Leverkusen vs Wolfsburg
Leverkusen must continue their winning streak if they want to stay ahead of Bayern Munich in the points table. If Leverkusen loses a match, the players will lose confidence. And its adverse effects can be seen in their overall performance.
Leverkusen is playing at home against Wolfsburg. In 25 minutes, neither team can score a goal. Leverkusen's players have had 72% of ball possession. The gameplay of Wolfsburg's players seems to be their only goal in today's match by fending off Leverkusen's attacks and drawing the match goalless. I haven't seen a single attack from the Wolfsburg players yet. But if Wolfsburg keep their defense so strong, the match is likely to be a draw.
As expected, Bayern Leverkusen have taken the lead through Nathan Tella's 37th minute goal and that has just compounded the problems of Bayern Munic, their close rival. Wolfsburg is one man down following Moritz Jenz 28th minute red card and I think this might just sealed the fate of Wolfsburg tonight. However, I expecting that the combined effect of the red card and home advantage would have made Bayern Leverkusen score many goals, but it seems that is not happening as the score line still stood at one goal to nil and match has progress to the 73rd minute. If Bayern Leverkusen want to be comfortable in this match, they need to score a second goal. But the chances are high that they will maintain the lead.
The German Bundesliga game between Bayer Leverkusen and Wolfsburg is over and the league leaders were able to win the game to grab all three possible points from the match. Nathan Tella opened the scoring in the 37th minute of the first half and after that, things became difficult for Bayer Leverkusen as the away team wanted to force their way back into the game but Leverkusen held on and never allowed them score in the game. In the second half, it became even more difficult for both sides and many people who had predicted a Bayer Leverkusen win started doubting if they can seal the win which they later did in the 86th minute of the game as Florian Wirtz scored to make sure Xabi Alonso's men win the game and extend their lead at the top of the table back to 10 points. Bayer Leverkusen have now gone 36 games in all competitions without conceding a defeat and that's actually a very good record for them.
After Bayern Munich's impressive performance against Mainz yesterday which ended in an 8:1 scoreline, many were already suggesting that the result will send some panic to the camp of Bayer Leverkusen and will also put pressure on them when they face Wolfsburg later today but I didn't buy that idea because I've been following the development, results ahd performance of Xabi Alonso's men and just like I predicted, they were able to keep their cool and claim all three points from their game tonight.