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BUNDESLIGA MATCHDAY 6

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LEVERKUSEN 3:1 MONCHENGLADBACH
BayArena (Capacity: 30,810)


Patrik Schick beats Yonn Summer for one of his two goals on Saturday afternoon.

SCORING:
48' - (B04) - M. Diaby
57' - (BMG) - C. Kramer
67' - (B04) - P. Schick
71' - (B04) - P. Schick

DISCIPLINE:
16' - (B04) - Wendell (Yellow)

9/26/20
Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia (AP) - Bayer Leverkusen made great use of the counter attack on Saturday afternoon to run past Borussia Monchengladbach 3-1 at BayArena. Patrik Schick scored twice in a four minute stretch in the second half to provide the winning margin in the victory.

The teams played a scoreless opening half with Monchengladbach dominating the play, and outshooting the home side by an 8-2 margin.

But as usually happens in football, the team that dominates possession makes one mistake and it ends up in their net. In the 48th minute, Patrick Schick stole the ball in the midfield, worked a return pass from Crysencio Summerville and sent Moussa Diaby clear with a through ball that Diaby placed just inside the right post to make it 1-nil.

Gladbach would get their just reward though in the 57th minute. Keeping constant pressure on Leverkusen they forced an error from Edmond Tapsoba in his own box and Christoph Kramer made them pay, blasting one in off the inside of the right post to level the match.

Leverkusen would retake the lead in the 67th minute as midfielder Dani Olmo setup Patrik Schick with a perfect pass and his one timer beat Yann Sommer. Just four minutes later, Leverkusen struck again, this tim eon a counter attack as Olmo made a long pass to Schic, who went in alone on Sommer and tapped it over him to make it 3-1. The brace was Schick's fourth Bundesliga goal on the campaign.

Luka Hradacky ended up with Man of the Match honors with nine saves on 15 Gladbach shots.

Leverkusen (4-0-2, 12 pts) slides in front of Monchengladbach, who lost for the first time this season and dropped to (3-2-1, 10 pts). Up next is a return to Europa League action
on Thursday evening in Turkey as they will face Sivasspor.

Matchday 6 Results:
RB Leipzig 2:1 Mainz 05
Union Berlin 0:1 Augsburg
Stuttgart 1:2 Koln
Hertha Berlin 3:1 Bielefeld
Dortmund 3:0 Schalke 04
Freiburg 0:2 Frankfurt
1899 Hoffenheim 2:2 FC Bayern
Wolfsburg 2:0 Werder Bremen

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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE MATCHDAY 2



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SIVASSPOR 0:3 LEVERKUSEN
Sivas Stadium (Capacity: 27,532)


Eduardo Camavinga scored in Leverkusen's 3-nil victory.

SCORING:
33' - (B04) - F. Wirtz
38' - (B04) - S. Esposito
69' - (B04) - E. Camavinga

DISCIPLINE:
30' - (B04) - J. Tah (Yellow)
33' - (B04) - K. Demirbay (Yellow)

10/1/20
Sivas, Turkey (AP) - Bayer Leverkusen cruised to an easy 3-nil victory over Sivasspor on Matchday Two of the 2020-21 UEFA Europa League in Sivas. Leverkusen got goals from three teenagers as they dominated the Turkish side.

Florian Wirtz got the party started in the 33rd minute as he took a pass from Sebastiano Esposito and one timed it past an overmatched Mamdou Samassa. Five minutes later it was Esposito, making his Leverkusen debut, who scored. He took a pass from Paulinho and was unmarked in the box and easily tucked it home.

In the 69th minute was arguably the prettiest goal on the evening as Eduardo Camavinga hit a bouncing ball up and over Samassa to make it 3-nil.

Leverkusen outshot Sivasspor 12-9 including 5-0 in shots on target. They held a 57-43% advantage in possession and were never really threatened while running out their "B" team. Kerem Demirbay earned MOTM honors recording an assist and generally controlling play through the midfield throughout.

Leverkusen returns to Bundesliga action on Sunday as they will travel north to take on FC Koln at RhineEnergieStadion.

UEFA Europa League Matchday 2 Results:
Hamilton Academic 4:2 Warta Poznan
Sparta Praha 0:2 Bologna
Gaziantep 2:2 Vitesse
Konyaspor 0:1 Dijon FCO
Elche CF 1:0 Academica
FK Bodo/Glimt 0:1 Sparta Rotterdam
AAlborg BK 0:2 Mainz 05
Real Sociedad 1:1 LOSC
Aalesunds FK 1:4 Sporting CP
Napoli 0:2 Chindia
Odense BK 1:1 FK Haugesund
Arsenal 3:2 Royal Antwerp FC
OGC Nice 1:1 SC Braga
Feyenoord 2:2 FC Botosani
Crystal Palace 1:1 Slava Praha
CSKA Moscow 1:1 Villareal CF
Celtic 3:0 Dundalk
Spartak Moscow 3:2 Livingston
OH Leuven 1:3 Malmo FF
Wolfsberger AC 1:3 1899 Hoffenheim
Aarhus AGF 0:2 Standard Liege
Leicester City 1:1 Roma FC
TSV Hartberg 1:2 FC Famalicao

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BUNDESLIGA MATCHDAY 7

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1 FC KOLN 0:2 LEVERKUSEN
RhineEnergieStadion (Capacity: 50,000)


Patrik Schick recorded his second straight brace on Saturday afternoon.

SCORING:
6' - (B04) - P. Schick
65' - (B04) - P. Schick

DISCIPLINE:
24' - (B04) - C. Araguiz (Yellow)
39' - (B04) - J. Bumgartlinger (Yellow)

10/4/20
Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia (AP) - Leverkusen went on the road and picked up another victory on Sunday afternoon, defeating rivals 1 FC Koln 2-nil. Patrik Schick went for two goals and Leverkusen ran its unbeaten streak to three matches.

Leverkusen wasted no time in taking control of this match as they made Koln pay for a turnover in the midfield. Moussa Diaby intercepted a ball and sent it in to Schick. He ran a gorgeous give and go with Karim Bellarabi, then hit a rocket with the left foot into the top right corner to give Leverkusen the early lead in the sixth minute.

Sebastian Anderson had a chance to level it in the 31st minute, but his header went just wide of the right post. It may have been Koln's best chance of the afternoon.

Timo Horn kept Koln in the match with several key saves. He stoned Charles Araguiz in the 37th minute. Karim Bellarabi and Moussa Diaby both had chances early in the second half but both shot wide of the target, keeping Koln in the match. But in the 65th minute, Lars Bender came down the right side, dribbling into the are and found an unmarked Schick at the top of the six and he made no mistake, one-timing it past Horn to make it 2-nil.

Koln did not have many good scoring chances in the second half. They were outshot 14-10 in the match and Leverkusen held the ball for 61% of the possession as they moved to (5-0-2, 15 pts) on the campaign. Koln dropped to (1-1-5, 4 pts) and they have fallen to 16th place.

Patrik Schick was named Man of the Match with his two goals on four shots.

Leverkusen returns to action a week from Saturday as they will host last place Arminia Bielefeld (0-2-5, 2 pts) at BayArena.

Matchday 7 Results:
FC Augsburg 0:2 RB Leipzig
Eintracht Frankfurt 3:1 Hertha Berlin
Werder Bremen 2:2 SC Freiburg
Bielefield 0:3 Stuttgart
FC Bayern 3:2 Union Berlin
Monchengladbach 2:0 1899 Hoffenheim
Mainz 05 2:2 Dortmund
Schalke 04 1:3 Wolfsburg

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BUNDESLIGA MATCHDAY 8

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LEVERKUSEN 0:4 ARMINIA BIELEFELD
BayArena (Capacity: 30,810)


Fabian Klos scored twice in Saturday's shocking result.

SCORING:
23' - (BIE) - F. Klos
66' - (BIE) - F. Klos
72' - (BIE) - A. Voglsammer
81' - (BIE) - C. Gebaur

DISCIPLINE:
9' - (B04) - D. McNeal (Yellow)
90' - (B04) - Wendell (Yellow)

10/17/20
Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia (AP) - Arminia Bielefeld just humiliated Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday afternoon at a rainy BayArenaby a final scoreline of 4-nil. Fabian Klos scored twice as the visitors picked up their first win on the season.

Klos came close in the 14th minute, beating his marker but sending a shot just wide of the goal. Ritsu Doan then split the defense in the 17th minute but fired one just over the bar.

In the 23rd minute Reinold Yabo passed it into Klos, who dribbled past Jonathan Tah and put a left footed shot past a diving Niklas Lomb to put Bielefeld up 1-nil. They held that lead until halftime, outshooting Leverkusen 5-0 in the opening 45 minutes.

Bielefeld would double their advantage in the 66th minute as Klos got behind the defense and placed one in the top left corner. The party continued just six minutes later when Andreas Voglsammer volleyed a cross home to make it 3-nil. They would put a cap on it in the 80th minute when Christian Gebaur knocked one in off of Lomb.

The visitors outshot Leverkusen 13-5 despite Leverkusen holding a huge possession advantage. The counterattack worked to perfection.

Leverkusen was fielding a squad of mainly backups, but manager Mister Ninja would have none of that afterwards. "Unacceptable. Every team in this league deserves the utmost respect and today we did not do that and it showed."

Leverkusen came into the match in third place in the Bundesliga with Bielefeld in last with just two draws in seven starts. They had scored just five goals all season before Saturday's outburst.

Leverkusen (5-0-3, 15 pts) slid to sixth with the loss and will return to UEFA Europa League action on Thursday as they host Warta Poznan. They will travel to Frankfurt next Sunday to take on Eintracht Frankfurt (5-1-2, 16 pts).

Matchday 8 Results:
1899 Hoffenheim 2:1 FC Koln
Hertha Berlin 1:2 Werder Bremen
SC Freiburg 2:2 Schalke 04
Wolfsburg 2:0 Mainz 05
Dortmund 2:3 RB Leipzig
FC Bayern 2:1 FC Augsburg
Stuttgart 1:2 Eintracht Frankfurt
Union Berlin 1:2 Monchengladbach

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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE MATCHDAY 3



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LEVERKUSEN 3:1 WARTA POZNAN
BayArena (Capacity: 30,810)


Florian Wirtz puts home this one to put Leverkusen up by two.

SCORING:
13' - (B04) - E. Gedikli
34' - (B04) - C. Summerville
47' - (WAR) - M. Kuzimski
62' - (B04) - F. Wirtz

DISCIPLINE:
25' - (B04) - A. Dragovic (Yellow)
54' - (B04) - K. Demirbay (Yellow)
74' - (B04) - S. Onur (Yellow)
90' - (B04) - C. Turkman (Yellow)

10/22/20
Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia (AP) - Bayer Leverkusen continued it's mastery of the UEFA Europa League Group J on Thursday evening with a 3-1 victory over Warta Poznan at the BayArena. The youngsters once again provided the spark as all three goals were scored by teenagers as Leverkusen improved to (3-0-0) in group play.

Emrehen Gedikligot it going as he scored in the 13th minute taking a nice pass from Florian Wirtz and easily beating Daniel Bielica. Leverkusen would double their advantage in the 34th minute on a pretty passing play as Gedikli passed to Wirtz, who sent it on to Crysencio Summerville who one timed it in off of Bielica.

Leverkusen dominated the opening half, outshooting Warta Poznan 6-2 and holding a 62% possession.

But Warta Poznan opened the second half and stunned Leverkusen when Mateusz Kuzimski got behind the defense and put a ball between Lukas Hradacky's legs to pull Warta Poznan within 2-1.

Leverkusen would have a couple of golden opportunities shortly after as Samed Onur was stopped at point blank range by Daniel Bielica and then Summerville flubbed a sure goal with a miss kick in the 56th minute to keep the score 2-1.

In the 62nd minute Emrehan Gedikli rang one off the inside of the post, but the rebound fell straight at the feet of Florian Wirtz and he did not miss, putting it home to extend the Leverkusen lead to two.

Crysencio Summerville thought that he added a fourth goal in the 69th minute but was ruled offsides.

Leverkusen outshot Warta Poznan 16-6 and held possession for 58% of the match fielding a side made up mainly of young futures with eight teenagers in their lineup. They return to Bundesliga action on Sunday at Eintracht Frankfurt.

UEFA Europa League Matchday 3 Results:
Hamilton Academical 0:2 Sivasspor
Gaziantep 0:1 Sparta Praha
Bologna 2:0 Vitesse
Elche CF 0:2 Konyaspor
Dijon FCO 1:1 Academica
Aalborg BK 1:2 FK Bodo/Glimt
Sparta Rotterdam 0:2 Mainz 05
Aalesunds FK 0:4 Real Sociedad
LOSC 1:2 Sporting CP
Odense BK 0:3 Napoli
Chindia 0:2 FK Haugesund
OGC Nice 0:0 Arsenal
Royal Antwerp FC 2:2 SC Braga
Crystal Palace 1:1 Feyenoord
FC Botosani 3:4 Slavia Praha
Celtic 1:3 CSKA Moscow
Villareal CF 2:0 Dundalk
OH Leuven 0:0 Spartak Moscow
Livingston 1:3 Malmo FF
Aarhaus AGF 2:1 Wolfsburger AC
1899 Hoffenheim 0:3 Standard Liege
TSV Hartberg 0:2 Leicester City
Roma FC 2:1 FC Famalicao

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