Dortmund vs Leverkusen 2024-25 German Bundesliga

Borussia Dortmund

12': Jamie Gittens
79': Serhou Guirassy (P)

FT
2 - 3

Bayer Leverkusen

1': Nathan Tella
8': Patrik Schick
19': Patrik Schick

Early goals see Bayer Leverkusen overcome Borussia Dortmund

Patrik Schick (R) of Leverkusen celebrates after scoring his team's second goal with Jeremie Frimpong (L) of Leverkusen during the Bundesliga match between Borussia Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen at the Signal Iduna Park [1296x729]

Bayer Leverkusen battled past hosts Borussia Dortmund 3-2 with two goals from Patrik Schick on Friday to move within a point of leaders Bayern Munich.

Match Commentary

1': Goal! Borussia Dortmund 0, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1. Nathan Tella (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Robert Andrich with a headed pass.
8': Goal! Borussia Dortmund 0, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2. Patrik Schick (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Piero Hincapié with a cross.
12': Goal! Borussia Dortmund 1, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2. Jamie Gittens (Borussia Dortmund) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the top left corner.
19': Goal! Borussia Dortmund 1, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3. Patrik Schick (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jeremie Frimpong with a cross.
45'+3': First Half ends, Borussia Dortmund 1, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3.
45'+4': Patrik Schick (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card.
45': Second Half begins Borussia Dortmund 1, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3.
63': Substitution, Borussia Dortmund. Julien Duranville replaces Karim Adeyemi.
63': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Florian Wirtz replaces Patrik Schick.
74': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Martin Terrier replaces Nathan Tella.
78': Edmond Tapsoba (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
78': Substitution, Borussia Dortmund. Marcel Sabitzer replaces Almugera Kabar.
78': Substitution, Borussia Dortmund. Giovanni Reyna replaces Maximilian Beier.
78': Substitution, Borussia Dortmund. Donyell Malen replaces Jamie Gittens.
79': Goal! Borussia Dortmund 2, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3. Serhou Guirassy (Borussia Dortmund) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
88': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Arthur replaces Jeremie Frimpong.
89': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Exequiel Palacios replaces Álex Grimaldo.
89': Substitution, Borussia Dortmund. Cole Campbell replaces Julian Ryerson.
90'+5': Felix Nmecha (Borussia Dortmund) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Game Information

Competition: German Bundesliga

Venue: SIGNAL IDUNA PARK
Location: Dortmund, Germany
Attendance: 81,365

German Bundesliga Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+51	Bayern Munich	25	61	2
+25	Bayer Leverkusen	25	53	2
+16	Mainz	25	44	7
+12	Eintracht Frankfurt	25	42	7

Full Table

Statistics

B04		DOR
6	Fouls	8
2	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
3	Offsides	2
2	Corner Kicks	6
3	Saves	3
30	Possession	70
7	SHOTS	12
5	ON GOAL	5
0.7	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	1
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	1
225	Accurate Passes	628
296	Passes	694
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.9
2	Accurate Crosses	5
8	Crosses	18
0.3	Cross %	0.3
50	Long Balls	43
18	Accurate Long Balls	24
0.4	Long Balls %	0.6
0	Blocked Shots	4
11	Effective Tackles	6
15	Tackles	11
0.7	Tackle %	0.5
9	Interceptions	8
17	Effective Clearances	10
17	Clearances	10

Line-Ups

Borussia Dortmund (4-1-3-2)

No.	Name
1	Gregor Kobel (GK)
49	Yannik Lührs
26	Julian Ryerson
8	Felix Nmecha
42	Almugera Kabar
2	Yan Couto
10	Julian Brandt
43	Jamie Gittens
27	Karim Adeyemi
9	Serhou Guirassy
14	Maximilian Beier

Substitutes:

Donyell Malen, Kjell-Arik Wätjen, Cole Campbell, Julien Duranville, David Lelle, Marcel Lotka, Marcel Sabitzer, Giovanni Reyna, Ayman Azhil.

Bayer Leverkusen (4-4-2)

No.	Name
1	Lukas Hradecky (GK)
12	Edmond Tapsoba
4	Jonathan Tah
3	Piero Hincapié
23	Nordi Mukiele
8	Robert Andrich
34	Granit Xhaka
20	Alejandro Grimaldo
30	Jeremie Frimpong
19	Nathan Tella
14	Patrik Schick