Bundesliga: VfL Bochum 1848 draws 0-0 with Bayer 04 Leverkusen with M. Diaby missing a penalty
BOCHUM. VfL Bochum 1848 0-0 Bayer 04 Leverkusen could not score a single goal after M. Diaby missed a penalty.
BOCHUM. VfL Bochum 1848 0-0 Bayer 04 Leverkusen didn’t manage to score any goal on Sunday. Bayer 04 Leverkusen couldn’t win even though he was superior in terms of holding the ball possession (59%).
M. Diaby missed a decisive penalty (64′). That would have allowed Bayer 04 Leverkusen to win the match.
M. Diaby missed 1 penalty (64′) for Bayer 04 Leverkusen.
The match was played at the Vonovia Ruhrstadion stadium in Bochum on Sunday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. The referee was Felix Zwayer who had the assistance of Rafael Foltyn and Marco Achmüller. The 4th official was Robin Braun. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold around 11.4 degrees Celsius or 52.47 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 47%.
Match Statistics
Bayer 04 Leverkusen was in firm control of the ball 59% while VfL Bochum 1848 was struggling with a 41% ball possession.
VfL Bochum 1848 was more aggressive with 38 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 2 were on target. However, this did not suffice for VfL Bochum 1848 to win the match.
VfL Bochum 1848 shot 12 times, 2 on target, 10 off target. On the opposite side, Bayer 04 Leverkusen shot 10 times, 3 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
No yellow cards were issued to VfL Bochum 1848. On the opposite side, No yellow cards were issued to Bayer 04 Leverkusen.
After playing this match, VfL Bochum 1848 will have 35 points to stay in the 12th place. On the opposite side, Bayer 04 Leverkusen will have 51 points to stay in the 3rd place.
Match Events
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30'30'
M. Bakker
J. Tah
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63'63'
G. Holtmann
M. Pantovic
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63'63'
E. Lowen
E. Rexhbecaj
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64'64'
M. Diaby
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66'66'
K. Bellarabi
Paulinho
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77'77'
L. Alario
P. Schick
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77'77'
E. Palacios
K. Demirbay
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77'77'
D. Sinkgraven
K. Bellarabi
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81'81'
Danny Blum
Takuma Asano
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81'81'
Simon Zoller
Sebastian Polter
Next match
In the upcoming Bundesliga match, VfL Bochum 1848 will play away with SC Freiburg on the 16th of April with a 1-1 head to head.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen will host RB Leipzig on the 17th of April with a 5-2 head to head in favor of RB Leipzig (4 draws).
VfL Bochum 1848: Formation and Lineups
VfL Bochum 1848 adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Thomas Reis chose to play with the following team: Manuel Riemann , Cristian Gamboa , Armel Bella-Kotchap , Maxim Leitsch , Danilo Soares , Konstantinos Stafylidis , Anthony Losilla , Miloš Pantović , Elvis Rexhbeçaj , Takuma Asano and Sebastian Polter .
Substitutes
VfL Bochum 1848 made 4 changes: M. Pantovic for G. Holtmann (63′), E. Rexhbecaj for E. Lowen (63′), S. Polter for S. Zoller (81′) and T. Asano for D. Blum (81′).
Top player: Cristian Gamboa
Probably the most impressive player in VfL Bochum 1848 was Cristian Gamboa.
His rating is with 35 passes (85% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 7. He performed 3 crosses.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen: Formation and Lineups
Also Bayer 04 Leverkusen adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
On the opposite side, Gerardo Seoane played with: Lukáš Hrádecký , Odilon Kossounou , Jonathan Tah , Edmond Tapsoba , Piero Hincapié , Robert Andrich , Charles Aránguiz , Moussa Diaby , Kerem Demirbay , Paulinho and Patrik Schick .
Substitutes
Bayer 04 Leverkusen made 5 changes: J. Tah for M. Bakker (30′), Paulinho for K. Bellarabi (66′), P. Schick for L. Alario (77′), K. Demirbay for E. Palacios (77′) and K. Bellarabi for D. Sinkgraven (77′).
Top player: Odilon Kossounou
The player who no doubt impressed Bayer 04 Leverkusen the most was Odilon Kossounou.
His rating is with 42 passes (71% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 3 crosses.
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