Bayer 04 Leverkusen overcomes FC Union Berlin 1-0 with a goal scored by F. Wirtz. HIGHLIGHTS

BERLIN. Bayer 04 Leverkusen prevails over FC Union Berlin 1-0 after F. Wirtz scored a penalty (45').

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John Ross
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Bayer 04 Leverkusen overcomes FC Union Berlin 1-0 with a goal scored by F. Wirtz. HIGHLIGHTS

BERLIN. Bayer 04 Leverkusen overcomes FC Union Berlin 1-0 after F. Wirtz scored a penalty (45′). Bayer 04 Leverkusen was definitely better in terms of ball possession (66%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Stadion An der Alten Försterei stadium in Berlin on Saturday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. In front of 22,012 spectators.​ The referee was Benjamin Brand with the assistance of Thomas Stein and Christian Dietz. The 4th official was Florian Lechner. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 21.83 degrees Celsius or 71.29 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 57%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

FC Union Berlin

0 - 1

Team 1

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

  • ! 34 Ball Possession 66
Shots
  • 9 Total 20
  • 0 On Target 8
  • 6 Off Target 4
  • 3 Shots blocked 8
  • 84 Attack 144
  • 39 Dangerous attack 87
  • 70 Ball safe 91
  • 0 Penalties 1
  • 7 Corners 10
  • 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
  • 10 Total 14
  • 2 Yellow Cards 2
  • 1 Double Yellow 0
  • 1 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

Bayer 04 Leverkusen had a strong ball possession 66% while FC Union Berlin was struggling with a 34% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Bayer 04 Leverkusen was more pushing with 87 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Bayer 04 Leverkusen won the match.​

FC Union Berlin shot 9 times, 0 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Bayer 04 Leverkusen shot 20 times, 8 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

FC Union Berlin received 2 yellow cards (Robin Gosens and Lucas Tousart). Talking about the opposition, Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 2 yellow cards (Robert Andrich and Amine Adli).

Match Timeline

Robin Gosens- Yellow
9'
33'
Amine Adli- sub ->Adam Hlozek
Lucas Tousart- Yellow
37'
Robin Gosens(yellowredcard)
45'
45'
Florian Wirtz(penalty)
45'
Piero Hincapié(VAR)
Mikkel Kaufmann- sub ->Yorbe Vertessen
46'
Aïssa Laïdouni- sub ->Rani Khedira
62'
Josip Juranovic- sub ->Christopher Trimmel 
63'
64'
Amine Adli- Yellow
Alex Král- sub ->András Schäfer
63'
67'
Victor Boniface - sub ->Borja Iglesias
79'
Jeremie Frimpong- sub ->Nathan Tella
Benedict Hollerbach- sub ->Brenden Aaronson
79'
82'
Robert Andrich- Yellow

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
84
32
FC Bayern München
69
32
VfB Stuttgart
67
32
RB Leipzig
63
32
Borussia Dortmund
60
32
Eintracht Frankfurt
45
32
SC Freiburg
41
32
TSG Hoffenheim
40
32
FC Augsburg
39
32
Heidenheim
38
32
Werder Bremen
38
32
VfL Wolfsburg
37
32
Borussia Mönchengladbach
33
32
VfL Bochum 1848
33
32
FC Union Berlin
30
32
FSV Mainz 05
29
32
FC Köln
24
32
Darmstadt 98
17
32

After this encounter, FC Union Berlin stays with 29 points to hold in the 12th place. Talking about the opposition, Bayer 04 Leverkusen will has 76 points to remain in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Bundesliga, FC Union Berlin will play away against FC Augsburg on the 13th of April with a 5-1 head to head stats in favor of FC Augsburg (7 draws).

Bayer 04 Leverkusen will host Werder Bremen on the 13th of April with a 12-11 head to head in favor of Werder Bremen (15 draws).

FC Union Berlin – Formation

FC Union Berlin
G
Frederik Rönnow 1.Denmark
9.1
D
Kevin Vogt 2.Germany
7.0
D
Diogo Leite 4.Portugal
7.0
D
Danilho Doekhi 5.Netherlands
7.0
M
Robin Gosens 6.Germany
5.7
9'
M
Rani Khedira 8.Germany
6.4
62'
M
Christopher Trimmel  28.Austria
6.8
63'
M
Lucas Tousart 29.France
7.0
37'
M
András Schäfer 13.Hungary
6.8
63'
F
Brenden Aaronson 7.United States
6.4
79'
F
Yorbe Vertessen 14.Belgium
6.4
46'
Substitutes
G
Alexander Schwolow 37.Germany
D
Paul Jaeckel 3.Germany
D
Josip Juranovic 18.Croatia
7.5
63'
D
Robin Knoche 31.Germany
M
Aïssa Laïdouni 20.Tunisia
6.4
62'
M
Alex Král 33.Czech Republic
7.1
63'
F
Mikkel Kaufmann 9.Denmark
6.4
46'
F
Chris Bedia 11.Ivory Coast
F
Benedict Hollerbach 16.Germany
6.8
79'

FC Union Berlin started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Nenad Bjelica decided to play with the following team: Frederik Rönnow (9.1), Danilho Doekhi (7.0), Kevin Vogt (7.0), Diogo Leite (7.0), Christopher Trimmel  (6.8), Lucas Tousart (7.0), András Schäfer (6.8), Rani Khedira (6.4), Robin Gosens (5.7), Brenden Aaronson (6.4) and Yorbe Vertessen (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Mikkel Kaufmann (6.4), Paul Jaeckel, Chris Bedia, Benedict Hollerbach (6.8), Josip Juranovic (7.5), Aïssa Laïdouni (6.4), Robin Knoche, Alex Král (7.1) and Alexander Schwolow.

Substitutions

FC Union Berlin made 5 changes: Yorbe Vertessen for Mikkel Kaufmann (46′), Rani Khedira for Aïssa Laïdouni (62′), Christopher Trimmel  for Josip Juranovic (63′), András Schäfer for Alex Král (63′) and Brenden Aaronson for Benedict Hollerbach (79′).

Player of the match: Frederik Rönnow​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for FC Union Berlin was the goalkeeper: Frederik Rönnow. His rating is 9.08. He performed 7 saves.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen – Formation

Bayer 04 Leverkusen
G
Lukas Hradecky  1.Finland
7.3
D
Jonathan Tah 4.Germany
7.7
D
Piero Hincapié 3.Ecuador
7.8
D
Odilon Kossounou 6.Ivory Coast
7.7
M
Robert Andrich 8.Germany
8.1
82'
M
Florian Wirtz 10.Germany
7.9
Goals45'
M
Alejandro Grimaldo 20.Spain
8.2
M
Granit Xhaka  34.Switzerland
7.5
M
Nathan Tella 19.Nigeria
7.8
79'
M
Adam Hlozek 23.Czech Republic
6.8
33'
F
Borja Iglesias 9.Spain
6.8
67'
Substitutes
G
Matej Kovar 17.Czech Republic
D
Josip Stanisic 2.Croatia
D
Edmond Tapsoba 12.Burkina Faso
D
Jeremie Frimpong 30.Netherlands
7.1
79'
M
Jonas Hofmann 7.Germany
M
Exequiel Palacios 25.Argentina
F
Patrik Schick 14.Czech Republic
F
Amine Adli 21.France
6.4
33' 64'
F
Victor Boniface  22.Nigeria
6.7
67'

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

Xabier Alonso Olano played with: Lukas Hradecky  (7.3), Odilon Kossounou (7.7), Jonathan Tah (7.7), Piero Hincapié (7.8), Nathan Tella (7.8), Robert Andrich (8.1), Granit Xhaka  (7.5), Alejandro Grimaldo (8.2), Florian Wirtz (7.9), Adam Hlozek (6.8) and Borja Iglesias (6.8).

They had on the bench: Josip Stanisic, Matej Kovar, Amine Adli (6.4), Jonas Hofmann, Victor Boniface  (6.7), Edmond Tapsoba, Jeremie Frimpong (7.1), Exequiel Palacios and Patrik Schick.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen could not rely on the presence of Amine Adli (injured) and Jeremie Frimpong (injured).

Substitutions

Bayer 04 Leverkusen made 3 changes: Adam Hlozek for Amine Adli (33′), Borja Iglesias for Victor Boniface  (67′) and Nathan Tella for Jeremie Frimpong (79′).

Player of the match: Alejandro Grimaldo​

The player that probably impressed the most for Bayer 04 Leverkusen was Alejandro Grimaldo even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is 8.2 with 64 passes (89% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 11. He performed 17 crosses.

Results of the day

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