Augsburg vs Bayer Leverkusen

28 August 2021 · Bundesliga · 2021/22 · Referee Benjamin Brand

Full time 1 – 4

Half-time: 1–2

Florian Niederlechner 30’

Iago 3’ (og)
Florian Niederlechner 14’ (og)
Patrik Schick 75’
Florian Wirtz 81’

Match summary

Bayer Leverkusen won comfortably, 4-1 away at Augsburg. Bayer Leverkusen led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Iago's own goal put Bayer Leverkusen ahead in the 3rd minute, Niederlechner's own goal made it 0-2 with a header in the 14th minute, and Florian Niederlechner pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 30th minute. In the second half, Patrik Schick made it 1-3 in the 75th minute, set up by Florian Wirtz and Florian Wirtz made it 1-4 in the 81st minute, set up by Kerem Demirbay.

The chances backed that up: Bayer Leverkusen created 2.12 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Augsburg's 1.70 from 14.

Match stats

13 Shots 13

4 Shots on Target 5

4 Corners 4

0 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

1.69 xG 2.12

1.69 Non-penalty xG 2.12

4 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Augsburg Bayer Leverkusen

Kick-off

3’

Iago
Own goal

0-1

14’

Florian Niederlechner
Own goal

0-2

Florian Niederlechner

1-2

30’

Half-time1-2

75’

Patrik Schick
Assist: Florian Wirtz

1-3

81’

Florian Wirtz
Assist: Kerem Demirbay

1-4

Full-time1-4

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Bayer Leverkusen

Kerem Demirbay

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Augsburg 1.70 xGBayer Leverkusen 2.12 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Bayer Leverkusen attacking Augsburg attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player, minute and xG.

Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Rafal Gikiewicz	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Robert Gumny	DEF	85		0	0.00	0.00	0
Felix Uduokhai	DEF	90		1	0.03	0.00	0
Reece Oxford	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Iago	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.08	1
Niklas Dorsch	MID	90		1	0.01	0.03	1
Carlos Gruezo	MID	77		0	0.00	0.02	1
André Hahn	MID	85		2	0.10	0.42	2
Daniel Caligiuri	MID	68		2	0.37	0.01	1
Ruben Vargas	MID	90		3	0.18	0.07	1
Florian Niederlechner	FWD	77	1	3	0.91	0.11	2
Fredrik Jensen	Sub	22		0	0.00	0.00	0
Michael Gregoritsch	Sub	13		0	0.00	0.00	0
Mads Pedersen	Sub	13		2	0.10	0.00	0
Noah Joel Sarenren Bazee	Sub	5		0	0.00	0.00	0
Raphael Framberger	Sub	5		0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Lukas Hradecky	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jeremie Frimpong	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.12	1
Jonathan Tah	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Odilon Kossounou	DEF	90			2	0.11	0.00	0
Mitchel Bakker	DEF	85			0	0.00	0.00	0
Charles Aránguiz	MID	90			0	0.00	0.39	2
Exequiel Palacios	MID	66			0	0.00	0.00	0
Moussa Diaby	MID	85			0	0.00	0.50	2
Kerem Demirbay	MID	83		1	3	0.17	0.46	4
Paulinho	MID	67			3	0.25	0.05	1
Patrik Schick	FWD	90	1		4	1.03	0.00	0
Robert Andrich	Sub	24			0	0.00	0.00	0
Florian Wirtz	Sub	23	1	1	1	0.31	0.44	2
Nadiem Amiri	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0
Daley Sinkgraven	Sub	5			0	0.00	0.00	0
Amine Adli	Sub	5			1	0.26	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Augsburg win 19% Avg odds 5.00

Draw 24% Avg odds 4.04

Bayer Leverkusen win 57% Avg odds 1.68

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Augsburg L W L L D

Bayer Leverkusen D D L D W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Augsburg 1-1 Bayer Leverkusen, 21 Feb 21 Next meeting: Bayer Leverkusen 5-1 Augsburg, 22 Jan 22 All Augsburg vs Bayer Leverkusen meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.