Bayer Leverkusen vs Nurnberg

20 April 2019 · Bundesliga · 2018/19 · Referee Guido Winkmann

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Lucas Alario 61’
  • Kevin Volland 86’

Match summary

Bayer Leverkusen saw off Nurnberg 2-0. It was goalless at half-time.

Lucas Alario put Bayer Leverkusen ahead with a header in the 61st minute, set up by Julian Brandt and Kevin Volland made it 2-0 in the 86th minute, set up by Lucas Alario.

The chances backed that up: Bayer Leverkusen created 1.51 expected goals (xG) from 21 shots to Nurnberg's 0.25 from 5.

Match stats

Bayer Leverkusen Nurnberg
20 Shots 5
9 Shots on Target 1
11 Corners 1
0 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
1.51 xG 0.25
1.51 Non-penalty xG 0.25
20 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Bayer Leverkusen Nurnberg
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Lucas Alario
Assist: Julian Brandt
1-0 (Bayer Leverkusen)
61’
Kevin Volland
Assist: Lucas Alario
2-0 (Bayer Leverkusen)
86’
Full-time2-0

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.51 0.25 61’ Lucas Alario (Bayer Leverkusen), 1-0 61’ 86’ Kevin Volland (Bayer Leverkusen), 2-0 86’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.51 0.25 61’ Lucas Alario (Bayer Leverkusen), 1-0 Alario 61’ 86’ Kevin Volland (Bayer Leverkusen), 2-0 Volland 86’
Bayer Leverkusen 1.51 xGNurnberg 0.25 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Nurnberg attacking Bayer Leverkusen attacking 
72’ Jonathan Tah (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.39 xG, off target 48’ Lucas Alario (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.14 xG, saved 86’ Kevin Volland (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.14 xG, goal 21’ Leon Bailey (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 31’ Leon Bailey (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 61’ Lucas Alario (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.08 xG, goal 50’ Charles Aránguiz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 63’ Lucas Alario (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 16’ Eduard Löwen (Nurnberg), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 57’ Jonathan Tah (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 39’ Julian Baumgartlinger (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 83’ Matheus Pereira (Nurnberg), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 89’ Patrick Erras (Nurnberg), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 72’ Kevin Volland (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 84’ Eduard Löwen (Nurnberg), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 8’ Kai Havertz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 69’ Kai Havertz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 17’ Kai Havertz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 30’ Wendell (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 9’ Julian Baumgartlinger (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 73’ Kevin Volland (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 52’ Mitchell Weiser (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 55’ Julian Brandt (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 6’ Sebastian Kerk (Nurnberg), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 21’ Kai Havertz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 17’ Charles Aránguiz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 72’ Jonathan Tah (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.39 xG, off target 48’ Lucas Alario (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.14 xG, saved 86’ Kevin Volland (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.14 xG, goal 21’ Leon Bailey (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 31’ Leon Bailey (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 50’ Charles Aránguiz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 61’ Lucas Alario (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.08 xG, goal 63’ Lucas Alario (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 16’ Eduard Löwen (Nurnberg), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 57’ Jonathan Tah (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 89’ Patrick Erras (Nurnberg), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 39’ Julian Baumgartlinger (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 83’ Matheus Pereira (Nurnberg), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 72’ Kevin Volland (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 84’ Eduard Löwen (Nurnberg), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 8’ Kai Havertz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 69’ Kai Havertz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 17’ Kai Havertz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 30’ Wendell (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 9’ Julian Baumgartlinger (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 73’ Kevin Volland (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 55’ Julian Brandt (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 52’ Mitchell Weiser (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 6’ Sebastian Kerk (Nurnberg), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 21’ Kai Havertz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 17’ Charles Aránguiz (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
Mitchell Weiser DEF901 0.020.192
Sven Bender DEF900 0.000.091
Jonathan Tah DEF902 0.470.000
Wendell DEF901 0.030.021
Julian Baumgartlinger MID902 0.080.031
Charles Aránguiz MID902 0.090.092
Julian Brandt MID9011 0.020.305
Kai Havertz FWD894 0.110.053
Kevin Volland FWD9013 0.210.573
Leon Bailey FWD332 0.200.000
Lucas Alario Sub57113 0.290.141
Paulinho Sub10 0.000.000
Dominik Kohr Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Bayer Leverkusen win 73% Bet365 odds 1.30
Draw 17% Bet365 odds 5.75
Nurnberg win 10% Bet365 odds 9.50

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

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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.