavo Puerta, Niklas Lomb, Odilon Kossounou and Jonas Hofmann (7.1).

Substitutions

Bayer 04 Leverkusen made 5 changes: Nathan Tella for Jonas Hofmann (76′), Patrik Schick for Borja Iglesias (76′), Piero Hincapié for Amine Adli (59′), Exequiel Palacios for Robert Andrich (90′) and Florian Wirtz for Adam Hlozek (90′).

Player of the match: Exequiel Palacios

The most impressive player for Bayer 04 Leverkusen was Exequiel Palacios even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is 9.4 with 148 passes (96% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 3.

VfL Wolfsburg – Formation

VfL Wolfsburg

Koen Casteels 1.Belgium

8.1

Maxence Lacroix 4.France

6.7

Moritz Jenz 25.Germany

5.0

12'

Cédric Zesiger 5.Switzerland

6.7

87'

Lovro Majer 19.Croatia

6.7

63'

Ridle Baku 20.Germany

6.3

M. Arnold 27.Germany

7.1

Yannick Gerhardt 31.Germany

6.4

88'

Kevin Paredes 40.United States

6.8

Tiago Tomás 11.Portugal

6.6

63'

Jonas Wind 23.Denmark

6.8

32'

Substitutes

Pavao Pervan 12.Austria

Kilian Fischer 2.Germany

Sebastiaan Bornauw 3.Belgium

6.6

32'

Rogério 13.Brazil

Aster Vranckx 6.Belgium

6.8

63'

Mattias Svanberg 32.Sweden

Patrick Wimmer 39.Austria

87'

Kevin Behrens 17.Germany

88'

Amin Sarr 9.Sweden

6.7

63'

VfL Wolfsburg started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

Niko Kovač played with: Koen Casteels (8.1), Maxence Lacroix (6.7), Moritz Jenz (5.0), Cédric Zesiger (6.7), Ridle Baku (6.3), Yannick Gerhardt (6.4), Maximilian Arnold (7.1), Kevin Paredes (6.8), Lovro Majer (6.7), Jonas Wind (6.8) and Tiago Tomás (6.6).

These were the players on the bench: Sebastiaan Bornauw (6.6), Aster Vranckx (6.8), Amin Sarr (6.7), Pavao Pervan, Rogério, Mattias Svanberg, Patrick Wimmer, Kilian Fischer and Kevin Behrens.

Substitutions

VfL Wolfsburg made 5 changes: Jonas Wind for Sebastiaan Bornauw (32′), Lovro Majer for Aster Vranckx (63′), Tiago Tomás for Amin Sarr (63′), Yannick Gerhardt for Kevin Behrens (88′) and Cédric Zesiger for Patrick Wimmer (88′).