Bayer Leverkusen vs Wolfsburg

22 September 2024 · Bundesliga · 2024/25 · Referee Sascha Stegemann

Full time 4 – 3

Half-time: 2–3

  • Florian Wirtz 14’
  • Jonathan Tah 32’
  • Piero Hincapié 48’
  • Victor Boniface 90+3’
  • Nordi Mukiele 5’ (og)
  • Sebastiaan Bornauw 37’
  • Mattias Svanberg 45+1’

Match summary

Bayer Leverkusen came from behind to win 4-3 at home to Wolfsburg, with the winner arriving in stoppage time. Wolfsburg led 3-2 at half-time.

In the first half, Mukiele's own goal put Wolfsburg ahead in the 5th minute, Florian Wirtz equalised in the 14th minute, set up by Granit Xhaka, Jonathan Tah put Bayer Leverkusen in front with a header in the 32nd minute, set up by Álex Grimaldo, Sebastiaan Bornauw equalised with a header in the 37th minute, set up by Jakub Kaminski, and Mattias Svanberg put Wolfsburg back in front in first-half stoppage time, set up by Konstantinos Koulierakis. In the second half, Piero Hincapié equalised with a header in the 48th minute, set up by Aleix García and Victor Boniface won it from a corner in stoppage time.

The chances backed that up: Bayer Leverkusen created 1.74 expected goals (xG) from 20 shots to Wolfsburg's 0.84 from 9. Wolfsburg had a player sent off.

Match stats

Bayer Leverkusen Wolfsburg
20 Shots 8
7 Shots on Target 4
6 Corners 2
4 Yellow Cards 5
0 Red Cards 1
1.72 xG 0.84
1.72 Non-penalty xG 0.84
12 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Bayer Leverkusen Wolfsburg
Kick-off
5’
Nordi Mukiele
Own goal0-1 (Wolfsburg)
Florian Wirtz
Assist: Granit Xhaka1-1 (Bayer Leverkusen)
14’
Jonathan Tah
Assist: Álex Grimaldo2-1 (Bayer Leverkusen)
32’
37’
Sebastiaan Bornauw
Assist: Jakub Kaminski2-2 (Wolfsburg)
45+1’
Mattias Svanberg
Assist: Konstantinos Koulierakis2-3 (Wolfsburg)
Half-time2-3
Piero Hincapié
Assist: Aleix García3-3 (Bayer Leverkusen)
48’
Victor Boniface4-3 (Bayer Leverkusen)
90+3’
Full-time4-3

Bookings

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

Bayer Leverkusen
  • Jeanuël Belocian
  • Álex Grimaldo
  • Amine Adli
  • Jeremie Frimpong
Wolfsburg
  • Yannick Gerhardt
  • Kamil Grabara
  • Cédric Zesiger
  • Jakub Kaminski
  • Maximilian Arnold
  • Tiago Tomás

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.74 0.84 5’ Nordi Mukiele (Wolfsburg) own goal, 0-1 5’ 14’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), 1-1 14’ 32’ Jonathan Tah (Bayer Leverkusen), 2-1 32’ 37’ Sebastiaan Bornauw (Wolfsburg), 2-2 37’ 45+1’ Mattias Svanberg (Wolfsburg), 2-3 45+1’ 48’ Piero Hincapié (Bayer Leverkusen), 3-3 48’ 90+3’ Victor Boniface (Bayer Leverkusen), 4-3 90+3’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.74 0.84 5’ Nordi Mukiele (Wolfsburg) own goal, 0-1 Mukiele 5’ 14’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), 1-1 Wirtz 14’ 32’ Jonathan Tah (Bayer Leverkusen), 2-1 Tah 32’ 37’ Sebastiaan Bornauw (Wolfsburg), 2-2 Bornauw 37’ 45+1’ Mattias Svanberg (Wolfsburg), 2-3 Svanberg 45+1’ 48’ Piero Hincapié (Bayer Leverkusen), 3-3 Hincapié 48’ 90+3’ Victor Boniface (Bayer Leverkusen), 4-3 Boniface 90+3’
Bayer Leverkusen 1.74 xGWolfsburg 0.84 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Wolfsburg attacking Bayer Leverkusen attacking 
37’ Sebastiaan Bornauw (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.58 xG, goal 48’ Piero Hincapié (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.54 xG, goal 50’ Piero Hincapié (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.13 xG, blocked 51’ Amine Adli (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.13 xG, blocked 90+3’ Victor Boniface (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.13 xG, goal 20’ Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 78’ Martin Terrier (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 30’ Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 10’ Mohammed Amoura (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 14’ Jonathan Tah (Bayer Leverkusen), set piece, 0.06 xG, blocked 14’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), set piece, 0.06 xG, goal 31’ Mohammed Amoura (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 90+7’ Victor Boniface (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 22’ Mohammed Amoura (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 31’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 55’ Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 90+3’ Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 32’ Jonathan Tah (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.04 xG, goal 46’ Mattias Svanberg (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 90+3’ Álex Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 77’ Victor Boniface (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 41’ Maximilian Arnold (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 9’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+1’ Granit Xhaka (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, hit the woodwork 3’ Bote Baku (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 48’ Jonathan Tah (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 48’ Aleix García (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 4’ Mohammed Amoura (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 74’ Salih Özcan (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 5’ Nordi Mukiele (Bayer Leverkusen), own goal 37’ Sebastiaan Bornauw (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.58 xG, goal 48’ Piero Hincapié (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.54 xG, goal 50’ Piero Hincapié (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.13 xG, blocked 90+3’ Victor Boniface (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.13 xG, goal 51’ Amine Adli (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.13 xG, blocked 20’ Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 78’ Martin Terrier (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 30’ Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 10’ Mohammed Amoura (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 14’ Jonathan Tah (Bayer Leverkusen), set piece, 0.06 xG, blocked 14’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), set piece, 0.06 xG, goal 90+7’ Victor Boniface (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 22’ Mohammed Amoura (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 31’ Mohammed Amoura (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 31’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 55’ Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 90+3’ Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 32’ Jonathan Tah (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.04 xG, goal 46’ Mattias Svanberg (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 90+3’ Álex Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 77’ Victor Boniface (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 41’ Maximilian Arnold (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 9’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+1’ Granit Xhaka (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, hit the woodwork 3’ Bote Baku (Wolfsburg), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 48’ Aleix García (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 48’ Jonathan Tah (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 4’ Mohammed Amoura (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 74’ Salih Özcan (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 5’ Nordi Mukiele (Bayer Leverkusen), own goal
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 DEF9013 0.110.000
Jeanuël Belocian DEF510 0.000.000
Nordi Mukiele MID510 0.000.000
Álex Grimaldo MID9011 0.030.203
Granit Xhaka MID9011 0.020.123
Aleix García MID8411 0.020.803
Florian Wirtz MID9013 0.120.083
Amine Adli MID611 0.130.021
Patrik Schick FWD732 0.220.051
Piero Hincapié Sub3912 0.680.111
Jeremie Frimpong Sub391 0.050.061
Martin Terrier Sub291 0.110.031
Victor Boniface Sub1713 0.220.000
Exequiel Palacios Sub61 0.050.031

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Bayer Leverkusen win 75% Avg odds 1.27
Draw 15% Avg odds 6.27
Wolfsburg win 10% Avg odds 10.09

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

Form going into the game

Bayer Leverkusen WWWLW
Wolfsburg LLLWL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Bayer Leverkusen 2-0 Wolfsburg, 10 Mar 24 Next meeting: Wolfsburg 0-0 Bayer Leverkusen, 08 Feb 25  All Bayer Leverkusen vs Wolfsburg 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.