Leverkusen vs Hertha 2022-23 German Bundesliga

Bayer Leverkusen

12': Sardar Azmoun
21': Jeremie Frimpong
60': Moussa Diaby
73': Amine Adli

FT
4 - 1

Hertha Berlin

67': Dodi Lukébakio (P)

Relegation-threatened Hertha Berlin loses 4-1 at Leverkusen

— Hertha Berlin’s hopes of edging further away from the Bundesliga’s relegation zone were wrecked Sunday in a 4-1 loss at Bayer Leverkusen.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
12': Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1, Hertha Berlin 0. Sardar Azmoun (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jeremie Frimpong.
21': Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2, Hertha Berlin 0. Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Moussa Diaby.
29': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Timothy Fosu-Mensah replaces Jeremie Frimpong because of an injury.
45'+2': First Half ends, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2, Hertha Berlin 0.
45': Second Half begins Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2, Hertha Berlin 0.
58': Substitution, Hertha Berlin. Stevan Jovetic replaces Florian Niederlechner.
58': Substitution, Hertha Berlin. Jean-Paul Boëtius replaces Suat Serdar.
60': Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3, Hertha Berlin 0. Moussa Diaby (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Florian Wirtz with a through ball.
67': Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3, Hertha Berlin 1. Dodi Lukébakio (Hertha Berlin) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
69': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Amine Adli replaces Moussa Diaby.
69': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Patrik Schick replaces Sardar Azmoun.
73': Substitution, Hertha Berlin. Jessic Ngankam replaces Tolga Cigerci.
73': Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4, Hertha Berlin 1. Amine Adli (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Patrik Schick.
75': Jessic Ngankam (Hertha Berlin) is shown the yellow card.
75': Jonathan Tah (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card.
82': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Daley Sinkgraven replaces Piero Hincapié.
82': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Nadiem Amiri replaces Florian Wirtz.
83': Substitution, Hertha Berlin. Jonjoe Kenny replaces Dodi Lukébakio.
84': Substitution, Hertha Berlin. Ivan Sunjic replaces Marco Richter.
87': Jonjoe Kenny (Hertha Berlin) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+3': Second Half ends, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4, Hertha Berlin 1.

Game Information

Competition: German Bundesliga

Venue: BayArena
Location: Leverkusen, Germany
Attendance: 30,210

German Bundesliga Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+55	Bayer Leverkusen	31	81	0
+51	Bayern Munich	31	69	6
+32	VfB Stuttgart	31	64	7
+38	RB Leipzig	31	62	7

Full Table

Statistics

BSC		B04
14	Fouls	11
2	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	4
2	Corner Kicks	9
5	Saves	1
38.4	Possession	61.6
7	SHOTS	16
2	ON GOAL	9
0.3	On Target %	0.6
1	Penalty Goals	0
1	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
307	Accurate Passes	570
399	Passes	657
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.9
2	Accurate Crosses	4
12	Crosses	12
0.2	Cross %	0.3
44	Long Balls	69
14	Accurate Long Balls	38
0.3	Long Balls %	0.6
3	Blocked Shots	3
11	Effective Tackles	12
16	Tackles	18
0.7	Tackle %	0.7
7	Interceptions	13
18	Effective Clearances	18
18	Clearances	18

Line-Ups

Bayer Leverkusen (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
1	Lukas Hradecky (GK)
4	Jonathan Tah
12	Edmond Tapsoba
6	Odilon Kossounou
8	Robert Andrich
25	Exequiel Palacios
3	Piero Hincapié
30	Jeremie Frimpong
9	Sardar Azmoun
27	Florian Wirtz
19	Moussa Diaby

Substitutes:

Daley Sinkgraven, Patrick Pentz, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Kerem Demirbay, Amine Adli, Patrik Schick, Adam Hlozek, Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Nadiem Amiri.

Hertha Berlin (3-5-2)

No.	Name
1	Oliver Christensen (GK)
5	Filip Uremovic
20	Marc-Oliver Kempf
3	Agustin Rogel
8	Suat Serdar
29	Lucas Tousart
6	Tolga Cigerci
21	Marvin Plattenhardt
23	Marco Richter
7	Florian Niederlechner
14	Dodi Lukébakio

Substitutes:

Márton Dárdai, Jean-Paul Boëtius, Tjark Ernst, Jonjoe Kenny, Ivan Sunjic, Maximilian Mittelstädt, Stevan Jovetic, Jessic Ngankam, Kevin-Prince Boateng.