Bayer Leverkusen vs Hannover

20 October 2018 · Bundesliga · 2018/19 · Referee Patrick Ittrich

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 1–1

Lars Bender 34’
Karim Bellarabi 90+4’

Florent Muslija 25’
Felipe 54’

Match summary

The points were shared as Bayer Leverkusen and Hannover drew 2-2. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Florent Muslija put Hannover ahead with a direct free kick in the 25th minute and Lars Bender equalised in the 34th minute, set up by Julian Brandt. In the second half, Felipe put Hannover back in front from a corner in the 54th minute and Karim Bellarabi equalised in stoppage time, set up by Lars Bender.

Bayer Leverkusen had the better of the chances, with 2.40 expected goals (xG) from 20 shots to Hannover's 1.09 from 11. Wendell had a penalty saved for Bayer Leverkusen. Hannover had a player sent off.

Match stats

19 Shots 9

7 Shots on Target 7

9 Corners 5

1 Yellow Cards 5

0 Red Cards 1

2.39 xG 1.07

1.63 Non-penalty xG 1.07

8 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Bayer Leverkusen Hannover

Kick-off

25’

Florent Muslija0-1

Lars Bender
Assist: Julian Brandt

1-1

34’

Half-time1-1

54’

Felipe1-2

Karim Bellarabi
Assist: Lars Bender

2-2

90+4’

Full-time2-2

Bookings

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

Bayer Leverkusen

Mitchell Weiser

Hannover

Felipe
Michael Esser
Pirmin Schwegler
Miiko Albornoz

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 2.40 xGHannover 1.09 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Hannover 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
Mitchell Weiser	DEF	76			0	0.00	0.50	2
Sven Bender	DEF	90			1	0.10	0.00	0
Jonathan Tah	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Wendell	DEF	90			2	0.81	0.06	1
Lars Bender	MID	90	1	1	3	0.11	0.08	2
Dominik Kohr	MID	65			1	0.39	0.00	0
Julian Brandt	MID	90		1	2	0.51	0.18	5
Kai Havertz	MID	90			3	0.15	0.00	0
Kevin Volland	MID	76			0	0.00	0.08	1
Lucas Alario	FWD	90			4	0.13	0.43	2
Isaac Thelin	Sub	25			2	0.08	0.10	1
Karim Bellarabi	Sub	14	1		1	0.05	0.00	0
Leon Bailey	Sub	14			1	0.06	0.02	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Michael Esser	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Josip Elez	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Waldemar Anton	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.01	1
Felipe	DEF	58	1	2	0.09	0.00	0
Genki Haraguchi	MID	90		0	0.00	0.04	1
Walace	MID	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Pirmin Schwegler	MID	82		1	0.01	0.12	1
Miiko Albornoz	MID	90		1	0.04	0.06	1
Florent Muslija	MID	69	1	2	0.15	0.10	3
Niclas Füllkrug	FWD	90		3	0.20	0.00	0
Bobby Wood	FWD	62		2	0.59	0.00	0
Kevin Wimmer	Sub	28		0	0.00	0.00	0
Matthias Ostrzolek	Sub	21		0	0.00	0.00	0
Marvin Bakalorz	Sub	8		0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Bayer Leverkusen win 63% Bet365 odds 1.50

Draw 22% Bet365 odds 4.33

Hannover win 15% Bet365 odds 6.50

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Bayer Leverkusen L W W L D

Hannover L L L L W

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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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