Bayer Leverkusen vs RB Leipzig

26 September 2020 · Bundesliga · 2020/21 · Referee Harm Osmers

Full time 1 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

  • Kerem Demirbay 20’
  • Emil Forsberg 14’

Match summary

Bayer Leverkusen and RB Leipzig drew 1-1. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Emil Forsberg put RB Leipzig ahead in the 14th minute, set up by Yussuf Poulsen and Kerem Demirbay equalised in the 20th minute, set up by Lars Bender.

There was little between the sides on chances: Bayer Leverkusen created 0.91 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots, RB Leipzig 1.20 from 7.

Match stats

Bayer Leverkusen RB Leipzig
11 Shots 7
4 Shots on Target 2
4 Corners 1
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
0.91 xG 1.20
0.91 Non-penalty xG 1.20
5 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Bayer Leverkusen RB Leipzig
Kick-off
14’
Emil Forsberg
Assist: Yussuf Poulsen0-1 (RB Leipzig)
Kerem Demirbay
Assist: Lars Bender1-1 (Bayer Leverkusen)
20’
Half-time1-1
Full-time1-1

Bookings

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

Bayer Leverkusen
  • Kerem Demirbay
RB Leipzig
  • Lukas Klostermann
  • Amadou Haidara
  • Tyler Adams

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.91 1.20 14’ Emil Forsberg (RB Leipzig), 0-1 14’ 20’ Kerem Demirbay (Bayer Leverkusen), 1-1 20’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.91 1.20 14’ Emil Forsberg (RB Leipzig), 0-1 Forsberg 14’ 20’ Kerem Demirbay (Bayer Leverkusen), 1-1 Demirbay 20’
Bayer Leverkusen 0.91 xGRB Leipzig 1.20 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 RB Leipzig attacking Bayer Leverkusen attacking 
8’ Kevin Kampl (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.48 xG, off target 59’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.48 xG, hit the woodwork 74’ Hee-Chan Hwang (RB Leipzig), set piece, 0.44 xG, off target 14’ Emil Forsberg (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 40’ Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 82’ Angelino (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 57’ Edmond Tapsoba (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 74’ Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, saved 30’ Moussa Diaby (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 20’ Moussa Diaby (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 42’ Karim Bellarabi (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 56’ Moussa Diaby (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 55’ Dani Olmo (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 31’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 20’ Kerem Demirbay (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 16’ Nordi Mukiele (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 35’ Lars Bender (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 90+4’ Moussa Diaby (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 8’ Kevin Kampl (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.48 xG, off target 59’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.48 xG, hit the woodwork 74’ Hee-Chan Hwang (RB Leipzig), set piece, 0.44 xG, off target 14’ Emil Forsberg (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 40’ Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 57’ Edmond Tapsoba (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 82’ Angelino (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 74’ Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, saved 30’ Moussa Diaby (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 20’ Moussa Diaby (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 42’ Karim Bellarabi (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 56’ Moussa Diaby (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 55’ Dani Olmo (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 31’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 16’ Nordi Mukiele (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 20’ Kerem Demirbay (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 35’ Lars Bender (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 90+4’ Moussa Diaby (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
Lars Bender DEF9011 0.010.143
Edmond Tapsoba DEF901 0.070.000
Sven Bender DEF590 0.000.071
Daley Sinkgraven DEF900 0.000.000
Charles Aránguiz MID900 0.000.051
Karim Bellarabi MID791 0.050.492
Florian Wirtz MID902 0.510.000
Kerem Demirbay MID8011 0.020.051
Moussa Diaby MID904 0.160.000
Patrik Schick FWD901 0.090.011
Jonathan Tah Sub310 0.000.000
Leon Bailey Sub110 0.000.000
Nadiem Amiri Sub100 0.000.000
Aleksandar Dragovic Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Bayer Leverkusen win 30% Avg odds 3.13
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.70
RB Leipzig win 44% Avg odds 2.18

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

Form going into the game

Bayer Leverkusen DWLWD
RB Leipzig WDLWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: RB Leipzig 1-1 Bayer Leverkusen, 01 Mar 20 Next meeting: RB Leipzig 1-0 Bayer Leverkusen, 30 Jan 21  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.