Bayer Leverkusen vs Schalke 04

3 April 2021 · Bundesliga · 2020/21 · Referee Sven Jablonski

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

  • Lucas Alario 26’
  • Patrik Schick 72’
  • Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 81’

Match summary

Bayer Leverkusen saw off Schalke 04 2-1. Bayer Leverkusen led 1-0 at half-time.

Lucas Alario put Bayer Leverkusen ahead in the 26th minute, set up by Kerem Demirbay, Patrik Schick made it 2-0 in the 72nd minute, set up by Florian Wirtz, and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 81st minute, set up by Can Bozdogan.

There was little between the sides on chances: Bayer Leverkusen created 0.86 expected goals (xG) from 8 shots, Schalke 04 1.05 from 6.

Match stats

Bayer Leverkusen Schalke 04
6 Shots 4
2 Shots on Target 2
5 Corners 4
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
0.86 xG 1.05
0.86 Non-penalty xG 1.05
8 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Bayer Leverkusen Schalke 04
Kick-off
Lucas Alario
Assist: Kerem Demirbay1-0 (Bayer Leverkusen)
26’
Half-time1-0
Patrik Schick
Assist: Florian Wirtz2-0 (Bayer Leverkusen)
72’
81’
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
Assist: Can Bozdogan2-1 (Schalke 04)
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Bayer Leverkusen
  • Edmond Tapsoba

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 0.86 1.05 26’ Lucas Alario (Bayer Leverkusen), 1-0 26’ 72’ Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen), 2-0 72’ 81’ Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Schalke 04), 2-1 81’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.86 1.05 26’ Lucas Alario (Bayer Leverkusen), 1-0 Alario 26’ 72’ Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen), 2-0 Schick 72’ 81’ Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Schalke 04), 2-1 Huntelaar 81’
Bayer Leverkusen 0.86 xGSchalke 04 1.05 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Schalke 04 attacking Bayer Leverkusen attacking 
11’ Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Schalke 04), open play, 0.60 xG, off target 26’ Lucas Alario (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.61 xG, goal 81’ Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Schalke 04), open play, 0.35 xG, goal 50’ Wendell (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 2’ Karim Bellarabi (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 68’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 48’ Amine Harit (Schalke 04), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 72’ Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 30’ Benjamin Stambouli (Schalke 04), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 80’ Gonçalo Paciência (Schalke 04), set piece, 0.02 xG, saved 25’ Lucas Alario (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 14’ Karim Bellarabi (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 44’ Sead Kolasinac (Schalke 04), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 39’ Kerem Demirbay (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 26’ Lucas Alario (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.61 xG, goal 11’ Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Schalke 04), open play, 0.60 xG, off target 81’ Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Schalke 04), open play, 0.35 xG, goal 50’ Wendell (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 2’ Karim Bellarabi (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 68’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 48’ Amine Harit (Schalke 04), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 72’ Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 30’ Benjamin Stambouli (Schalke 04), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 80’ Gonçalo Paciência (Schalke 04), set piece, 0.02 xG, saved 25’ Lucas Alario (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 14’ Karim Bellarabi (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 44’ Sead Kolasinac (Schalke 04), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 39’ Kerem Demirbay (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
Edmond Tapsoba DEF900 0.000.000
Jonathan Tah DEF900 0.000.041
Sven Bender DEF900 0.000.041
Karim Bellarabi MID832 0.060.000
Wendell MID901 0.080.000
Exequiel Palacios MID900 0.000.000
Kerem Demirbay MID6811 0.010.611
Charles Aránguiz MID610 0.000.000
Nadiem Amiri MID830 0.000.032
Lucas Alario FWD6812 0.640.000
Florian Wirtz Sub2911 0.040.041
Patrik Schick Sub2211 0.040.000
Leon Bailey Sub220 0.000.000
Moussa Diaby Sub70 0.000.000
Jeremie Frimpong Sub70 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Bayer Leverkusen win 74% Avg odds 1.30
Draw 17% Avg odds 5.70
Schalke 04 win 9% Avg odds 9.97

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

Form going into the game

Bayer Leverkusen DLWLL
Schalke 04 LLDLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Schalke 04 0-3 Bayer Leverkusen, 06 Dec 20 Next meeting: Bayer Leverkusen 4-0 Schalke 04, 08 Oct 22  All Bayer Leverkusen vs Schalke 04 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.