Bayer Leverkusen vs Werder Bremen

17 March 2019 · Bundesliga · 2018/19 · Referee Deniz Aytekin

Full time 1 – 3

Half-time: 0–2

Leon Bailey 75’

Max Kruse 13’, 90+5’
Milot Rashica 37’

Match summary

Werder Bremen took a 3-1 win at Bayer Leverkusen. Werder Bremen led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Max Kruse put Werder Bremen ahead in the 13th minute, set up by Maximilian Eggestein and Milot Rashica made it 0-2 in the 37th minute, set up by Max Kruse. In the second half, Leon Bailey pulled one back to make it 1-2 with a direct free kick in the 75th minute and Kruse made it 1-3 in stoppage time, set up by Martin Harnik.

The chances backed that up: Werder Bremen created 1.34 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Bayer Leverkusen's 0.92 from 15.

Match stats

15 Shots 10

2 Shots on Target 5

10 Corners 3

3 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

0.92 xG 1.31

0.92 Non-penalty xG 1.31

15 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Bayer Leverkusen Werder Bremen

Kick-off

13’

Max Kruse
Assist: Maximilian Eggestein

0-1

37’

Milot Rashica
Assist: Max Kruse

0-2

Half-time0-2

Leon Bailey

1-2

75’

90+5’

Max Kruse
Assist: Martin Harnik

1-3

Full-time1-3

Bookings

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

Bayer Leverkusen

Lars Bender
Aleksandar Dragovic
Wendell

Werder Bremen

Jiri Pavlenka
Nuri Sahin

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.

Bayer Leverkusen 0.92 xGWerder Bremen 1.34 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Werder Bremen attacking Bayer Leverkusen attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Lukas Hradecky	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Lars Bender	DEF	85		2	0.07	0.02	1
Aleksandar Dragovic	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Jonathan Tah	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Wendell	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Julian Baumgartlinger	MID	90		3	0.24	0.00	0
Julian Brandt	MID	90		0	0.00	0.06	1
Charles Aránguiz	MID	47		0	0.00	0.00	0
Karim Bellarabi	FWD	47		0	0.00	0.08	1
Kevin Volland	FWD	90		2	0.13	0.16	2
Leon Bailey	FWD	90	1	6	0.34	0.17	3
Paulinho	Sub	43		1	0.08	0.08	2
Kai Havertz	Sub	43		1	0.07	0.00	0
Mitchell Weiser	Sub	5		0	0.00	0.05	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Jiri Pavlenka	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Theodor Gebre Selassie	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Niklas Moisander	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marco Friedl	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ludwig Augustinsson	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Maximilian Eggestein	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.15	2
Nuri Sahin	MID	90			1	0.05	0.09	1
Davy Klaassen	MID	85			0	0.00	0.06	1
Max Kruse	MID	90	2	1	5	0.97	0.23	3
Johannes Eggestein	FWD	76			3	0.16	0.00	0
Milot Rashica	FWD	66	1		2	0.16	0.00	0
Martin Harnik	Sub	24		1	0	0.00	0.21	1
Fin Bartels	Sub	14			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sebastian Langkamp	Sub	5			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Bayer Leverkusen win 59% Bet365 odds 1.60

Draw 23% Bet365 odds 4.20

Werder Bremen win 18% Bet365 odds 5.25

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Bayer Leverkusen W W L W W

Werder Bremen W D D D W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Werder Bremen 2-6 Bayer Leverkusen, 28 Oct 18 Next meeting: Bayer Leverkusen 2-2 Werder Bremen, 26 Oct 19 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.