Bundesliga: Bayer 04 Leverkusen beats Hertha BSC 2-1
LEVERKUSEN. Bayer 04 Leverkusen beat Hertha BSC to win 2-1.
LEVERKUSEN. Bayer 04 Leverkusen conquered Hertha BSC to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the first half. It was Bayer 04 Leverkusen to strike first with a goal of L. Alario at the 35′. Then K. Bellarabi scored again for Bayer 04 Leverkusen in the 40′ minute with a goal. Eventually, V. Darida reduced the distance for Hertha BSC with a goal. However, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Bayer 04 Leverkusen was vastly superior ball possession (64%) was among the key factors of its victory.
The match was played at the BayArena stadium in Leverkusen on Saturday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. In the presence of 23,557 spectators. The referee was Matthias Jöllenbeck who had the assistance of Christof Günsch and Jonas Weickenmeier. The 4th official was Christian Gittelmann. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold around 4.6 degrees Celsius or 40.24 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 66%.
Match Statistics
Bayer 04 Leverkusen was in firm control of the ball 64% while Hertha BSC was struggling with a 36% ball possession.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen was more aggressive with 62 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 6 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Bayer 04 Leverkusen won the encounter.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen shot 18 times, 6 on target, 12 off target. On the other side, Hertha BSC shot 7 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
No yellow cards were issued to Bayer 04 Leverkusen. On the opposite side, Hertha BSC received 1 yellow card (K. Boateng).
After this contest, Bayer 04 Leverkusen will have 48 points to stay in the 3rd place. On the other side, Hertha BSC will stay with 26 points like VfB Stuttgart and FC Augsburg to stay in the 16th place.
Match Events
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15'15'
M. Lotka
A. Schwolow
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35'35'
L. Alario
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40'40'
K. Bellarabi
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41'41'
K. Boateng
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42'42'
V. Darida
M. Mittelstadt
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46'46'
L. Gechter
S. Serdar
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65'65'
M. Richter
N. Stark
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65'65'
Patrik Schick
Lucas Alario
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65'65'
Sardar Azmoun
Karim Bellarabi
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65'65'
Exequiel Palacios
Charles Aránguiz
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65'65'
Marten Winkler
Maximilian Mittelstädt
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74'74'
P. Hincapie
M. Bakker
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75'75'
Davie Selke
Ishak Belfodil
Next match
In the upcoming Bundesliga match, Bayer 04 Leverkusen will play away against VfL Bochum 1848 on the 10th of April with a 5-2 head to head record in favor of Bayer 04 Leverkusen (2 draws).
Hertha BSC will host FC Union Berlin on the 9th of April with a 2-2 head to head.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen: Formation and Lineups
Bayer 04 Leverkusen started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Gerardo Seoane chose to play with the following team: Lukáš Hrádecký , Odilon Kossounou , Jonathan Tah , Edmond Tapsoba , Mitchel Bakker , Robert Andrich , Charles Aránguiz , Karim Bellarabi , Paulinho , Moussa Diaby and Lucas Alario .
Substitutes
Bayer 04 Leverkusen made 4 changes: C. Aranguiz for E. Palacios (65′), L. Alario for P. Schick (65′), K. Bellarabi for S. Azmoun (65′) and M. Bakker for P. Hincapie (74′).
Top player: Moussa Diaby
Probably the most impressive player in Bayer 04 Leverkusen was Moussa Diaby even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 46 passes (80% accurate) and 6 key passes. He performed 7 crosses.
Hertha BSC: Formation and Lineups
Hertha BSC started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
On the other side, Felix Magath played with: Alexander Schwolow , Peter Pekarík , Dedryck Boyata , Marc-Oliver Kempf , Maximilian Mittelstädt , Niklas Stark , Suat Serdar , Lucas Tousart , Santiago Ascacibar , Vladimír Darida and Ishak Belfodil .
Substitutes
Hertha BSC made 4 changes: A. Schwolow for M. Lotka (15′), S. Serdar for L. Gechter (46′), N. Stark for M. Richter (65′) and M. Mittelstadt for M. Winkler (65′).
Top player: Vladimír Darida
The player who no doubt impressed Hertha BSC the most was Vladimír Darida.
His rating is with 1 goal, 16 passes (62% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 6. He performed 2 crosses.
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