Bayer Leverkusen go 47 matches unbeaten this season: Key stats
Bayer Leverkusen enjoyed a stunning 2-0 win over Italian side AS Roma in the UEFA Europa league 2023-24 season in Rome. Leverkusen have one foot in the final after claiming a massive victory in their semi-final first-leg clash. Goals from Florian Wirtz and Robert Andrich helped Leverkusen floor Roma. The Bundesliga champions are 47 matches unbeaten in all competitions this season.
It has been a dream campaign for the German side
Leverkusen owns 25 wins and six draws from 31 Bundesliga matches. The German top-flight champions won five successive DFB-Pokal matches to reach the final. Leverkusen won all six of their matches in the Europa League group stage. They drew and won one match in R16 before beating West Ham United 2-0 in the quarters first-leg and drawing 1-1 thereafter. They have beaten Roma now.
39th win for Leverkusen in all competitions this season
As mentioned, Leverkusen have played 47 matches this season in all competitions. They have claimed 39 wins in addition to drawing eight. They are the only side who are unbeaten in all competitions. Leverkusen have raced to 129 goals this season.
Match details and stats
Wirtz's goal was the difference between the two sides in the first half. An error at the back for Roma saw Alex Grimaldo feed the ball to Wirtz, who made no mistake. Andrich made it 2-0 with a long-range strike after being fed by Josip Stanisic outside the box. Leverkusen managed 19 attempts with four shots on target. Roma had more possession (53%).
18 goals in all competitions for Wirtz this season
As per Opta, with his 12th goal in the competition, Wirtz became the second player in the history of the Europa League/UEFA Cup to score 12 goals before his 21st birthday. The first player to achieve this feat was Dieter Muller for Cologne in 1975. Wirtz scored his 4th Europa League goal this season to take his tally to 18 in all competitions (A19).
