UEFA Champions League

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

Bayer Leverkusen
  • 51': Victor Boniface
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AC Milan

    Boniface earns Bayer Leverkusen win over AC Milan

    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 PTS
    +12 Liverpool 6 18 0
    +14 Barcelona 6 15 1
    +9 Arsenal 6 13 1
    +7 Bayer Leverkusen 6 13 1
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    Statistics

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    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

    B04 Bayer Leverkusen (3-4-2-1)

    No. Name
    1 Lukas Hradecky (GK)
    4 Jonathan Tah
    3 Piero Hincapié
    12 Edmond Tapsoba
    24 Aleix García Yellow Card
    34 Granit Xhaka
    20 Alejandro Grimaldo
    30 Jeremie Frimpong Yellow Card
    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.

    MIL AC Milan (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    16 Mike Maignan (GK)
    23 Fikayo Tomori Yellow Card
    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.

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