Bayer Leverkusen vs Wolfsburg

10 March 2024 · Bundesliga · 2023/24 · Referee Daniel Siebert

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Nathan Tella 37’
  • Florian Wirtz 86’

Match summary

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

Nathan Tella put Bayer Leverkusen ahead with a header in the 37th minute, set up by Álex Grimaldo and Florian Wirtz made it 2-0 in the 86th minute, set up by Exequiel Palacios.

The chances backed that up: Bayer Leverkusen created 2.10 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Wolfsburg's 0.35 from 2. Wolfsburg had a player sent off.

Match stats

Bayer Leverkusen Wolfsburg
19 Shots 2
7 Shots on Target 1
9 Corners 2
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 1
2.10 xG 0.35
2.10 Non-penalty xG 0.35
16 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Bayer Leverkusen Wolfsburg
Kick-off
Nathan Tella
Assist: Álex Grimaldo1-0 (Bayer Leverkusen)
37’
Half-time1-0
Florian Wirtz
Assist: Exequiel Palacios2-0 (Bayer Leverkusen)
86’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Bayer Leverkusen
  • Amine Adli
Wolfsburg
  • Moritz Jenz
  • Yannick Gerhardt

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 2.10 0.35 37’ Nathan Tella (Bayer Leverkusen), 1-0 37’ 86’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), 2-0 86’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.10 0.35 37’ Nathan Tella (Bayer Leverkusen), 1-0 Tella 37’ 86’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), 2-0 Wirtz 86’
Bayer Leverkusen 2.10 xGWolfsburg 0.35 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Wolfsburg attacking Bayer Leverkusen attacking 
37’ Nathan Tella (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.63 xG, goal 22’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.36 xG, saved 27’ Bote Baku (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.32 xG, off target 86’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.32 xG, goal 40’ Piero Hincapié (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.24 xG, saved 82’ Borja Iglesias (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 51’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 85’ Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 64’ Edmond Tapsoba (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 25’ Cédric Zesiger (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 70’ Granit Xhaka (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 83’ Amine Adli (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 74’ Álex Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen), set piece, 0.03 xG, blocked 23’ Granit Xhaka (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 41’ Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 17’ Josip Stanisic (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 43’ Jonathan Tah (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 62’ Amine Adli (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 71’ Álex Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 82’ Jonas Hofmann (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 78’ Jonathan Tah (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved 37’ Nathan Tella (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.63 xG, goal 22’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.36 xG, saved 27’ Bote Baku (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.32 xG, off target 86’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.32 xG, goal 40’ Piero Hincapié (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.24 xG, saved 82’ Borja Iglesias (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 85’ Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 51’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, blocked 64’ Edmond Tapsoba (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 25’ Cédric Zesiger (Wolfsburg), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 70’ Granit Xhaka (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 83’ Amine Adli (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 74’ Álex Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen), set piece, 0.03 xG, blocked 23’ Granit Xhaka (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 41’ Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 17’ Josip Stanisic (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 71’ Álex Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 82’ Jonas Hofmann (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 43’ Jonathan Tah (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 62’ Amine Adli (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 78’ Jonathan Tah (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved
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 0.060.031
Jonathan Tah DEF902 0.030.000
Piero Hincapié DEF601 0.240.000
Josip Stanisic MID901 0.020.000
Álex Grimaldo MID9012 0.050.994
Exequiel Palacios MID9012 0.090.363
Granit Xhaka MID902 0.050.403
Florian Wirtz MID9013 0.740.052
Nathan Tella MID7711 0.630.021
Patrik Schick FWD770 0.000.000
Amine Adli Sub302 0.050.021
Jonas Hofmann Sub131 0.020.071
Borja Iglesias Sub131 0.100.000
Adam Hlozek Sub10 0.000.000
Robert Andrich Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Bayer Leverkusen win 74% Avg odds 1.31
Draw 17% Avg odds 5.60
Wolfsburg win 9% Avg odds 10.23

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

Form going into the game

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Wolfsburg DLDDL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Wolfsburg 1-2 Bayer Leverkusen, 21 Oct 23 Next meeting: Bayer Leverkusen 4-3 Wolfsburg, 22 Sep 24  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.