Bremen vs Leverkusen 2023-24 German Bundesliga

Werder Bremen

FT
0 - 3

Bayer Leverkusen

9': Olivier Deman (OG)
42': Jeremie Frimpong
76': Alejandro Grimaldo

Bayer Leverkusen back on top with 3-0 win at Werder Bremen

Alex Grimaldo Bayer Leverkusen goal celeb vs. Werder Bremen [1296x729]

Bayer Leverkusen cruised to a 3-0 victory at Werder Bremen on Saturday to take over the lead in the Bundesliga with a club record-equalling eighth consecutive victory.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
9': Own Goal by Olivier Deman, SV Werder Bremen. SV Werder Bremen 0, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1.
14': Leonardo Bittencourt (SV Werder Bremen) is shown the yellow card.
36': Marco Friedl (SV Werder Bremen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
42': Goal! SV Werder Bremen 0, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2. Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Piero Hincapié following a corner.
45': Second Half begins SV Werder Bremen 0, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2.
54': Olivier Deman (SV Werder Bremen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
56': Substitution, SV Werder Bremen. Felix Agu replaces Olivier Deman.
71': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Amine Adli replaces Victor Boniface.
72': Substitution, SV Werder Bremen. Nick Woltemade replaces Rafael Borré.
72': Substitution, SV Werder Bremen. Justin Njinmah replaces Leonardo Bittencourt.
76': Goal! SV Werder Bremen 0, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3. Álex Grimaldo (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Amine Adli.
77': Álex Grimaldo (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
81': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Adam Hlozek replaces Florian Wirtz.
81': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Nathan Tella replaces Jeremie Frimpong.
83': Substitution, SV Werder Bremen. Senne Lynen replaces Romano Schmid.
83': Substitution, SV Werder Bremen. Niklas Stark replaces Anthony Jung.
89': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Nadiem Amiri replaces Jonas Hofmann.
89': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Gustavo Puerta replaces Granit Xhaka.
90'+4': Second Half ends, SV Werder Bremen 0, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3.

Game Information

Competition: German Bundesliga

Venue: Weserstadion
Location: Bremen, Germany
Attendance: 42,100

German Bundesliga Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+23	Bayern Munich	7	21	0
+1	RB Leipzig	7	16	1
+5	VfB Stuttgart	7	15	2
+7	Borussia Dortmund	7	14	1

Full Table

Statistics

B04		SVW
4	Fouls	15
1	Yellow Cards	3
0	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	5
6	Corner Kicks	1
1	Saves	2
59.4	Possession	40.6
14	SHOTS	2
4	ON GOAL	1
0.3	On Target %	0.5
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
647	Accurate Passes	410
740	Passes	503
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.8
3	Accurate Crosses	4
15	Crosses	12
0.2	Cross %	0.3
52	Long Balls	47
25	Accurate Long Balls	22
0.5	Long Balls %	0.5
5	Blocked Shots	0
9	Effective Tackles	12
17	Tackles	16
0.5	Tackle %	0.8
6	Interceptions	10
13	Effective Clearances	19
13	Clearances	19

Line-Ups

Werder Bremen (3-5-2)

No.	Name
30	Michael Zetterer (GK)
32	Marco Friedl
3	Anthony Jung
13	Milos Veljkovic
20	Romano Schmid
10	Leonardo Bittencourt
6	Jens Stage
2	Olivier Deman
8	Mitchell Weiser
7	Marvin Ducksch
19	Rafael Borré

Substitutes:

Justin Njinmah, Felix Agu, Christian Groß, Amos Pieper, Jirí Pavlenka, Senne Lynen, Nick Woltemade, Dawid Kownacki, Niklas Stark.

Bayer Leverkusen (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
1	Lukas Hradecky (GK)
8	Robert Andrich
3	Piero Hincapié
6	Odilon Kossounou
25	Exequiel Palacios
34	Granit Xhaka
20	Alejandro Grimaldo
30	Jeremie Frimpong
22	Victor Boniface
10	Florian Wirtz
7	Jonas Hofmann