Wolfsburg vs Leverkusen 2023-24 German Bundesliga

VfL Wolfsburg

41': Maxence Lacroix

FT
1 - 2

Bayer Leverkusen

13': Jeremie Frimpong
62': Alejandro Grimaldo

Leverkusen stay in top spot with 2-1 win over Wolfsburg

Leverkusen battled to a 2-1 win over hosts VfL Wolfsburg on Saturday with goals from Frimpong and Grimaldo, to stay in top spot in the Bundesliga

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
13': Goal! VfL Wolfsburg 0, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1. Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the top right corner. Assisted by Victor Boniface following a fast break.
36': Maximilian Arnold (VfL Wolfsburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
37': Exequiel Palacios (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card.
41': Goal! VfL Wolfsburg 1, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1. Maxence Lacroix (VfL Wolfsburg) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Moritz Jenz following a corner.
45': Ridle Baku (VfL Wolfsburg) is shown the yellow card.
45'+3': First Half ends, VfL Wolfsburg 1, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1.
45': Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Amin Sarr replaces Tiago Tomás.
45': Second Half begins VfL Wolfsburg 1, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1.
55': Granit Xhaka (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
56': Amine Adli (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
60': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Florian Wirtz replaces Amine Adli.
62': Goal! VfL Wolfsburg 1, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2. Álex Grimaldo (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Jeremie Frimpong.
65': Joakim Mæhle (VfL Wolfsburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
71': Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Lovro Majer replaces Mattias Svanberg.
74': Jonas Hofmann (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card.
78': Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Kevin Paredes replaces Yannick Gerhardt.
78': Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Jakub Kaminski replaces Sebastiaan Bornauw.
86': Edmond Tapsoba (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
88': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Nadiem Amiri replaces Jonas Hofmann.
88': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Odilon Kossounou replaces Josip Stanisic.
88': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Nathan Tella replaces Jeremie Frimpong.
90'+5': Second Half ends, VfL Wolfsburg 1, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2.

Game Information

Competition: German Bundesliga

Venue: Volkswagen Arena
Location: Wolfsburg, Germany
Attendance: 28,917

German Bundesliga Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+63	Bayern Munich	33	79	2
+31	Bayer Leverkusen	32	68	2
+20	Eintracht Frankfurt	32	56	8
-2	SC Freiburg	33	55	10

Full Table

Statistics

B04		WOB
14	Fouls	15
5	Yellow Cards	3
0	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	1
3	Corner Kicks	4
5	Saves	5
58.5	Possession	41.5
13	SHOTS	18
7	ON GOAL	6
0.5	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
539	Accurate Passes	343
619	Passes	431
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.8
2	Accurate Crosses	4
10	Crosses	14
0.2	Cross %	0.3
38	Long Balls	52
21	Accurate Long Balls	20
0.6	Long Balls %	0.4
0	Blocked Shots	3
5	Effective Tackles	2
9	Tackles	11
0.6	Tackle %	0.2
8	Interceptions	14
11	Effective Clearances	16
11	Clearances	16

Line-Ups

VfL Wolfsburg (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
12	Pavao Pervan (GK)
25	Moritz Jenz
4	Maxence Lacroix
3	Sebastiaan Bornauw
27	Maximilian Arnold
32	Mattias Svanberg
21	Joakim Maehle
20	Ridle Baku
23	Jonas Wind
11	Tiago Tomas
31	Yannick Gerhardt

Substitutes:

Dzenan Pejcinovic, Jakub Kaminski, Kevin Paredes, Nicolas Cozza, Philipp Schulze, Lovro Majer, Amin Sarr, Patrick Wimmer, Cédric Zesiger.

Bayer Leverkusen (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
1	Lukas Hradecky (GK)
4	Jonathan Tah
12	Edmond Tapsoba
2	Josip Stanisic
34	Granit Xhaka
25	Exequiel Palacios
20	Alejandro Grimaldo
30	Jeremie Frimpong
22	Victor Boniface
21	Amine Adli
7	Jonas Hofmann