Bayer Leverkusen vs Fortuna Dusseldorf

26 January 2020 · Bundesliga · 2019/20 · Referee Daniel Schlager

Full time 3 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

Kai Havertz 40’
Lars Bender 78’
Lucas Alario 89’ (pen)

Match summary

Bayer Leverkusen won comfortably, 3-0 at home to Fortuna Dusseldorf. Bayer Leverkusen led 1-0 at half-time.

Kai Havertz put Bayer Leverkusen ahead with a header in the 40th minute, set up by Karim Bellarabi, Lars Bender made it 2-0 from a corner in the 78th minute, set up by Kerem Demirbay, and Lucas Alario made it 3-0 from the penalty spot in the 89th minute.

The chances backed that up: Bayer Leverkusen created 4.62 expected goals (xG) from 27 shots to Fortuna Dusseldorf's 0.71 from 12.

Match stats

25 Shots 12

11 Shots on Target 3

8 Corners 5

0 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

4.50 xG 0.71

3.74 Non-penalty xG 0.71

13 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Bayer Leverkusen Fortuna Dusseldorf

Kick-off

Kai Havertz
Assist: Karim Bellarabi

1-0

40’

Half-time1-0

Lars Bender
Assist: Kerem Demirbay

2-0

78’

Lucas Alario
Penalty

3-0

89’

Full-time3-0

Bookings

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

Fortuna Dusseldorf

Andre Hoffmann
Rouwen Hennings
Dawid Kownacki

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.

Bayer Leverkusen 4.62 xGFortuna Dusseldorf 0.71 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Fortuna Dusseldorf attacking Bayer Leverkusen attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Lukas Hradecky	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lars Bender	DEF	90	1		2	0.27	0.12	2
Jonathan Tah	DEF	90			1	0.21	0.07	1
Sven Bender	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Daley Sinkgraven	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.07	1
Julian Baumgartlinger	MID	90			3	0.40	0.03	1
Kerem Demirbay	MID	90		1	1	0.02	0.61	5
Karim Bellarabi	MID	64		1	4	0.28	0.47	2
Kai Havertz	MID	90	1		1	0.45	1.00	4
Moussa Diaby	MID	76			2	0.12	0.53	2
Kevin Volland	FWD	87			7	1.17	0.27	3
Leon Bailey	Sub	26			5	0.94	0.00	0
Lucas Alario	Sub	14	1		1	0.76	0.07	1
Nadiem Amiri	Sub	3			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Florian Kastenmeier	GK	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Matthias Zimmermann	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Andre Hoffmann	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Kaan Ayhan	DEF	90	1	0.05	0.06	1
Markus Suttner	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.05	2
Marcel Sobottka	MID	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Steven Skrzybski	MID	65	0	0.00	0.00	0
Alfredo Morales	MID	90	0	0.00	0.04	1
Oliver Fink	MID	63	1	0.03	0.09	1
Erik Thommy	MID	87	2	0.07	0.34	2
Rouwen Hennings	FWD	90	4	0.44	0.01	1
Kevin Stöger	Sub	27	1	0.02	0.05	1
Dawid Kownacki	Sub	25	2	0.06	0.02	1
Nana Ampomah	Sub	3	1	0.05	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Bayer Leverkusen win 71% Avg odds 1.35

Draw 18% Avg odds 5.33

Fortuna Dusseldorf win 11% Avg odds 8.34

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

Form going into the game

Bayer Leverkusen W L L W W

Fortuna Dusseldorf L L L W L

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Previous and next meeting

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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.

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