B04 Leverkusen Leverkusen - FCU Union Berlin Union Berlin

The Leverkusen midfielder has space on the right inside the Union box but his cutback is met by nobody inside the area as he crosses blindly.

It's a first appearance of the season for the young French defender who comes on for the goalscorer Poku.

The American does everything in the Union box as he meets a deflection from a Union defender on the volley, but once again, there's no goal for him.

Leverkusen are knocking it around nicely but the game is looking well past done. Just a case of waiting for the final whistle for the cheering home fans.

The home fans will be very happy with his contributions today as he goes off to a round of applause.

Despite the lead, the Leverkusen forwards are doing well to keep Union on their toes. Tillman charges down Rønnow which leads to the Dane clearing it out for a throw-in.

The Brazilian does really well to eat up the pressure from Köhn - twisting and turning past the Union wingback to allow Leverkusen to switch play and cooly continue building out.

The American lines another one up from range. Same result this time though. Rønnow has little to do.

He comes on to replace the Argentinian Fernández in midfield. A reunion for the midfield machine who spent many years on the books of Union Berlin before switching to the BayArena.

That's better from Union in attack, Köhn navigates into the Leverkusen box and strikes a dipping effort. It goes straight at Flekken though and is comfortably saved.

The ball is fizzing about nicely around the back from Leverkusen, Union's pressing is doing little to shake their flow.

The American midfielder is found perfectly at the edge of the box by a cutback from Arthur on the break. But his shot goes high and wide. A disappointing outcome.

The home side kick us off for the second 45 and there's a double-change from Hjulmand. Maza and Arthur replace the wingbacks.

The youngster refuses to back off from the Union free-kick taker after a foul, and the referee is not happy with that. First yellow of the afternoon.

The Leverkusen captain is getting stretchered off the field after going down earlier, as the home faithful give him a loud applause of encouragement.

Leverkusen continue to dominate as we approach half-time. This time Aleix García threads a lovely through pass into the Union box for Kofane, but the big Dane in the visitors goal is alert to Kofane's pace and gathers well.

The stadium holds it's breath for a Grimaldo free-kick, as the Spaniard steps up from within 30 yards out. But this time, it sails over the Union bar.

It's neat passing between the lines once again from Leverkusen, but they're really struggling to find the final ball.

A superb burst of speed from the Cameroonian who was all on his own found by a through ball from Badé, in a 1v1 duel against Querfeld in the channels once again. This time, the Leverkusen striker does extremely well to hold off the challenge and shooting, but it goes just past the Union post.

Leverkusen now seeing more of it . It's the Werkself captain who thinks long and hard about a shot from just outside the box and centrally. He unleashes a well-struck curler with his left foot, which flies just over Rønnow's bar.

That looked like a promising counter for the home side, who break through Poku and García. The ball reaches the feet of Kofane, who is held up by Querfeld, killing any threat for now.

Some nice passing moves in build-up here from Hjulmand's Leverkusen, as they try to find the final killer pass behind Union's defensive lines.

The opening couple of minutes have seen the ball spend a great deal of time in the air. A handball from Fernández breaks that sequence and Union will have a free-kick at the halfway line.