Bayer Leverkusen vs Bochum

28 March 2025 · Bundesliga · 2024/25 · Referee Sven Jablonski

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

  • Aleix García 20’
  • Victor Boniface 60’
  • Amine Adli 87’
  • Felix Passlack 26’

Match summary

Bayer Leverkusen beat Bochum 3-1. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Aleix García put Bayer Leverkusen ahead in the 20th minute, set up by Exequiel Palacios and Felix Passlack equalised in the 26th minute. In the second half, Victor Boniface put Bayer Leverkusen back in front in the 60th minute, set up by Piero Hincapié and Amine Adli made it 3-1 in the 87th minute, set up by Exequiel Palacios.

The chances backed that up: Bayer Leverkusen created 2.08 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Bochum's 0.72 from 8.

Match stats

Bayer Leverkusen Bochum
14 Shots 8
5 Shots on Target 3
3 Corners 2
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
2.08 xG 0.70
2.08 Non-penalty xG 0.70
8 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Bayer Leverkusen Bochum
Kick-off
Aleix García
Assist: Exequiel Palacios1-0 (Bayer Leverkusen)
20’
26’
Felix Passlack1-1 (Bochum)
Half-time1-1
Victor Boniface
Assist: Piero Hincapié2-1 (Bayer Leverkusen)
60’
Amine Adli
Assist: Exequiel Palacios3-1 (Bayer Leverkusen)
87’
Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Bochum
  • Myron Boadu

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.08 0.72 20’ Aleix García (Bayer Leverkusen), 1-0 20’ 26’ Felix Passlack (Bochum), 1-1 26’ 60’ Victor Boniface (Bayer Leverkusen), 2-1 60’ 87’ Amine Adli (Bayer Leverkusen), 3-1 87’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.08 0.72 20’ Aleix García (Bayer Leverkusen), 1-0 García 20’ 26’ Felix Passlack (Bochum), 1-1 Passlack 26’ 60’ Victor Boniface (Bayer Leverkusen), 2-1 Boniface 60’ 87’ Amine Adli (Bayer Leverkusen), 3-1 Adli 87’
Bayer Leverkusen 2.08 xGBochum 0.72 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Bochum attacking Bayer Leverkusen attacking 
60’ Victor Boniface (Bayer Leverkusen), set piece, 0.90 xG, goal 26’ Giorgos Masouras (Bochum), open play, 0.38 xG, saved 78’ Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.38 xG, off target 87’ Amine Adli (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.34 xG, goal 53’ Matús Bero (Bochum), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 65’ Philipp Hofmann (Bochum), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 90+2’ Granit Xhaka (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.09 xG, hit the woodwork 55’ Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 9’ Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 90’ Dani de Wit (Bochum), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 20’ Aleix García (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 46’ Victor Boniface (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 4’ Victor Boniface (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 26’ Felix Passlack (Bochum), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 52’ Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 76’ Ibrahima Sissoko (Bochum), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 34’ Nordi Mukiele (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 63’ Aleix García (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 44’ Jonathan Tah (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 71’ Tom Krauß (Bochum), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 40’ Tim Oermann (Bochum), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 55’ Álex Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 60’ Victor Boniface (Bayer Leverkusen), set piece, 0.90 xG, goal 26’ Giorgos Masouras (Bochum), open play, 0.38 xG, saved 78’ Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.38 xG, off target 87’ Amine Adli (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.34 xG, goal 53’ Matús Bero (Bochum), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 65’ Philipp Hofmann (Bochum), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 90+2’ Granit Xhaka (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.09 xG, hit the woodwork 55’ Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 9’ Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 90’ Dani de Wit (Bochum), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 20’ Aleix García (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.05 xG, goal 46’ Victor Boniface (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 4’ Victor Boniface (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 26’ Felix Passlack (Bochum), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 52’ Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 76’ Ibrahima Sissoko (Bochum), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 63’ Aleix García (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 34’ Nordi Mukiele (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 44’ Jonathan Tah (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 71’ Tom Krauß (Bochum), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 40’ Tim Oermann (Bochum), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 55’ Álex Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Lukas Hradecky GK900 0.000.000
Piero Hincapié DEF9010 0.000.901
Nordi Mukiele DEF901 0.030.011
Jonathan Tah DEF901 0.020.000
Jeremie Frimpong MID902 0.440.000
Álex Grimaldo MID901 0.010.000
Exequiel Palacios MID9021 0.060.474
Aleix García MID9012 0.080.494
Granit Xhaka MID901 0.090.031
Victor Boniface FWD9013 0.980.000
Patrik Schick FWD721 0.040.000
Amine Adli Sub1811 0.340.000
Emiliano Buendía Sub10 0.000.091
Robert Andrich Sub10 0.000.000
Arthur Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Bayer Leverkusen win 78% Avg odds 1.22
Draw 14% Avg odds 6.72
Bochum win 8% Avg odds 12.40

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

Form going into the game

Bayer Leverkusen DWWLW
Bochum WDLWL

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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.