Leverkusen vs Milan 2024-25 UEFA Champions League, League Phase

Bayer Leverkusen

51': Victor Boniface

FT
1 - 0

AC Milan

Boniface earns Bayer Leverkusen win over AC Milan

Leverkusen celeb Milan_241001 [1296x729]

A second half goal from Victor Boniface was enough to earn Bayer Leverkusen a 1-0 home win over AC Milan in the Champions League on Tuesday, giving the German side a perfect start to their campaign while the Italians are still without a point.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
8': Aleix García (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45'+3': First Half ends, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0, AC Milan 0.
51': Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1, AC Milan 0. Victor Boniface (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
62': Substitution, AC Milan. Álvaro Morata replaces Tammy Abraham.
74': Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
75': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Martin Terrier replaces Victor Boniface.
75': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Robert Andrich replaces Aleix García.
79': Substitution, AC Milan. Samuel Chukwueze replaces Christian Pulisic.
82': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Exequiel Palacios replaces Amine Adli.
84': Álvaro Morata (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card.
89': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Jeanuël Belocian replaces Álex Grimaldo.
89': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Nathan Tella replaces Florian Wirtz.
90'+3': Samuel Chukwueze (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+6': Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card.

Game Information

Competition: UEFA Champions League

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

UEFA Champions League Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD
+4	Paris Saint-Germain	1	3
+2	Union St.-Gilloise	1	3
+2	Bayern Munich	1	3
+2	Arsenal	1	3

Full Table

Statistics

MIL		B04
4	Fouls	15
3	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	3
4	Corner Kicks	5
8	Saves	5
49.7	Possession	50.3
16	SHOTS	16
5	ON GOAL	9
0.3	On Target %	0.6
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
497	Accurate Passes	518
551	Passes	566
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.9
4	Accurate Crosses	1
15	Crosses	9
0.3	Cross %	0.1
38	Long Balls	36
21	Accurate Long Balls	22
0.6	Long Balls %	0.6
5	Blocked Shots	1
6	Effective Tackles	10
10	Tackles	15
0.6	Tackle %	0.7
11	Interceptions	5
12	Effective Clearances	23
12	Clearances	23

Line-Ups

Bayer Leverkusen (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
1	Lukas Hradecky (GK)
4	Jonathan Tah
3	Piero Hincapié
12	Edmond Tapsoba
24	Aleix García
34	Granit Xhaka
20	Alejandro Grimaldo
30	Jeremie Frimpong
22	Victor Boniface
10	Florian Wirtz
21	Amine Adli

Substitutes:

Nathan Tella, Arthur, Jeanuël Belocian, Robert Andrich, Jonas Hofmann, Matej Kovar, Nordi Mukiele, Patrik Schick, Exequiel Palacios, Martin Terrier, Niklas Lomb.

AC Milan (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
16	Mike Maignan (GK)
23	Fikayo Tomori
46	Matteo Gabbia
19	Theo Hernández
22	Emerson Royal
14	Tijjani Reijnders
8	Ruben Loftus-Cheek
29	Youssouf Fofana
90	Tammy Abraham
10	Rafael Leão
11	Christian Pulisic

Substitutes:

Strahinja Pavlovic, Samuel Chukwueze, Yunus Musah, Noah Okafor, Filippo Terracciano, Álvaro Morata, Lorenzo Torriani, Davide Calabria, Lapo Nava, Malick Thiaw.