Highlights

節 21

FINAL

Volkswagen Arena

Leverkusen

S. Stegemann

Volkswagen Arena

0:15

Watch: Alonso: "A fair result"

Xabi Alonso gave his thoughts to bundesliga.com after Leverkusen's draw in Wolfsburg.

Full-time: Wolfsburg 0-0 Leverkusen

The hosts will be happy with a point that keeps their push for a European finish very much alive. For defending champions Leverkusen, however, a seventh draw of this Bundesliga campaign means they now trail leaders Bayern Munich by eight points.

試合終了

90'

+ 7

イエローカード

Konstantinos Koulierakis

90'

+ 6

Wirtz and out

Wirtz prods a shot inches wide late on, but it looked like Frimpong may have been offside in the build-up.

90'

+ 3

控え

Sebastiaan Bornauw

Kilian Fischer

90'

+ 2

Vavro again

Buendía looks to get onto a pass into the Wolfsburg box. He misses it, but Vavro is there to hoik clear anyway.

90'

+ 1

Time added on

We're into seven added minutes here.

90'

Triple swap

The hosts introduce Behrens, Vranckx and Gerhardt for the closing stages.

90'

控え

Yannick Gerhardt

Patrick Wimmer

90'

控え

Kevin Behrens

Jonas Wind

90'

控え

Aster Vranckx

Mattias Svanberg

90'

Speed check: The fastest player in the game after 90 minutes

Through high-end camera technology and machine learning, the speed of each player is evaluated in real time. Top speed then means, the fastest measured single frame of a player/game.

Tiago Barreiros de Melo Tomas33.93km/h

Piero Martin Hincapie Reyna33.72km/h

Mohamed El Amine Amoura33.72km/h

87'

End of the affair?

Both of these teams have been enchanted with goals for quite some time, but that might be about to end as we edge towards the end of this game. Wolfsburg have scored at least one goal in their last 20 Bundesliga home games while Leverkusen have found the net in their last 26 away games.

85'

シュート本数

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84'

Frimpong wide

Not long after being denied by Vavro's challenge, Frimpong sends an effort wide of the target.

83'

Vavro sharp

Frimpong races away and this looks dangerous for the hosts. Just when it looks like the Dutch flyer is about to cross for Wirtz, Vavro makes a heroic lunge and block to deny Leverkusen.

80'

No penalty

The referee was asked to check Wind's challenge on Wirtz inside the area on the pitch-side monitor. Nothing doing after that check and on we go.

78'

It's all happening

Wirtz is down in the Wolfsburg area, claiming a foul by Wind. Meanwhile, Leverkusen make a double swap with Buendía and Schick on. Mukiele and Joakim Mæhle have also picked up bookings.

77'

SituationNo penalty

ReviewPrevious offside?

DecisionNo penalty

77'

イエローカード

Nordi Mukiele

75'

控え

Emiliano Buendía

Nathan Tella

75'

控え

Patrik Schick

Victor Boniface

75'

イエローカード

Joakim Mæhle

74'

Wolfsburg hit the bar

Not long after Andrich blasted over at one end, Fischer lines up a shot and clanks one against the upright at the other.

73'

Wolves swap

Wolfsburg's winter signing from Club Brugge, Andreas Skov Olsen, comes on to replace Tiago Tomás.

73'

控え

Andreas Skov Olsen

Tiago Tomás

68'

Wirtz getting involved

For the first time since coming on, Leverkusen's No.10 finds some space to run into down the left. Fischer comes across to clear. From the resulting throw in, Tella tees up Boniface, who smashes across the face from a tight angle.

64'

Leverkusen defending well

Andrich bravely blocks Tiago Tomás's shot before Hrádecký gathers Wimmer's follow up. All a bit tame from the hosts.

62'

xGoals

The xGoals value of a club is calculated from the sum of all goal probabilities (goals and shots on goal) of that team. During a match, it’s easy to see whether the club is performing better than expected (goals> xGoals) - or maybe even higher (xGoals> goals).

xGoals

0.58

1.03

Goals

60'

Leverkusen change it up

The Bayer 04 fans away in the corner like the look of this double swap, with Frimpong and Wirtz thrown into the mix for the final half an hour of this game.

60'

控え

Florian Wirtz

Aleix García

60'

控え

Jeremie Frimpong

Arthur

56'

Vavro batters one

Denis Vavro catches a shot with the perfect strike and looks on as Lukáš Hrádecký gets his body behind the ball to hold on well.

54'

Changes imminent

Leverkusen are readying Florian Wirtz and Jeremie Frimpong down on the touchline.

52'

More like Leverkusen

The visitors finally appear to be in their groove as they come forward once more. This time Boniface has an effort blocked as the Werkself win another corner.

49'

Xhaka sighter

Leverkusen's skipper pushes forward and smashes a rising shot from distance over the crossbar.

47'

Müller alert

A Leverkusen corner eventually leads to Nathan Tella producing a tame shot, which Müller saves easily enough.

46'

Away we go again

Leverkusen kick off the second half at the Volkswagen Arena.

後半開始

前半終了

Half-time: Wolfsburg 0-0 Leverkusen

The hosts had an early goal ruled out for offside and have enjoyed the better chances while Bayer 04 have struggled to find any consistent rhythm. It's scoreless at the break.

44'

Bayer 04 progress

Leverkusen finally string together some good passes and work a couple of openings. Hincapié's initial shot is blocked before Xhaka slams over the top.

42'

Hrádecký's double save

The Leverkusen goalkeeper stands tall to beat out Tiago Tomás twice in quick succession. Wolfsburg's fans know their side will need to take advantage of one of these moments before the champions click into gear.

39'

Wimmer again

The 23-year-old is very lively in this game as he gets to the byline and crosses. Hrádecký beats that wide. The resulting corner comes to nothing.

37'

Andrich booked

Wimmer bounds away, nutmegs Andrich, turns and looks to continue forward. Andrich tugs the Wolfsburg attacker and sees yellow for the offence.

37'

イエローカード

Robert Andrich

36'

Hrádecký saves

Wolfsburg go for a whipped ball into the area, which is glanced goalwards by Svanberg. Wimmer slides in and just can't make contact as Hrádecký gets to down to gather.

33'

Wimmer has a pop

The Austrian tries his luck from range, with his effort deflected wide. From Svanberg's resulting corner, Arnold heads straight into the arms of Hrádecký.

No way through

It's been interesting, but we're lacking that important breakthrough that might take this game up a level.

30'

Speed check: The fastest player in the game after 30 minutes

Through high-end camera technology and machine learning, the speed of each player is evaluated in real time. Top speed then means, the fastest measured single frame of a player/game.

Tiago Barreiros de Melo Tomas33.93km/h

Piero Martin Hincapie Reyna33.72km/h

Mohamed El Amine Amoura33.72km/h

28'

Amoura prowling

A cross is whipped in from the flank and Wolfsburg's Amoura watches it all the way. The Algerian leaps but just fails to make contact.

26'

Chances at a premium

Leverkusen have yet to have a shot on target here, while Lukáš Hrádecký hasn't been tested at the other end.

24'

xGoals

0.04

0.48

Goals

22'

What a miss!

Leverkusen with a corner from the left and it's swung towards the far post, where Hincapié heads across the face. The ball flies towards Mukiele at speed, bounces off his head and zips over the bar. Mukiele was unmarked and right in front of goal there.

18'

A touch scrappy

This game is lacking fluidity, with several fouls in succession breaking up the play. That hasn't stopped both sets of fans making plenty of noise, however. Terrific atmosphere.

15'

Boniface booked

Victor Boniface grabs Vavro, who goes down. That's a booking for the Nigerian striker.

15'

イエローカード

Victor Boniface

14'

Good build-up

Ralph Hasenhüttl will be more than happy with his team as they take this game to Leverkusen, who have yet to fully settle here. Given the amount of changes Bayer 04 are showing, that's perhaps not all that surprising.

10'

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Wolfsburg belief

Koulierakis, then, is denied what would have been a first Bundesliga goal since joining the Wolves from PAOK last August. The incident will have given Wolfsburg plenty of belief as they go about attacking the defending champions.

Goal ruled out

Konstantinos Koulierakis has all the time in the world to head high into the top corner and Wolfsburg celebrate what they think is the opening goal. Moments later, the effort is ruled out as the Greek was in an offside position.

Wolves hungry

The hosts have had most of the ball in the early stages and are looking threatening through Amoura and Wind.

Peeep!

Game on at the Volkswagen Arena as Wolfsburg get us underway ...

キックオフ

It's almost time

Both sets of players stroll out on a bright afternoon in Lower Saxony. This game has all the promise to be an attacking cracker and all we await now is the referee's whistle to get us underway.

Teams in tunnel

The green lights are flashing in the Wolfsburg tunnel as both teams line up ahead of making their pitch entrance.

0:11

Wolves getting warm

The hosts are limbering up ahead of today's Matchday 21 contest in Lower Saxony.

Adli back

Leverkusen's Amine Adli is back in the Bayer set-up today for the first time since 23 October after recovering from a broken fibula.

0:08

Warm-up time

Bayer 04 are being put through their pre-match paces at the Volkswagen Arena.

Hermoso from the start

Mario Hermoso is in Bayer 04's starting line-up for the first time since his loan swap from AS Roma. The Spanish defender already has a couple of substitute appearances to his name for the Werkself.

More on those teams

The hosts are showing two changes to their starting XI with the injured Kamil Grabara replaced by Marius Müller in goal and Patrick Wimmer in for Yannick Gerhardt, who is on the bench. Leverkusen, meanwhile, are making eight changes to the side that began the dramatic, midweek DFB Cup win against Cologne, with Patrik Schick and Florian Wirtz on the bench here. Edmond Tapsoba and Jeremie Frimpong join them among the subs while Álex Grimaldo is suspended.

Wolfsburg starting XI

Müller - Fischer, Vavro, Koulierakis, Mæhle - Svanberg, Arnold (c) - Tomás, Wind, Wimmer - Amoura

Wolfsburg subs

Pervan, Bornauw, Roerslev, Vranckx, Kamiński, Dárdai, Gerhardt, Skov Olsen, Behrens

Leverkusen starting XI

Hrádecký (c) - Mukiele, Tah, Hermoso, Hincapié - Arthur, Xhaka, Andrich, Tella - García - Boniface

Leverkusen subs

Kovář, Tapsoba, Frimpong, Hofmann, Wirtz, Palacios, Schick, Buendía, Adli

2:37

Watch: Boniface is back and Schick can't stop scoring

Victor Boniface's return from injury has given the champions a choice of two superb strikers to lead the line.

0:22

Watch: Wirtz wins Goal of the Month for January

The Leverkusen superstar won the monthly vote for the best goal thanks to this glorious effort against Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Xabi Alonso on facing Wolfsburg

“It’ll be a very hard game, one of the hardest away games of the season. I felt at the start of the season they could have a good year. They’ve stabilised after some initial difficulties and have a clear style under Ralph Hasenhüttl.”

Ralph Hasenhüttl on facing Leverkusen

"Leverkusen barely have a weak spot in their squad. They have top players in every position. With Wirtz they have an outstanding player who can decide every game. Even though they played 120 minutes yesterday I didn't have the feeling that they were running on empty. They're a top team and they can keep going. As such, we expect a top performance from them and are preparing for that."

Deadly in attack

At the Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg's 43 goals for the season (a Wolves' record after 20 matchdays) will come up against Leverkusen's 49 goals (having only ever scored more last season).

Wolfsburg's transfer business

Similarly, Ralph Hasenhüttl made some smart moves in the transfer market. He brought in Danish duo Mads Roerslev (on loan from Brentford) and Andreas Skov Olsen (permanent basis from Club Brugge). In terms of departures, Ridle Baku joined RB Leipzig, Cédric Zesiger was loaned out to Augsburg and on-loan Salih Özcan was recalled by parent club BVB.

Leverkusen's acquisitions

Xabi Alonso made a couple of really strong signings over the transfer window, demonstrating his unwavering desire to defend his title. Spain international centre-back Mario Hermoso was brought in on loan from Roma, and Argentine midfield maestro Emiliano Buendía arrived from Aston Villa, likewise on a loan deal.

Another record?

Xabi Alonso has the opportunity to set another record against Wolfsburg. Only legendary manager Udo Lattek has gone 27 consecutive away games without defeat as a Bundesliga coach before, but the Spaniard has the opportunity to become the second with Die Werkself's trip to Wolfsburg.

Probable line-ups

Who’s set to play this weekend? Who’s going to miss out? Keep up to date with all the latest team news right here!

2:03

Watch: Leverkusen 4-3 Wolfsburg - previous meeting

Victor Boniface scored the winner as Leverkusen twice came from behind to win a seven-goal thriller at the BayArena in September. Die Werkself are now unbeaten in their last six meetings with the Wolves, winning four.

2:03

Watch: Frankfurt 1-1 Wolfsburg - highlights

Wolfsburg are winless in three after letting slip a 1-0 lead at third-placed Frankfurt last time out. Ralph Hasenhüttl's charges begin the weekend in 10th, albeit only two points outside the top six.

2:03

Watch: Leverkusen 3-1 Hoffenheim - highlights

Leverkusen negotiated Álex Grimaldo's second-half sending off to record a relatively comfortably win over Hoffenheim that kept them six points behind leaders Bayern. The defending champions haven't lost in the league since Matchday 2.

0:22

Watch: Florian Wirtz wins January Goal of the Month

Run, nutmeg, finish. Check out the Leverkusen playmaker's glorious effort against Gladbach on Matchday 18 that won the fant vote, which took place exclusively in the official Bundesliga app.

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