Leverkusen 3-0 Frankfurt (Dec 17, 2023) Commentary

Eintracht Frankfurt

5-6-4, 21 PTS

Victor Boniface - 14'
Jeremie Frimpong - 51'
Florian Wirtz - 57'

1
Hradecky
12
Tapsoba
4
Tah
6
Kossounou
20
Grimaldo
34
Xhaka
25
Palacios
30
Frimpong
10
Wirtz
7
Hofmann
22
Boniface

No.Name
1Lukas Hradecky
4Jonathan Tah
12Edmond Tapsoba
6Odilon Kossounou
34Granit Xhaka
25Exequiel Palacios 3Piero Hincapié
20Alejandro Grimaldo
30Jeremie Frimpong 19Nathan Tella
22Victor Boniface 14Patrik Schick
10Florian Wirtz 11Nadiem Amiri
7Jonas Hofmann 23Adam Hlozek

Substitutes
21Amine Adli
17Matej Kovar
2Josip Stanisic
8Robert Andrich

BayArena

11:30 AM, December 17, 2023Coverage: ESPN+

Leverkusen, Germany

Over/Under: 3.5

Attendance: 30,210

Referees:
Christian Dingert

Bayer Leverkusen

Eintracht Frankfurt

- Match ends, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3, Eintracht Frankfurt 0.
90'+6' Second Half ends, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3, Eintracht Frankfurt 0.
90'+5' VAR Decision: No Penalty Bayer 04 Leverkusen.
90'+4' Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Willian Pacho.
90'+4' Attempt blocked. Aurélio Buta (Eintracht Frankfurt) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
90'+3' Corner, Eintracht Frankfurt. Conceded by Odilon Kossounou.
90'+3' Jessic Ngankam (Eintracht Frankfurt) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
90'+3' Foul by Jonathan Tah (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
90'+1' Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Niels Nkounkou.
90' Attempt missed. Edmond Tapsoba (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Álex Grimaldo with a cross following a set piece situation.
90' Nathan Tella (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick on the right wing.
90' Foul by Ansgar Knauff (Eintracht Frankfurt).
87' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Nadiem Amiri replaces Florian Wirtz.
84' Attempt missed. Granit Xhaka (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
84' Piero Hincapié (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) hits the left post with a left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box. Assisted by Nathan Tella with a cross.
84' Odilon Kossounou (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
84' Foul by Ansgar Knauff (Eintracht Frankfurt).
83' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Adam Hlozek replaces Jonas Hofmann.
83' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Nathan Tella replaces Jeremie Frimpong.
82' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Piero Hincapié replaces Exequiel Palacios.
82' Substitution, Eintracht Frankfurt. Jessic Ngankam replaces Farès Chaïbi.
82' Attempt missed. Odilon Kossounou (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Florian Wirtz.
81' Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the left side of the box. Assisted by Jeremie Frimpong following a fast break.
75' Attempt blocked. Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
73' Attempt saved. Patrik Schick (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jeremie Frimpong with a cross.
73' Substitution, Eintracht Frankfurt. Elias Baum replaces Hugo Larsson.
72' Substitution, Eintracht Frankfurt. Jens Petter Hauge replaces Junior Dina Ebimbe.
72' Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Patrik Schick replaces Victor Boniface.
71' Foul by Tuta (Eintracht Frankfurt).
71' Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
71' Corner, Eintracht Frankfurt. Conceded by Lukás Hrádecky.
70' Attempt saved. Farès Chaïbi (Eintracht Frankfurt) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ansgar Knauff.
70' Attempt missed. Álex Grimaldo (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
64' Substitution, Eintracht Frankfurt. Ellyes Skhiri replaces Mario Götze.
64' Substitution, Eintracht Frankfurt. Hrvoje Smolcic replaces Robin Koch because of an injury.
61' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
60' Delay in match because of an injury Robin Koch (Eintracht Frankfurt).
57' Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3, Eintracht Frankfurt 0. Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Victor Boniface.
55' Offside, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Florian Wirtz is caught offside.
51' Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2, Eintracht Frankfurt 0. Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
51' Attempt saved. Victor Boniface (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Exequiel Palacios.
50' Attempt missed. Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
48' Offside, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Victor Boniface is caught offside.
45' Second Half begins Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1, Eintracht Frankfurt 0.
45'+1' First Half ends, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1, Eintracht Frankfurt 0.
44' Willian Pacho (Eintracht Frankfurt) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
44' Foul by Victor Boniface (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
43' Álex Grimaldo (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick on the left wing.
43' Foul by Aurélio Buta (Eintracht Frankfurt).
42' Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Junior Dina Ebimbe.
40' Junior Dina Ebimbe (Eintracht Frankfurt) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
40' Foul by Edmond Tapsoba (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
39' Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
39' Foul by Junior Dina Ebimbe (Eintracht Frankfurt).
37' Foul by Junior Dina Ebimbe (Eintracht Frankfurt).
37' Exequiel Palacios (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
36' Offside, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Jeremie Frimpong is caught offside.
34' Álex Grimaldo (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) hits the bar with a left footed shot from outside the box from a direct free kick.
33' Mario Götze (Eintracht Frankfurt) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
33' Granit Xhaka (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
33' Foul by Mario Götze (Eintracht Frankfurt).
32' Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick on the right wing.
32' Foul by Niels Nkounkou (Eintracht Frankfurt).
30' Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Niels Nkounkou.
27' Corner, Eintracht Frankfurt. Conceded by Jonathan Tah.
27' Attempt blocked. Tuta (Eintracht Frankfurt) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Willian Pacho with a through ball.
19' Jonathan Tah (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
19' Foul by Junior Dina Ebimbe (Eintracht Frankfurt).
17' Foul by Ansgar Knauff (Eintracht Frankfurt).
17' Exequiel Palacios (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
14' Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1, Eintracht Frankfurt 0. Victor Boniface (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Florian Wirtz.
12' Exequiel Palacios (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
12' Foul by Exequiel Palacios (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
12' Aurélio Buta (Eintracht Frankfurt) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
11' Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Niels Nkounkou.
10' Offside, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Jeremie Frimpong is caught offside.
10' Foul by Hugo Larsson (Eintracht Frankfurt).
10' Exequiel Palacios (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
9' Offside, Eintracht Frankfurt. Farès Chaïbi is caught offside.
8' Corner, Eintracht Frankfurt. Conceded by Álex Grimaldo.
7' Offside, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Victor Boniface is caught offside.
5' Álex Grimaldo (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
5' Foul by Aurélio Buta (Eintracht Frankfurt).
5' Attempt saved. Willian Pacho (Eintracht Frankfurt) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Niels Nkounkou.
4' Corner, Eintracht Frankfurt. Conceded by Edmond Tapsoba.
3' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
3' Delay in match because of an injury Victor Boniface (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
1' Foul by Ansgar Knauff (Eintracht Frankfurt).
1' Exequiel Palacios (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- First Half begins.
- Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

Team	GP	W	D	L	GD	P
FC Augsburg	0	0	0	0	0	0
Borussia Monchengladbach	0	0	0	0	0	0
St. Pauli	0	0	0	0	0	0
1. FC Heidenheim 1846	0	0	0	0	0	0
1. FC Union Berlin	0	0	0	0	0	0
VfL Bochum	0	0	0	0	0	0
Borussia Dortmund	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eintracht Frankfurt	0	0	0	0	0	0
SC Freiburg	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bayer Leverkusen	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bayern Munich	0	0	0	0	0	0
VfB Stuttgart	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mainz	0	0	0	0	0	0
Werder Bremen	0	0	0	0	0	0
VfL Wolfsburg	0	0	0	0	0	0
RB Leipzig	0	0	0	0	0	0
Holstein Kiel	0	0	0	0	0	0
TSG Hoffenheim	0	0	0	0	0	0

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