Bayer Leverkusen Delay Bayern's Title Celebrations with Win Over Augsburg
Bayer Leverkusen kept their slim Bundesliga title hopes alive—and postponed Bayern Munich’s coronation—by securing a 2-0 home win against FC Augsburg on Matchday 31.
Patrik Schick opened the scoring in the 13th minute, capitalizing on early pressure from the hosts. Just before halftime, Emiliano Buendía doubled the lead with a clinical finish, effectively settling the contest before the break.
With this result, Leverkusen remain eight points behind leaders Bayern Munich, pushing any potential title celebrations in Munich to at least the next round of fixtures.
2024-25, Germany - Bundesliga
Bayer 04 - Augsburg 2:0 (2:0)
Goals: Schick, 13 (1:0); Buendia, 45 (2:0)
Bayer 04: Kovar M.; Tah J.; Tapsoba E.; Arthur Soares (Frimpong J., 86); Grimaldo; Andrich; Wirtz (Aleix Garcia, 82); Tella (Hincapie, 64); Xhaka; Schick (Adli A., 64); Buendia (Hofmann, 64)
Bench: Hradecky; Palacios Ex.; Boniface
Augsburg: Dahmen F.; Matsima; Gouweleeuw; Giannoulis D. (Koudossou, 56); Zesiger; Rexhbecaj (Gumny, 56); Jakic; Onyeka; Claude-Maurice (Jensen F., 81); Wolf M. (Komur, 56); Essende (Tietz P., 71)
Bench: Labrović; Schlotterbeck K.
Yellow Cards: Zesiger 83
