Bayer Leverkusen maintained a 10-point lead at the top of the Bundesliga with a win over 10-man Wolfsburg.
The visiting team faced a difficult task when Moritz Jentz was sent off after receiving a second yellow card in the 28th minute.
Leverkusen took the lead eight minutes later with a header from former Southampton and Burnley forward Nathan Tella.
Florian Wirtz collected a pass from Exequiel Palacios to make it 2-0 with four minutes remaining.
It was a sixth straight win for Xabi Alonso's team.
They lead the table with 67 points, while defending champions Bayern Munich are second with 57 points. Thomas Tuchel's team defeated Mainz 05 8-1.
lineup
B Leverkusen
formation 3-4-2-1
- 1hradetsky
- 12Tapu soba
- FourTar
- 3HincapieReplacementAdriin 59 minutesminutesI made a reservation in 80 minutes.
- 2Stanisic
- 34Xhaka
- twenty fivePalaciosReplacementandrichin 90 minutesminutes
- 20Grimaldo
- 19TerraReplacementhoffmanin 76 minutesminutes
- TenWortsReplacementFrozekin 90 minutesminutes
- 14chicReplacementIglesiasin 76 minutesminutes
substitute
- 6Kossounou
- 7hoffman
- 8andrich
- 9Iglesias
- 18Mbamba
- twenty oneAdri
- twenty threeFrozek
- 32Puerta
- 36ROM
wolfsburg
formation 3-4-3
- 1casteel
- Fourlacroix
- twenty fivegentsI made a reservation for 28 minutes.
- FiveZeshigerReplacementwimmerin 88 minutesminutes
- 20baku
- 31GerhardBooked in 7 minutesReplacementbehrensin 88 minutesminutes
- 27arnold
- 40Paredes
- 19MajorReplacementVranksin 63 minutesminutes
- twenty threeWindReplacementBornauin 32 minutesminutes
- 11barreiros de melo tomasReplacementSearlein 63 minutesminutes
substitute
- 2fisher
- 3Bornau
- 6Vranks
- 9Searle
- 12Pervan
- 13oliveira da silva
- 17behrens
- 32schwanberg
- 39Wimmer
- Referee:
- Daniel Seibert
- Attendance:
- 29,314
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Game over, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2, VfL Wolfsburg 0.
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At the end of the second half, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2, VfL Wolfsburg 0.
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Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Adam Frozek replaces Florian Wirtz.
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Substitution, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Robert Andrich replaces Exequiel Palacios.
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Foul by Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
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Maximilian Arnold (VfL Wolfsburg) wins a free kick in the defence.
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Substituted, VfL Wolfsburg. Patrick Wimmer replaces Cedric Zessiger.
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Substituted, VfL Wolfsburg. Kevin Behrens replaces Yannick Gerhardt.
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goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2, VfL Wolfsburg 0. Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) fired a right-footed shot from the center of the box into the bottom left corner. Supported by Exequiel Palacios.
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Attempt failed. Exequiel Palacios (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) took a right-footed shot from outside the box, but it missed the right side of the frame. Supported by Jonas Hoffman.
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Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Aster Vranks conceded a goal.
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Attempt failed. Amin Adli (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) fired a header from the center of the box, but it went wide of the left side of the goal from a corner kick.
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Attempt saved. Jonas Hofmann (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) fired a right-footed shot from outside the box that was saved over the center of the goal. Supported by Exequiel Palacios.
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Corner, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Sebastian Bornau conceded a goal.
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Attempt blocked. A right-footed shot by Borja Iglesias (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) from the left of the box was blocked. Supported by Alex Grimaldo.
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Borja Iglesias (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defense.
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Foul by Riddle Baku (VfL Wolfsburg).
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Amin Adli (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) was shown a yellow card for a serious foul.
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Foul by Amin Adli (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
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Maximilian Arnold (VfL Wolfsburg) wins a free kick in the defence.