30.
18:02
This is a really fast-paced football game in which both teams meet on equal terms.
28.
6:00 p.m
When Mario Götze’s powerful finish from the corner, Xhaka puts himself in the path of the shot. On the subsequent counterattack, Wirtz is almost through, but is then pushed back in front of the penalty area.
27.
5:59 p.m
The SGE is coming to an end! After a long ball from Pacho across half the field, Tuta is free to shoot in the home team’s penalty area. Jonathan Tah disrupts him crucially when he finishes, so Eintracht have a corner because Tah’s foot was the last to touch the leather when he shot over the goal.
25.
5:58 p.m
That wasn’t safe! Edmond Tapsoba takes his time opening the game and sees Dina Ebimbe running at him late on. This would have been through if he had won the ball, but Tapsoba can claim the ball fairly.
25.
5:56 p.m
Bayer is now looking a little more for the move to the Frankfurter Tor. Victor Boniface’s final stop against Robin Koch is in the penalty area.
24.
5:55 p.m
Grimaldo wants to cross into the box from the left half-space. Far too predictable – Kevin Trapp is there before Florian Wirtz.
22.
17:53
Nkounkou looks for Knauff on the left wing, but he can’t get to the ball because Tah is right in the path of the ball and casually picks up the ball in the penalty area and hits it away.
20.
17:52
So far, both teams have lacked precision on the final deep pass, which is why really compelling chances are still in short supply.
19.
5:50 p.m
Chaibi is able to intercept a ball that he thought was lost on the right sideline, but then fails in the forward play because Frimpong has moved up.
18.
5:49 p.m
Bayer is now picking up the pace and switching quickly when they win the ball. The action on the pitch has been really entertaining so far.
16.
5:48 p.m
Fifteen minutes are over – time for an initial conclusion! Eintracht got into the game better, but in the minutes before the goal, Leverkusen got a better handle on their game against the high pressing of Hessen. A promising offensive action was enough to take the lead in front of our own fans.
14.
5:44 p.m
Great for Bayer Leverkusen, 1-0 by Victor Boniface
The lead for the front runner! After winning the ball in your own box, things move quickly with one-touch football and short lobs. From the center, Wirtz serves Boniface in front of the opposing penalty area, who then reduces two Frankfurt players to spectators and coolly nets from a half-left position to the bottom right against the hopeless Trapp!
12.
5:42 p.m
Yellow card for Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen)
The world champion, who got a break against Molde, sees yellow for his rough tackle against Buta with a tackle. He’ll get that in the next game too, because it’s his fifth warning.
11.
5:41 p.m
In the running duel with Nkounkou, Jeremie Frimpong takes the first corner kick for Leverkusen. Chaibi complains to the referee that he was previously fouled by Tah. However, there is only a brief reason for complaint because the situation is resolved confidently.
9.
5:40 p.m
The subsequent corner then fizzled out unspectacularly with an offside decision against Niels Nkounkou.
8th.
5:39 p.m
With a ball from the right side that wasn’t hit precisely, Buta tries it from a tight angle. He takes a corner because Grimaldo holds his leg in the penalty area when the ball goes into the side netting.
7.
5:38 p.m
So far there hasn’t been much going on for Bayer in the opposition half.
5.
5:36 p.m
After Exequiel Palacios first heads out a cross, Florian Wirtz loses the ball in the forward movement. After some back and forth, Pacho from the second row tries a low shot that Hradecky sees late, but is able to hold on to by diving to the bottom right .
4.
5:35 p.m
Eintracht pressed very cheekily in the opening minutes and got into the game well against Leverkusen, who probably didn’t expect so much self-confidence.
2.
5:34 p.m
Mario Götze plays a steep diagonal ball to the right wing. Buta arrives there, but is successfully intercepted by Tapsoba.
2.
5:33 p.m
Incidentally, Christian Dingert and his assistants Benedikt Kempkes and Nikolai Kimmeyer are responsible for implementing the rules. Benjamin Brand is responsible for the coaching zone and Sascha Stegemann is in the Cologne basement for the tricky situations.
1.
5:32 p.m
Eintracht comes into the box early! On the right side, Farès Chaïbi looks for Ansgar Knauff at the penalty spot, but he acts a little too harshly against Palacios when receiving the ball – striker foul.
1.
5:30 p.m
Kicking off! Leverkusen in the black and red jerseys opens the game.
1.
5:30 p.m
Game start
17:24
The tension in the BayArena is rising! Now there are only a few minutes left until this game kicks off. See you soon!
5:19 p.m
Before we get into today’s game, let’s take a look in the rearview mirror. On matchday 27 of the previous season, Bayer 04 won 3-1 in their own stadium. In the first leg, however, there was a big blow – a 1:5 against the Hessians. Is that an omen for today? Another thing that speaks for the SGE is that victory and defeat have alternated in recent years. The last time points were shared was nine years ago with a 1-1 draw in Leverkusen.
5:09 p.m
After the 5-1 win against Bayern, Eintracht coach Dino Toppmöller urged caution: “It will be a completely different game on Sunday. Leverkusen has had an outstanding Bundesliga season so far and has won everything internationally. Leverkusen plays extremely variable, fast-paced, with a high Game intelligence and has a striker in Boniface who holds the ball well. In addition, the defense is the best in the league. You can see the clear signature of Xabi Alonso.” Nevertheless, the son of the former Bayer coach Klaus is excited: “We are looking forward to being able to compete with the currently best team in Germany. We have shown that we can keep up with teams like that, but we need an absolute top performance to do so Every single one.” He won’t get a performance from Omar Marmoush in return, because he is missing with a yellow card suspension – Nkounkou starts for him. In addition, Tuta, Buta, William Pacho and Chaibi, who was in question until the end, as well as Ansgar Knauff are also coming back first eleven. Hasebe, Baum, Smolcic and Ngankam move to the bench.
5:01 p.m
Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso at the press conference before the game: “The winning streak is of course great, but the challenge is to keep it up and maintain the mentality, quality and consistency. We want to keep improving. We expect a full home game with loud fans , good mood and high energy – it’s this moment that counts and not what happened before or after.” He continued: “It’s now the last few days before the break and we still have two home games that we have to focus on fully. We’re facing a high-energy opponent on Sunday and we have to be prepared for that.” But he rotates a lot after the Molde game. Only Jonathan Tah, Jonas Hofmann and Edmond Tapsoba remain in the starting line-up, otherwise he relies on the A-guard with Boniface and Wirtz at the top. This is the tenth time this starting eleven has played in this league season.
16:52
Despite the 2-0 defeat in the meaningless Conference League game against Aberdeen, the Eintracht team goes into the game with an upward trend: last week they earned legendary status among the fans with a mercilessly efficient performance, compared to the shockingly weak FC Bayern Munich was literally torn apart with a score of 5:1. And you certainly wouldn’t mind inflicting Leverkusen’s first defeat of the season and collecting points in the battle for international business.
16:41
Even though it wasn’t enough to win against VfB Stuttgart in the top game on the last matchday, those responsible at Bayer Leverkusen are currently in a good mood. During the week, the Werkself scored 5-1 for today’s task. Before the game they are four points ahead of Bayern, who still have a catch-up game against Union in the new year. With a win you could overtake your first pursuer from Munich, because Bayern and VfB meet in the top game later in the evening.
Leaders Bayer 04 Leverkusen welcome Eintracht Frankfurt today for the first Sunday game of the 15th matchday. During the week both teams completed their mandatory tasks in the European competition. Will the Werkself remain undefeated at the top after today’s game or will Eintracht also inflict their first league defeat after Bayern? The ball starts rolling from 5:30 p.m.!