Boniface Scores As Leverkusen Thrash Bochum Stretch Unbeaten Run To 50 Games
Bayer Leverkusen stretched their season-long unbeaten run to 50 games with a 5-0 win at 10-man Bochum on Sunday.
Bochum defeated a 10-man Leverkusen in May 2023, the last side to beat Xabi Alonso’s side in any competition, but the tables turned on Sunday with Leverkusen’s goals coming from five different scorers.
Alonso’s league champions are just one game away from the first unbeaten Bundesliga season and three games from a remarkable treble.
Bochum lost a man early when Felix Passlack saw red for a last-man foul on Nathan Tella.
Victor Boniface scored Leverkusen’s second goal from the penalty spot late in the first half in their Bundesliga clash on Sunday night.
The penalty was won by his international teammate, Nathan Tella.
It was Boniface’s 20th goal across all competitions for Die Werkself this season.
The win extended Xabi Alonso’s side’s unbeaten streak to 50 games across all competitions this season.
Leverkusen fans display a “50” marking their 50th unbeaten game of the season after the German first-division Bundesliga football match between VfL Bochum and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in Bochum, western Germany on May 12, 2024.
Bayer Leverkusen have already won the Bundesliga title.
They are also in the final of the DFB Pokal and UEFA Europa League.
