News about Alejandro Grimaldo

Three Premier League superstars are among the top five performers across Europe's best leagues heading into the second international break of the season. The Premier League season is already delivering just seven matches into the new campaign with Liverpool top, Man City and Arsenal challenging again, while Man United are mid-table after an agonising start. Amidst the chaos of domestic and European football, Sofascore has crunched the numbers to reveal the top 20 performing players across Europe's biggest leagues - with some surprising results.

Bayer Leverkusen have claimed their club's first-ever Double after beating FC Kaiserslautern in the DFB Pokal final to burnish their immense 2023-24 campaign. Xabi Alonso's side (pictured right) had lost their cloak of invincibility last Wednesday as Atalanta ended the German side's record 51-match unbeaten streak in the Europa League final in Dublin. Leverkusen's dreams of a fairytale unprecedented treble may have been crushed by Ademola Lookman, who netted a hat-trick in Dublin, but the 1-0 victory at the Olympiastadion in Berlin capped an unbelievable term for the Bundesliga side. 

Sky Bet are offering four Price Boosts for tonight's highly-anticipated Europa League final between Atalanta and Bayer Leverkusen at Dublin's Aviva Stadium. The first two boosts we will be taking a look at include Alejandro Grimaldo to have 1+ shots on target in 90 minutes at 1/1, and Florian Wirtz to record two or more shots on target in 90 minutes at 3/1. Grimaldo has scored 12 goals across all competitions this season, while Wirtz had two shots on target in his last start in the Europa League. Meanwhile, the pair of boosts are for each team to have 2+ shots on target in each half in 90 minutes at 5/1, and Granit Xhaka to score from outside the area in 90 minutes at 22/1.

FC KOLN 0-2 BAYER LEVERKUSEN: Bayer LEVERKUSEN, Xabi Alonso's Bayer Leverkusen's Bayer Leverkusen's Xabi Alonso have jumped 10 points clear of Bayern Munich at the top of the Bundesliga table after defeating FC Koln 2-0 at the RheinEnergieSTADION on Sunday afternoon. With Bayern Munich 2-2 draw with Freiburg on Friday afternoon, it appears that the Bundesliga title is about to be slipping away from Thomas Tuchel's team. Meanwhile, Leverkusen has had a memorable season, winning in all tournaments, but today, thanks to goals from Jempong and Alejandro Grimaldo, they are even closer to winning their first ever Bundesliga title.

Harry Kane was 'bereft' after Bayern Munich was dismantled by Bundesliga rivals Bayer Leverkusen, according to Mail Sport's Dominic King, who was on the verge of losing out on silverware again. On Saturday night, Leverkusen defeated the reigning champions by a margin of five points at the top of the table. Josip Stanisic, an on-loan midfielder, beat his parent club in an on-loan retaliation match, with Alejandro Grimaldo and Jemie Frimpong sealing the victory.

After Bayern Munich's humiliating 3-0 loss to Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday night, the German press has torn into Harry Kane. Thomas Tuchel's side advanced to the crunch match with only two points separating them from their Bundesliga title rivals. Bayern incurred a frustrating evening after being defeated by goals from Josip Stanisic, Alejandro Grimaldo, and Jeremie Frimpong. Stanisic is currently on loan at Leverkusen from Bayern, which is an insult to injury. With 13 games remaining, Xabi Alonso's side, who remain unbeaten, is five points ahead of Bayern, and the German giants are now in danger of losing the Bundesliga for the first time since 2011-12, having won it for 11 seasons in a row.

On the last matchday, Benfica stunned Paris Saint-Germain after thrashing Maccabi Haifa 6-1. In the second minute of stoppage time, the Portuguese side secured top position by away goals over the much favored French champions. Despite PSG's victory in their last group game by beating Juventus 2-1 in Turin, the team is still winless.

In their Champions League Group F opener on Tuesday, Marian Shved scored twice in a dream debut for Shakhtar Donetsk. Shved, who joined the club just five days ago from Celtic, was given his first goal when Leipzig goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi miskicked the ball outside the box early on, allowing the winger to tap it into the empty net. After the break, the Germans stepped up the heat, and it paid off in the 57th minute when Mohamed Simakan made a quick move for the equalizer.