Leverkusen hit four inside 66 minutes to thrash Union Berlin at the BayArena
Ezequiel Fernández scored after just one minute — the earliest goal Union Berlin have ever conceded in the Bundesliga — and Bayer Leverkusen never let up on the way to a 4-0 win.
Bayer Leverkusen needed just 60 seconds to set the tone. Ezequiel Fernández opened the scoring inside the first minute at the BayArena — the earliest goal Union Berlin have ever conceded in the Bundesliga — and Leverkusen cruised from there to a 4-0 win, their first of the new season.
The opener came from a move started by Jarell Quansah, worked through Malik Tillman and Miguel Gutiérrez, who squared for Fernández to finish from close range. Union barely had time to settle before they were behind.
Schick hits the bar, Medina heads in the rebound
Patrik Schick crashed a shot off the crossbar in the 28th minute, and Leverkusen made the resulting corner count: Facundo Medina rose to head in a Gutiérrez cross for 2-0 at the break. Schick got his own goal three minutes into the second half to make it 3-0, and Ibrahim Maza — assisted by Schick — completed the scoring on 66 minutes with the least likely finish of the afternoon, rated a 10% chance by the numbers.
Union Berlin barely threatened all afternoon. The expected-goals count tells the story on its own: 2.9 for Leverkusen against 0.15 for Union, with Leverkusen also landing 9 shots on target to the visitors' none.
Match facts
- 1' — Ezequiel Fernández (Bayer Leverkusen), assisted by Miguel Gutiérrez
- 28' — Facundo Medina (Bayer Leverkusen), assisted by Miguel Gutiérrez
- 48' — Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen), assisted by Jarell Quansah
- 66' — Ibrahim Maza (Bayer Leverkusen), assisted by Patrik Schick
| Stat | Bayer Leverkusen | 1. FC Union Berlin |
|---|---|---|
| Shots on target | 9 | 0 |
| Expected goals (xG) | 2.9 | 0.15 |
Possession, total shots and cards were not published for this fixture by our reference sources, so they are left out rather than estimated.
What's next
The win lifts Bayer Leverkusen to 7th on the Bundesliga table with 3 points after a mixed start to the season. Union Berlin drop to 15th with a single point from two games, still searching for their first win of the campaign.
Both clubs are back in action for matchday 3 next weekend, Leverkusen looking to build momentum and Union needing a reaction after a chastening afternoon at the BayArena.
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