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Bayer Leverkusen crushes Holstein Kiel in a dominant performance
Bayer Leverkusen dominated Holstein Kiel en route to a convincing 3-1 victory.
The home side opened the scoring in the 4th minute with a goal from Victor Boniface, assisted by Exequiel Palacios. Just four minutes later, Jonathan Hofmann doubled the lead after receiving a pass from Palacios.
Although Holstein Kiel managed to reduce the deficit in the 45th minute with a goal from Maximilian Geschwill, Leverkusen didn’t falter and continued to look for ways to extend their lead.
In the 69th minute, a penalty converted by Johannes Arp made it 3-1.
Bayer Leverkusen controlled the possession (74%), shot 23 times towards goal (7 on target), and had 12 corner kicks. Holstein Kiel, on the other hand, had few chances to score (8 shots, 4 on target), and failed to break Leverkusen’s control over the game.
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Substitutions holstein kiel: at minute 46 J. Arp came in and S. Machino went out., at minute 46 B. Pichler came in and S. Skrzybski went out., at minute 71 M. Schulz came in and A. Gigovic went out., at minute 86 M. Komenda came in and F. Porath went out., at minute 86 N. Remberg came in and L. Holtby went out.
Substitutions bayer leverkusen: at minute 60 M. Terrier came in and J. Hofmann went out., at minute 70 P. Hincapie came in and R. Andrich went out., at minute 70 A. Garcia came in and E. Palacios went out., at minute 70 P. Schick came in and V. Boniface went out., at minute 77 A. Adli came in and J. Frimpong went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Bayer Leverkusen
Holstein Kiel
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