Bayer Leverkusen vs Schalke 04

7 December 2019 · Bundesliga · 2019/20 · Referee Harm Osmers

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

  • Lucas Alario 15’, 81’
  • Benito Raman 82’

Match summary

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

Lucas Alario put Bayer Leverkusen ahead with a header in the 15th minute, set up by Leon Bailey, Alario made it 2-0 in the 81st minute, set up by Charles Aránguiz, and Benito Raman pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 82nd minute.

The chances backed that up: Bayer Leverkusen created 3.04 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Schalke 04's 1.00 from 5.

Match stats

Bayer Leverkusen Schalke 04
19 Shots 5
9 Shots on Target 3
9 Corners 0
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
3.04 xG 1.00
3.04 Non-penalty xG 1.00
9 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Bayer Leverkusen Schalke 04
Kick-off
Lucas Alario
Assist: Leon Bailey
1-0 (Bayer Leverkusen)
15’
Half-time1-0
Lucas Alario
Assist: Charles Aránguiz
2-0 (Bayer Leverkusen)
81’
82’
Benito Raman2-1 (Schalke 04)
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Bayer Leverkusen
  • Wendell
  • Lucas Alario
Schalke 04
  • Daniel Caligiuri
  • Benito Raman

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 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.04 1.00 15’ Lucas Alario (Bayer Leverkusen), 1-0 15’ 81’ Lucas Alario (Bayer Leverkusen), 2-0 81’ 82’ Benito Raman (Schalke 04), 2-1 82’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.04 1.00 15’ Lucas Alario (Bayer Leverkusen), 1-0 Alario 15’ 81’ Lucas Alario (Bayer Leverkusen), 2-0 Alario 81’ 82’ Benito Raman (Schalke 04), 2-1 Raman 82’
Bayer Leverkusen 3.04 xGSchalke 04 1.00 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Schalke 04 attacking Bayer Leverkusen attacking 
81’ Lucas Alario (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.58 xG, goal 15’ Lucas Alario (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.54 xG, goal 40’ Lucas Alario (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.48 xG, saved 82’ Benito Raman (Schalke 04), open play, 0.49 xG, goal 19’ Kai Havertz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.39 xG, saved 26’ Benito Raman (Schalke 04), open play, 0.37 xG, saved 18’ Karim Bellarabi (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.20 xG, saved 49’ Julian Baumgartlinger (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.14 xG, off target 30’ Lars Bender (Bayer Leverkusen), set piece, 0.11 xG, off target 29’ Suat Serdar (Schalke 04), set piece, 0.10 xG, off target 68’ Karim Bellarabi (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 3’ Karim Bellarabi (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 90+2’ Kevin Volland (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 41’ Sven Bender (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 63’ Moussa Diaby (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 41’ Karim Bellarabi (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 18’ Lucas Alario (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 41’ Lars Bender (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 88’ Kevin Volland (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 7’ Benito Raman (Schalke 04), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 76’ Nadiem Amiri (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 37’ Kai Havertz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 89’ Lars Bender (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 58’ Amine Harit (Schalke 04), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 81’ Lucas Alario (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.58 xG, goal 15’ Lucas Alario (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.54 xG, goal 82’ Benito Raman (Schalke 04), open play, 0.49 xG, goal 40’ Lucas Alario (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.48 xG, saved 19’ Kai Havertz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.39 xG, saved 26’ Benito Raman (Schalke 04), open play, 0.37 xG, saved 18’ Karim Bellarabi (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.20 xG, saved 49’ Julian Baumgartlinger (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.14 xG, off target 30’ Lars Bender (Bayer Leverkusen), set piece, 0.11 xG, off target 29’ Suat Serdar (Schalke 04), set piece, 0.10 xG, off target 68’ Karim Bellarabi (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 90+2’ Kevin Volland (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 3’ Karim Bellarabi (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 41’ Sven Bender (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 63’ Moussa Diaby (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 41’ Karim Bellarabi (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 18’ Lucas Alario (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 41’ Lars Bender (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 88’ Kevin Volland (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 7’ Benito Raman (Schalke 04), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 76’ Nadiem Amiri (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 37’ Kai Havertz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 89’ Lars Bender (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 58’ Amine Harit (Schalke 04), 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 DEF903 0.170.000
Aleksandar Dragovic DEF900 0.000.000
Sven Bender DEF901 0.060.000
Wendell DEF900 0.000.101
Julian Baumgartlinger MID901 0.140.021
Charles Aránguiz MID9010 0.001.093
Karim Bellarabi MID814 0.420.000
Kai Havertz MID732 0.410.343
Leon Bailey MID6210 0.000.875
Lucas Alario FWD9024 1.640.422
Moussa Diaby Sub281 0.060.000
Nadiem Amiri Sub171 0.030.102
Kevin Volland Sub92 0.120.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Bayer Leverkusen win 46% Avg odds 2.07
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.74
Schalke 04 win 28% Avg odds 3.38

Chances implied by the average closing 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.