Borussia Dortmund vs Bayer Leverkusen, 2021-22 German Bundesliga
· German Bundesliga
FT
2 - 5
2 - 5
- 10': Manuel Akanji (OG)
- 20': Florian Wirtz
- 28': Robert Andrich
- 53': Jonathan Tah
- 87': Moussa Diaby
Borussia Dortmund's title hopes fade further with heavy home defeat
Borussia Dortmund were thrashed 5-2 at home by Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga on Sunday.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Julian Brandt.
- 3': Foul by Patrik Schick (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 3': Manuel Akanji (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 5': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Manuel Akanji.
- 6': Foul by Kerem Demirbay (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 6': Julian Brandt (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 6': Foul by Thomas Meunier (Borussia Dortmund).
- 6': Mitchel Bakker (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 8': Offside, Borussia Dortmund. Dan-Axel Zagadou tries a through ball, but Donyell Malen is caught offside.
- 9': Foul by Thorgan Hazard (Borussia Dortmund).
- 9': Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 10': Attempt saved. Patrik Schick (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
- 10': Own Goal by Manuel Akanji, Borussia Dortmund. Borussia Dortmund 0, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1.
- 15': Foul by Piero Hincapié (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 15': Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 16': Own Goal by Jeremie Frimpong, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Borussia Dortmund 1, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1.
- 18': Foul by Thorgan Hazard (Borussia Dortmund).
- 18': Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 19': Foul by Robert Andrich (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 19': Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 20': Goal! Borussia Dortmund 1, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2. Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Karim Bellarabi following a fast break.
- 23': Attempt blocked. Kerem Demirbay (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mitchel Bakker.
- 23': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Mahmoud Dahoud.
- 24': Attempt saved. Karim Bellarabi (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) header from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Kerem Demirbay with a cross.
- 24': Foul by Robert Andrich (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 24': Gregor Kobel (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 26': Foul by Mahmoud Dahoud (Borussia Dortmund).
- 26': Patrik Schick (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 26': Mahmoud Dahoud (Borussia Dortmund) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 28': Goal! Borussia Dortmund 1, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3. Robert Andrich (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
- 36': Corner, Borussia Dortmund. Conceded by Karim Bellarabi.
- 37': Offside, Borussia Dortmund. Raphael Guerreiro tries a through ball, but Thorgan Hazard is caught offside.
- 39': Foul by Robert Andrich (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 39': Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 41': Attempt saved. Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 43': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Manuel Akanji.
- 44': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Gregor Kobel.
- 44': Offside, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Moussa Diaby tries a through ball, but Florian Wirtz is caught offside.
- 45'+4': First Half ends, Borussia Dortmund 1, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3.
- 45': Second Half begins Borussia Dortmund 1, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3.
- 45': Substitution, Borussia Dortmund. Marius Wolf replaces Thomas Meunier.
- 46': Foul by Karim Bellarabi (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 46': Julian Brandt (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 46': Karim Bellarabi (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card.
- 50': Attempt saved. Julian Brandt (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Donyell Malen.
- 51': Corner, Borussia Dortmund. Conceded by Lennart Grill.
- 51': Foul by Thorgan Hazard (Borussia Dortmund).
- 51': Karim Bellarabi (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 52': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Dan-Axel Zagadou.
- 53': Attempt blocked. Patrik Schick (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) header from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Kerem Demirbay with a cross.
- 53': Attempt blocked. Robert Andrich (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from very close range is blocked.
- 53': Goal! Borussia Dortmund 1, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4. Jonathan Tah (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner following a corner.
- 55': Foul by Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund).
- 55': Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 57': Attempt saved. Donyell Malen (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Julian Brandt.
- 57': Corner, Borussia Dortmund. Conceded by Kerem Demirbay.
- 58': Foul by Thorgan Hazard (Borussia Dortmund).
- 58': Karim Bellarabi (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 60': Substitution, Borussia Dortmund. Giovanni Reyna replaces Thorgan Hazard.
- 62': Attempt missed. Julian Brandt (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Donyell Malen.
- 63': Foul by Kerem Demirbay (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 63': Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 64': Attempt missed. Mahmoud Dahoud (Borussia Dortmund) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
- 67': Attempt blocked. Mahmoud Dahoud (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Julian Brandt.
- 67': Corner, Borussia Dortmund. Conceded by Piero Hincapié.
- 68': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Odilon Kossounou replaces Karim Bellarabi.
- 69': Attempt blocked. Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Giovanni Reyna.
- 69': Corner, Borussia Dortmund. Conceded by Odilon Kossounou.
- 69': Foul by Piero Hincapié (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 69': Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 70': Attempt blocked. Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is blocked.
- 70': Corner, Borussia Dortmund. Conceded by Jeremie Frimpong.
- 72': Attempt missed. Julian Brandt (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Donyell Malen.
- 74': Attempt missed. Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Julian Brandt.
- 79': Substitution, Borussia Dortmund. Youssoufa Moukoko replaces Donyell Malen.
- 79': Foul by Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
- 79': Mahmoud Dahoud (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 80': Attempt saved. Giovanni Reyna (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jude Bellingham with a through ball.
- 80': Foul by Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund).
- 80': Kerem Demirbay (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 81': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Lucas Alario replaces Patrik Schick.
- 81': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Charles Aránguiz replaces Florian Wirtz.
- 83': Attempt saved. Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Youssoufa Moukoko.
- 84': Attempt missed. Moussa Diaby (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) with an attempt from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jeremie Frimpong following a fast break.
- 85': Substitution, Borussia Dortmund. Steffen Tigges replaces Marco Reus.
- 86': Attempt blocked. Steffen Tigges (Borussia Dortmund) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Julian Brandt.
- 86': Corner, Borussia Dortmund. Conceded by Odilon Kossounou.
- 87': Goal! Borussia Dortmund 1, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 5. Moussa Diaby (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jeremie Frimpong with a cross following a fast break.
- 88': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Timothy Fosu-Mensah replaces Jeremie Frimpong.
- 88': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Amine Adli replaces Moussa Diaby.
- 89': Goal! Borussia Dortmund 2, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 5. Steffen Tigges (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.Goal awarded following VAR Review.
- 90'+1': VAR Decision: Goal Borussia Dortmund 2-5 Bayer 04 Leverkusen (Steffen Tigges).
- 90'+2': Second Half ends, Borussia Dortmund 2, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 5.
- 0': Match ends, Borussia Dortmund 2, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 5.
Statistics
 B04 |
DOR |
|
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Fouls | 8 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 2 |
| 6 | Corner Kicks | 7 |
| 5 | Saves | 2 |
| 35.6 | Possession | 64.4 |
| 10 | SHOTS | 14 |
| 7 | ON GOAL | 6 |
| 0.7 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 252 | Accurate Passes | 535 |
| 341 | Passes | 635 |
| 0.7 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 6 | Accurate Crosses | 0 |
| 14 | Crosses | 16 |
| 0.4 | Cross % | 0.0 |
| 59 | Long Balls | 33 |
| 24 | Accurate Long Balls | 17 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 2 | Blocked Shots | 4 |
| 10 | Effective Tackles | 14 |
| 18 | Tackles | 19 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.7 |
| 20 | Interceptions | 9 |
| 22 | Effective Clearances | 10 |
| 22 | Clearances | 10 |
Game Information
Competition: German Bundesliga
Venue: SIGNAL IDUNA PARK
Location: Dortmund, Germany
Attendance: 10,000
Venue: SIGNAL IDUNA PARK
Location: Dortmund, Germany
Attendance: 10,000
Bundesliga Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bayern Munich | 15 | +34 | 36 |
| 2 | Bayer Leverkusen | 15 | +16 | 32 |
| 3 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 15 | +12 | 27 |
| 4 | RB Leipzig | 15 | +4 | 27 |
Line-Ups
Borussia Dortmund (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Gregor Kobel (GK) |
| 5 | Dan-Axel Zagadou |
| 16 | Manuel Akanji |
| 13 | Raphaël Guerreiro |
| 24 | Thomas Meunier |
| 8 | Mahmoud Dahoud  |
| 22 | Jude Bellingham |
| 19 | Julian Brandt |
| 21 | Donyell Malen |
| 10 | Thorgan Hazard |
| 11 | Marco Reus |
Bayer Leverkusen (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 21 | Lennart Grill (GK) |
| 33 | Piero Hincapié |
| 4 | Jonathan Tah |
| 5 | Mitchel Bakker |
| 30 | Jeremie Frimpong |
| 27 | Florian Wirtz |
| 10 | Kerem Demirbay |
| 8 | Robert Andrich |
| 14 | Patrik Schick |
| 19 | Moussa Diaby |
| 38 | Karim Bellarabi |
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