UEFA Europa League

Bayer Leverkusen vs West Ham United, 2023-24 UEFA Europa League, Quarterfinals

· 1st Leg
Bayer Leverkusen
  • 83': Jonas Hofmann
  • 90'+1': Victor Boniface
FT
2 - 0
1st Leg
West Ham United

    Bayer Leverkusen stay unbeaten with UEL first-leg win over West Ham

    Late strikes by Bayer Leverkusen substitutes Jonas Hofmann and Victor Boniface earned the Bundesliga leaders a 2-0 home win over West Ham United in their Europa League quarterfinal first leg.

    Match Commentary

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 2': Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 2': Foul by James Ward-Prowse (West Ham United).
    • 3': Delay in match because of an injury Vladimír Coufal (West Ham United).
    • 4': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 4': Foul by Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
    • 4': Lucas Paquetá (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 7': Attempt missed. Josip Stanisic (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Florian Wirtz.
    • 7': Attempt saved. Patrik Schick (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Josip Stanisic.
    • 10': Attempt saved. Mohammed Kudus (West Ham United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Michail Antonio.
    • 10': Attempt saved. Amine Adli (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Florian Wirtz.
    • 12': Attempt missed. Amine Adli (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Álex Grimaldo.
    • 12': Attempt missed. Amine Adli (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Florian Wirtz.
    • 15': Attempt blocked. Exequiel Palacios (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Florian Wirtz.
    • 15': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by James Ward-Prowse.
    • 16': Attempt blocked. Edmond Tapsoba (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 18': Attempt missed. Patrik Schick (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jeremie Frimpong with a cross.
    • 19': Foul by Exequiel Palacios (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
    • 19': Michail Antonio (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 20': Attempt saved. Álex Grimaldo (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Exequiel Palacios.
    • 20': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Lukasz Fabianski.
    • 21': Attempt blocked. Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Josip Stanisic.
    • 21': Amine Adli (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 21': Foul by Lucas Paquetá (West Ham United).
    • 21': Lucas Paquetá (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 23': Attempt missed. Patrik Schick (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Florian Wirtz with a cross following a set piece situation.
    • 23': Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 23': Foul by Lucas Paquetá (West Ham United).
    • 25': Foul by Patrik Schick (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
    • 25': Mohammed Kudus (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 27': Attempt blocked. Álex Grimaldo (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Exequiel Palacios.
    • 30': Attempt saved. Patrik Schick (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Granit Xhaka.
    • 30': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Lukasz Fabianski.
    • 32': Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 32': Foul by Konstantinos Mavropanos (West Ham United).
    • 33': Exequiel Palacios (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 33': Foul by James Ward-Prowse (West Ham United).
    • 34': Attempt saved. Edmond Tapsoba (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Amine Adli.
    • 38': Corner, West Ham United. Conceded by Josip Stanisic.
    • 39': Foul by Michail Antonio (West Ham United).
    • 39': Matej Kovár (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 40': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Emerson.
    • 40': Attempt missed. Amine Adli (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Álex Grimaldo with a cross following a corner.
    • 42': Attempt missed. Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
    • 42': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Aaron Cresswell.
    • 42': Attempt missed. Edmond Tapsoba (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Exequiel Palacios following a corner.
    • 42': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Konstantinos Mavropanos.
    • 44': Attempt missed. Exequiel Palacios (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Josip Stanisic.
    • 44': Offside, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Amine Adli is caught offside.
    • 45'+1': First Half ends, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0, West Ham United 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0, West Ham United 0.
    • 50': Foul by Michail Antonio (West Ham United).
    • 50': Jonathan Tah (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 52': Delay in match because of an injury Josip Stanisic (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
    • 53': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 54': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Vladimír Coufal.
    • 55': Foul by Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
    • 55': Konstantinos Mavropanos (West Ham United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 56': Amine Adli (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 56': Foul by Emerson (West Ham United).
    • 56': Emerson (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 58': Offside, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Florian Wirtz is caught offside.
    • 63': Foul by Edmond Tapsoba (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
    • 63': Mohammed Kudus (West Ham United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 65': Attempt saved. Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Granit Xhaka.
    • 66': Delay in match because of an injury Vladimír Coufal (West Ham United).
    • 66': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Piero Hincapié replaces Josip Stanisic.
    • 67': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Nathan Tella replaces Jeremie Frimpong.
    • 67': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 68': Foul by Piero Hincapié (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
    • 68': Mohammed Kudus (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 69': Foul by Edmond Tapsoba (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
    • 69': Michail Antonio (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 70': Exequiel Palacios (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 70': Foul by Tomás Soucek (West Ham United).
    • 70': Attempt blocked. Exequiel Palacios (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Amine Adli.
    • 70': Attempt saved. Patrik Schick (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) header from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Álex Grimaldo with a cross.
    • 71': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Lukasz Fabianski.
    • 71': Attempt blocked. Granit Xhaka (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Exequiel Palacios.
    • 72': Foul by Patrik Schick (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
    • 72': Mohammed Kudus (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 73': Attempt missed. Granit Xhaka (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Nathan Tella.
    • 74': Foul by Nathan Tella (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
    • 74': Michail Antonio (West Ham United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 75': Delay in match (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
    • 75': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 76': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Jonas Hofmann replaces Amine Adli.
    • 76': Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Victor Boniface replaces Patrik Schick.
    • 77': Foul by Piero Hincapié (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
    • 77': Mohammed Kudus (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 80': Foul by Michail Antonio (West Ham United).
    • 80': Nathan Tella (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 81': Attempt saved. Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Exequiel Palacios.
    • 82': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Kurt Zouma.
    • 83': Attempt blocked. Victor Boniface (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jonathan Tah with a headed pass.
    • 83': Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1, West Ham United 0. Jonas Hofmann (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a corner.
    • 86': Delay in match because of an injury Konstantinos Mavropanos (West Ham United).
    • 86': Substitution, West Ham United. Ben Johnson replaces Mohammed Kudus.
    • 86': Substitution, West Ham United. Nayef Aguerd replaces Konstantinos Mavropanos.
    • 87': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 88': Attempt missed. Victor Boniface (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Florian Wirtz with a cross.
    • 88': Foul by Ben Johnson (West Ham United).
    • 88': Granit Xhaka (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 89': Attempt blocked. Jonathan Tah (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked.
    • 89': Attempt blocked. Granit Xhaka (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 89': Attempt blocked. Jonathan Tah (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
    • 89': Attempt missed. Jonathan Tah (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is just a bit too high following a set piece situation.
    • 90': Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Conceded by Vladimír Coufal.
    • 90'+1': Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2, West Ham United 0. Victor Boniface (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jonas Hofmann with a cross following a corner.
    • 90'+3': Attempt saved. Granit Xhaka (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jonas Hofmann.
    • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2, West Ham United 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2, West Ham United 0.

    Statistics

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    11 Fouls 10
    2 Yellow Cards 0
    0 Red Cards 0
    0 Offsides 2
    1 Corner Kicks 10
    9 Saves 1
    27.2 Possession 72.8
    1 SHOTS 33
    1 ON GOAL 13
    1.0 On Target % 0.4
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    204 Accurate Passes 674
    279 Passes 743
    0.7 Pass Completion % 0.9
    0 Accurate Crosses 10
    5 Crosses 26
    0.0 Cross % 0.4
    43 Long Balls 16
    18 Accurate Long Balls 8
    0.4 Long Balls % 0.5
    0 Blocked Shots 8
    10 Effective Tackles 13
    17 Tackles 19
    0.6 Tackle % 0.7
    9 Interceptions 7
    29 Effective Clearances 6
    29 Clearances 6

    Game Information

    Competition: UEFA Europa League

    Venue: BayArena
    Location: Leverkusen, Germany
    Attendance: 30,210

    Line-Ups

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

    No. Name
    17 Matej Kovar (GK)
    4 Jonathan Tah
    12 Edmond Tapsoba
    2 Josip Stanisic
    34 Granit Xhaka
    25 Exequiel Palacios
    20 Alejandro Grimaldo
    30 Jeremie Frimpong
    14 Patrik Schick
    21 Amine Adli
    10 Florian Wirtz
    Bayer Leverkusen Substitutes:
    Niklas Lomb, Piero Hincapié, Victor Boniface, Lukas Hradecky, Borja Iglesias, Arthur, Robert Andrich, Odilon Kossounou, Jonas Hofmann, Gustavo Puerta, Nathan Tella.

    WHU West Ham United (3-4-2-1)

    No. Name
    1 Lukasz Fabianski (GK)
    4 Kurt Zouma
    3 Aaron Cresswell
    15 Konstantinos Mavropanos
    7 James Ward-Prowse
    28 Tomás Soucek
    33 Emerson Yellow Card
    5 Vladimír Coufal
    9 Michail Antonio
    10 Lucas Paquetá Yellow Card
    14 Mohammed Kudus
    West Ham United Substitutes:
    Kaelan Casey, Maxwel Cornet, Lewis Orford, Angelo Ogbonna, Nayef Aguerd, Danny Ings, George Earthy, Divin Mubama, Ben Johnson, Joseph Anang, Jacob Knightbridge.

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