Bayer Leverkusen vs St Pauli

7 December 2024 · Bundesliga · 2024/25 · Referee Matthias Jöllenbeck

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

  • Florian Wirtz 6’
  • Jonathan Tah 21’
  • Morgan Guilavogui 84’

Match summary

Bayer Leverkusen saw off St Pauli 2-1. Bayer Leverkusen led 2-0 at half-time.

Florian Wirtz put Bayer Leverkusen ahead in the 6th minute, set up by Granit Xhaka, Jonathan Tah made it 2-0 with a header in the 21st minute, set up by Aleix García, and Morgan Guilavogui pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 84th minute, set up by Danel Sinani.

St Pauli can feel hard done by, creating 2.18 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Bayer Leverkusen's 0.73 from 6.

Match stats

Bayer Leverkusen St Pauli
6 Shots 12
2 Shots on Target 4
7 Corners 4
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
0.73 xG 2.18
0.73 Non-penalty xG 2.18
10 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Bayer Leverkusen St Pauli
Kick-off
Florian Wirtz
Assist: Granit Xhaka1-0 (Bayer Leverkusen)
6’
Jonathan Tah
Assist: Aleix García2-0 (Bayer Leverkusen)
21’
Half-time2-0
84’
Morgan Guilavogui
Assist: Danel Sinani2-1 (St Pauli)
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Bayer Leverkusen
  • Piero Hincapié
St Pauli
  • Manolis Saliakas
  • Morgan Guilavogui
  • Adam Dzwigala

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 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.73 2.18 6’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), 1-0 6’ 21’ Jonathan Tah (Bayer Leverkusen), 2-0 21’ 84’ Morgan Guilavogui (St Pauli), 2-1 84’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.73 2.18 6’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), 1-0 Wirtz 6’ 21’ Jonathan Tah (Bayer Leverkusen), 2-0 Tah 21’ 84’ Morgan Guilavogui (St Pauli), 2-1 Guilavogui 84’
Bayer Leverkusen 0.73 xGSt Pauli 2.18 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 St Pauli attacking Bayer Leverkusen attacking 
54’ Morgan Guilavogui (St Pauli), from a corner, 0.84 xG, off target 59’ Morgan Guilavogui (St Pauli), open play, 0.63 xG, off target 6’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.32 xG, goal 12’ Morgan Guilavogui (St Pauli), open play, 0.32 xG, saved 21’ Jonathan Tah (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.12 xG, goal 84’ Morgan Guilavogui (St Pauli), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 90+5’ Aleix García (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 71’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 89’ Johannes Eggestein (St Pauli), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 81’ Johannes Eggestein (St Pauli), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 20’ Aleix García (Bayer Leverkusen), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 90+1’ Andreas Albers (St Pauli), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 79’ Granit Xhaka (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+2’ Danel Sinani (St Pauli), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 29’ Oladapo Afolayan (St Pauli), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 56’ Jackson Irvine (St Pauli), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 77’ Manolis Saliakas (St Pauli), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 55’ Carlo Boukhalfa (St Pauli), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 54’ Morgan Guilavogui (St Pauli), from a corner, 0.84 xG, off target 59’ Morgan Guilavogui (St Pauli), open play, 0.63 xG, off target 6’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.32 xG, goal 12’ Morgan Guilavogui (St Pauli), open play, 0.32 xG, saved 21’ Jonathan Tah (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.12 xG, goal 84’ Morgan Guilavogui (St Pauli), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 90+5’ Aleix García (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 71’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 89’ Johannes Eggestein (St Pauli), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 81’ Johannes Eggestein (St Pauli), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 20’ Aleix García (Bayer Leverkusen), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 90+1’ Andreas Albers (St Pauli), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 79’ Granit Xhaka (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90+2’ Danel Sinani (St Pauli), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 29’ Oladapo Afolayan (St Pauli), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 56’ Jackson Irvine (St Pauli), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 77’ Manolis Saliakas (St Pauli), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 55’ Carlo Boukhalfa (St Pauli), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked
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
Piero Hincapié DEF900 0.000.000
Jonathan Tah DEF9011 0.120.000
Arthur MID900 0.000.000
Álex Grimaldo MID800 0.000.000
Aleix García MID9012 0.160.121
Granit Xhaka MID9011 0.020.321
Exequiel Palacios MID620 0.000.000
Nathan Tella FWD890 0.000.000
Florian Wirtz FWD8112 0.420.000
Jeremie Frimpong Sub280 0.000.222
Jeanuël Belocian Sub100 0.000.000
Martin Terrier Sub90 0.000.021
Robert Andrich Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Bayer Leverkusen win 75% Avg odds 1.28
Draw 16% Avg odds 5.88
St Pauli win 9% Avg odds 10.57

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

Form going into the game

Bayer Leverkusen DDDWW
St Pauli DWLLW

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Previous and next meeting

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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.