Bayer Leverkusen vs Werder Bremen

14 April 2024 · Bundesliga · 2023/24 · Referee Harm Osmers

Full time 5 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Victor Boniface 25’ (pen)
  • Granit Xhaka 60’
  • Florian Wirtz 68’, 83’, 90’

Match summary

Bayer Leverkusen won comfortably, 5-0 at home to Werder Bremen. Bayer Leverkusen led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Victor Boniface put Bayer Leverkusen ahead from the penalty spot in the 25th minute. In the second half, Granit Xhaka made it 2-0 in the 60th minute, set up by Victor Boniface, Florian Wirtz made it 3-0 in the 68th minute, set up by Robert Andrich, Wirtz made it 4-0 in the 83rd minute, set up by Exequiel Palacios, and Wirtz made it 5-0 in the 90th minute, set up by Álex Grimaldo.

The chances backed that up: Bayer Leverkusen created 3.39 expected goals (xG) from 20 shots to Werder Bremen's 0.89 from 7.

Match stats

Bayer Leverkusen Werder Bremen
19 Shots 7
10 Shots on Target 3
7 Corners 0
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
3.34 xG 0.89
2.58 Non-penalty xG 0.89
10 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Bayer Leverkusen Werder Bremen
Kick-off
Victor Boniface
Penalty1-0 (Bayer Leverkusen)
25’
Half-time1-0
Granit Xhaka
Assist: Victor Boniface2-0 (Bayer Leverkusen)
60’
Florian Wirtz
Assist: Robert Andrich3-0 (Bayer Leverkusen)
68’
Florian Wirtz
Assist: Exequiel Palacios4-0 (Bayer Leverkusen)
83’
Florian Wirtz
Assist: Álex Grimaldo5-0 (Bayer Leverkusen)
90’
Full-time5-0

Bookings

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

Bayer Leverkusen
  • Piero Hincapié
  • Amine Adli
Werder Bremen
  • Leonardo Bittencourt

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 3.39 0.89 25’ Victor Boniface (Bayer Leverkusen), 1-0 25’ 60’ Granit Xhaka (Bayer Leverkusen), 2-0 60’ 68’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), 3-0 68’ 83’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), 4-0 83’ 90’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), 5-0 90’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.39 0.89 25’ Victor Boniface (Bayer Leverkusen), 1-0 Boniface 25’ 60’ Granit Xhaka (Bayer Leverkusen), 2-0 Xhaka 60’ 68’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), 3-0 Wirtz 68’ 83’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), 4-0 Wirtz 83’ 90’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), 5-0 Wirtz 90’
Bayer Leverkusen 3.39 xGWerder Bremen 0.89 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Werder Bremen attacking Bayer Leverkusen attacking 
25’ Victor Boniface (Bayer Leverkusen), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 46’ Mitchell Weiser (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.62 xG, saved 83’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.47 xG, goal 8’ Piero Hincapié (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.42 xG, saved 29’ Jonathan Tah (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.40 xG, saved 90’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.27 xG, goal 35’ Jonas Hofmann (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.15 xG, blocked 29’ Victor Boniface (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.15 xG, saved 71’ Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 65’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 81’ Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 72’ Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 19’ Nick Woltemade (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 38’ Amine Adli (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.06 xG, hit the woodwork 7’ Leonardo Bittencourt (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 44’ Edmond Tapsoba (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 28’ Granit Xhaka (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 68’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 12’ Julián Malatini (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 14’ Jonathan Tah (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 60’ Granit Xhaka (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 59’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 75’ Olivier Deman (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 51’ Leonardo Bittencourt (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 75’ Romano Schmid (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 16’ Granit Xhaka (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 17’ Jonathan Tah (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 25’ Victor Boniface (Bayer Leverkusen), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 46’ Mitchell Weiser (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.62 xG, saved 83’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.47 xG, goal 8’ Piero Hincapié (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.42 xG, saved 29’ Jonathan Tah (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.40 xG, saved 90’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.27 xG, goal 29’ Victor Boniface (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.15 xG, saved 35’ Jonas Hofmann (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.15 xG, blocked 71’ Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 65’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 72’ Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 81’ Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 19’ Nick Woltemade (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 38’ Amine Adli (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.06 xG, hit the woodwork 7’ Leonardo Bittencourt (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 44’ Edmond Tapsoba (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 28’ Granit Xhaka (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 68’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 14’ Jonathan Tah (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 12’ Julián Malatini (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 60’ Granit Xhaka (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 59’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 75’ Olivier Deman (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 75’ Romano Schmid (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 51’ Leonardo Bittencourt (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 16’ Granit Xhaka (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 17’ Jonathan Tah (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 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 DEF901 0.050.000
Jonathan Tah DEF903 0.450.000
Odilon Kossounou DEF900 0.000.000
Nathan Tella MID650 0.000.421
Piero Hincapié MID801 0.420.111
Robert Andrich MID9010 0.000.062
Granit Xhaka MID8013 0.090.000
Jonas Hofmann MID901 0.150.606
Amine Adli MID491 0.060.000
Victor Boniface FWD65112 0.900.031
Florian Wirtz Sub4135 0.930.111
Patrik Schick Sub251 0.120.000
Jeremie Frimpong Sub251 0.110.121
Exequiel Palacios Sub1011 0.110.471
Álex Grimaldo Sub1010 0.000.271

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Bayer Leverkusen win 79% Avg odds 1.20
Draw 13% Avg odds 7.18
Werder Bremen win 8% Avg odds 12.81

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

Form going into the game

Bayer Leverkusen WWWWW
Werder Bremen LLLLD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Werder Bremen 0-3 Bayer Leverkusen, 25 Nov 23 Next meeting: Werder Bremen 2-2 Bayer Leverkusen, 26 Oct 24  All Bayer Leverkusen vs Werder Bremen 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.