Bayer Leverkusen vs RB Leipzig

19 August 2023 · Bundesliga · 2023/24 · Referee Felix Brych

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 2–1

Jeremie Frimpong 24’
Jonathan Tah 35’
Florian Wirtz 64’

Dani Olmo 39’
Loïs Openda 71’

Match summary

Bayer Leverkusen beat RB Leipzig 3-2. Bayer Leverkusen led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Jeremie Frimpong put Bayer Leverkusen ahead in the 24th minute, set up by Victor Boniface, Jonathan Tah made it 2-0 with a header in the 35th minute, set up by Jonas Hofmann, and Dani Olmo pulled one back to make it 2-1 with a header in the 39th minute, set up by David Raum. In the second half, Florian Wirtz made it 3-1 in the 64th minute, set up by Jeremie Frimpong and Loïs Openda made it 3-2 with a header in the 71st minute, set up by Mohamed Simakan.

There was little between the sides on chances: Bayer Leverkusen created 1.73 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots, RB Leipzig 1.61 from 14.

Match stats

11 Shots 13

7 Shots on Target 6

4 Corners 5

1 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.73 xG 1.60

1.73 Non-penalty xG 1.60

5 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Bayer Leverkusen RB Leipzig

Kick-off

Jeremie Frimpong
Assist: Victor Boniface

1-0

24’

Jonathan Tah
Assist: Jonas Hofmann

2-0

35’

39’

Dani Olmo
Assist: David Raum

2-1

Half-time2-1

Florian Wirtz
Assist: Jeremie Frimpong

3-1

64’

71’

Loïs Openda
Assist: Mohamed Simakan

3-2

Full-time3-2

Bookings

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

Bayer Leverkusen

Victor Boniface

RB Leipzig

Nicolas Seiwald
Castello Lukeba

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 1.73 xGRB Leipzig 1.61 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

RB Leipzig 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	0.05	1
Jonathan Tah	DEF	90	1		1	0.34	0.00	0
Odilon Kossounou	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jeremie Frimpong	MID	81	1	1	1	0.56	0.10	1
Álex Grimaldo	MID	90			1	0.09	0.00	0
Exequiel Palacios	MID	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Granit Xhaka	MID	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Jonas Hofmann	MID	90		1	1	0.02	0.88	4
Florian Wirtz	MID	78	1		2	0.45	0.00	0
Victor Boniface	FWD	90		1	3	0.24	0.56	1
Robert Andrich	Sub	12			0	0.00	0.00	0
Arthur	Sub	9			1	0.02	0.00	0
Adam Hlozek	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nadiem Amiri	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Janis Blaswich	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Benjamin Henrichs	DEF	90			5	0.13	0.00	0
Willi Orban	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mohamed Simakan	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.57	2
David Raum	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.35	3
Xaver Schlager	MID	87			1	0.01	0.00	0
Nicolas Seiwald	MID	65			0	0.00	0.00	0
Timo Werner	MID	65			1	0.04	0.06	2
Xavi Simons	MID	65			0	0.00	0.00	0
Dani Olmo	FWD	90	1		1	0.13	0.04	1
Loïs Openda	FWD	78	1		4	1.08	0.00	0
Yussuf Poulsen	Sub	25			2	0.22	0.02	1
Castello Lukeba	Sub	25			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kevin Kampl	Sub	25			0	0.00	0.06	2
Emil Forsberg	Sub	12			0	0.00	0.00	0
Fabio Carvalho	Sub	3			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Bayer Leverkusen win 39% Avg odds 2.44

Draw 27% Avg odds 3.60

RB Leipzig win 34% Avg odds 2.81

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

Form going into the game

Bayer Leverkusen D L D D L

RB Leipzig W W W W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Bayer Leverkusen 2-0 RB Leipzig, 23 Apr 23 Next meeting: RB Leipzig 2-3 Bayer Leverkusen, 20 Jan 24 All Bayer Leverkusen vs RB Leipzig meetings

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.