Game is over and the final score is Frankfurt 1-5 Leverkusen. Here is the match report.
Match Report
Bayer Leverkusen extended their unbeaten streak as they secured a 5-1 away victory at Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga on Sunday.
The result leaves champions Leverkusen at the summit with 84 points, while Frankfurt sit sixth with 45.
Leverkusen’s record unbeaten run, meanwhile, has now extended to 48 matches across all competitions.
Xabi Alonso’s team opened the scoring through Granit Xhaka’s bending strike from outside the box after 12 minutes.
Hugo Ekitike’s perfectly timed header restored parity just after the half-hour mark, however.
Leverkusen retook the lead just before half-time through Patrik Schick’s towering header.
It was 3-1 in the 58th minute, Exequiel Palacios converting a penalty after Niels Nkounkou pulled Nathan Tella by the shirt.
Jeremie Frimpong added a fourth for the visitors with 13 minutes remaining, tapping in from short distance, before the wing-back played a key role in Leverkusen’s fifth, winning a penalty which was put away by Victor Boniface.
Leverkusen have now scored 82 goals in this Bundesliga season, a new season record for the Werkself in the top flight.
They also lead the Bundesliga for the most goals from long-distance (11), most goals from set-pieces (23) and most goals in the final 15 minutes of matches (19).
Match Events
0' GOAL! Frankfurt 0-1 Leverkusen
0' GOAL! Frankfurt 1-4 Leverkusen (Jeremie Frimpong)
0' The match is about to start!
7' Match Event for Frankfurt vs Leverkusen
9' Highlight from Frankfurt vs Leverkusen
19' Highlight from Frankfurt vs Leverkusen
21' Highlight from Frankfurt vs Leverkusen
30' Match Event for Frankfurt vs Leverkusen
32' GOAL! Frankfurt 1-1 Leverkusen (Hugo Ekitiké)
42' Match Event for Frankfurt vs Leverkusen
44' GOAL! Frankfurt 2-1 Leverkusen (Patrik Schick)
62' Match Event for Frankfurt vs Leverkusen
87' Penalty Goal! Frankfurt 1-5 Leverkusen (Victor Boniface)
Line-ups
Frankfurt XI: Trapp, Gotze, Skhiri, Koch, Omar Marmoush, Junior Dina Ebimbe, Nkounkou, Tuta, Willian Pacho, Hugo Ekitiké, Farès Chaïbi
Subs: Jens Grahl, Chandler, P.Max, Aurélio Buta, Hrvoje Smolcic, Ansgar Knauff, Hugo Larsson, Nacho Ferri, Jean-Mattéo Bahoya
Leverkusen XI: Hradecky, Xhaka, Hofmann, Robert Andrich, Schick, Exequiel Palacios, Tapsoba, Nathan Tella, Adam Hlozek, Odilon, Arthur
Subs: Tah, Iglesias, Josip Stanisic, Kovar, Jeremie Frimpong, Victor Boniface, Piero Hincapié, Amine Adli, Gustavo Puerta