Bayer Leverkusen vs Heidenheim

24 September 2023 · Bundesliga · 2023/24 · Referee Christian Dingert

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

Victor Boniface 9’, 74’ (pen)
Jonas Hofmann 63’
Amine Adli 82’

Eren Sami Dinkci 58’

Match summary

Bayer Leverkusen won comfortably, 4-1 at home to Heidenheim. Bayer Leverkusen led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Victor Boniface put Bayer Leverkusen ahead in the 9th minute, set up by Exequiel Palacios. In the second half, Eren Sami Dinkci equalised in the 58th minute, set up by Jan-Niklas Beste, Jonas Hofmann put Bayer Leverkusen back in front in the 63rd minute, set up by Exequiel Palacios, Boniface made it 3-1 from the penalty spot in the 74th minute, and Amine Adli made it 4-1 in the 82nd minute, set up by Álex Grimaldo.

The chances backed that up: Bayer Leverkusen created 3.97 expected goals (xG) from 21 shots to Heidenheim's 0.66 from 2.

Match stats

20 Shots 1

10 Shots on Target 1

7 Corners 2

1 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

3.97 xG 0.66

3.22 Non-penalty xG 0.66

11 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Bayer Leverkusen Heidenheim

Kick-off

Victor Boniface
Assist: Exequiel Palacios

1-0

9’

Half-time1-0

58’

Eren Sami Dinkci
Assist: Jan-Niklas Beste

1-1

Jonas Hofmann
Assist: Exequiel Palacios

2-1

63’

Victor Boniface
Penalty

3-1

74’

Amine Adli
Assist: Álex Grimaldo

4-1

82’

Full-time4-1

Bookings

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

Bayer Leverkusen

Exequiel Palacios

Heidenheim

Norman Theuerkauf

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 3.97 xGHeidenheim 0.66 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Heidenheim 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
Edmond Tapsoba	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jonathan Tah	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Odilon Kossounou	DEF	90			1	0.03	0.57	3
Jeremie Frimpong	MID	80			2	0.18	0.67	2
Álex Grimaldo	MID	86		1	1	0.09	0.22	2
Granit Xhaka	MID	90			0	0.00	0.39	2
Exequiel Palacios	MID	72		2	0	0.00	0.76	3
Jonas Hofmann	MID	90	1		4	0.83	0.12	1
Florian Wirtz	MID	72			3	0.18	0.16	3
Victor Boniface	FWD	86	2		9	2.49	0.00	0
Amine Adli	Sub	18	1		1	0.17	0.00	0
Robert Andrich	Sub	18			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nathan Tella	Sub	10			0	0.00	0.00	0
Adam Hlozek	Sub	4			0	0.00	0.00	0
Piero Hincapié	Sub	4			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Kevin Müller	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Omar Traoré	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Patrick Mainka	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Tim Siersleben	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jonas Föhrenbach	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lennard Maloney	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Norman Theuerkauf	MID	71			0	0.00	0.00	0
Eren Sami Dinkci	MID	83	1		1	0.08	0.00	0
Nikola Dovedan	MID	64			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jan-Niklas Beste	MID	83		1	0	0.00	0.08	1
Tim Kleindienst	FWD	83			1	0.58	0.00	0
Adrian Beck	Sub	26			0	0.00	0.00	0
Florian Pick	Sub	19			0	0.00	0.00	0
Denis Thomalla	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kevin Sessa	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marvin Pieringer	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Bayer Leverkusen win 80% Avg odds 1.20

Draw 13% Avg odds 7.56

Heidenheim win 7% Avg odds 13.00

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

Form going into the game

Bayer Leverkusen L W W W D

Heidenheim L L D W

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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.