Bayer Leverkusen vs Wolfsburg

26 May 2020 · Bundesliga · 2019/20 · Referee Daniel Schlager

Full time 1 – 4

Half-time: 0–1

Julian Baumgartlinger 85’

Marin Pongracic 43’, 75’
Maximilian Arnold 64’
Renato Steffen 67’

Match summary

Wolfsburg won comfortably, 4-1 away at Bayer Leverkusen. Wolfsburg led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Marin Pongracic put Wolfsburg ahead with a header in the 43rd minute, set up by Maximilian Arnold. In the second half, Maximilian Arnold made it 0-2 with a direct free kick in the 64th minute, Renato Steffen made it 0-3 with a header in the 67th minute, set up by Joao Victor, Pongracic made it 0-4 with a header in the 75th minute, set up by Maximilian Arnold, and Julian Baumgartlinger pulled one back to make it 1-4 in the 85th minute.

The chances backed that up: Wolfsburg created 3.01 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Bayer Leverkusen's 1.53 from 9.

Match stats

10 Shots 14

2 Shots on Target 9

12 Corners 6

3 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

1.33 xG 2.99

1.33 Non-penalty xG 2.99

5 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Bayer Leverkusen Wolfsburg

Kick-off

43’

Marin Pongracic
Assist: Maximilian Arnold

0-1

Half-time0-1

64’

Maximilian Arnold

0-2

67’

Renato Steffen
Assist: Joao Victor

0-3

75’

Marin Pongracic
Assist: Maximilian Arnold

0-4

Julian Baumgartlinger

1-4

85’

Full-time1-4

Bookings

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

Bayer Leverkusen

Kerem Demirbay
Moussa Diaby
Julian Baumgartlinger

Wolfsburg

Koen Casteels
Joao Victor
Daniel Ginczek

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 1.53 xGWolfsburg 3.01 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Wolfsburg 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
Mitchell Weiser	DEF	47		0	0.00	0.00	0
Edmond Tapsoba	DEF	90		1	0.06	0.00	0
Sven Bender	DEF	47		0	0.00	0.00	0
Wendell	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.01	1
Charles Aránguiz	MID	90		0	0.00	0.06	1
Kerem Demirbay	MID	66		0	0.00	0.00	0
Karim Bellarabi	MID	47		0	0.00	0.36	1
Nadiem Amiri	MID	90		0	0.00	0.05	1
Moussa Diaby	MID	75		1	0.01	0.00	0
Kai Havertz	FWD	90		3	0.47	0.00	0
Julian Baumgartlinger	Sub	43	1	3	0.55	0.00	0
Aleksandar Dragovic	Sub	43		0	0.00	0.00	0
Florian Wirtz	Sub	43		0	0.00	0.45	1
Lucas Alario	Sub	24		1	0.45	0.00	0
Leon Bailey	Sub	15		0	0.00	0.12	2

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Koen Casteels	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kevin Mbabu	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marin Pongracic	DEF	90	2		2	0.63	0.00	0
John Brooks	DEF	83			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jérôme Roussillon	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.34	2
Renato Steffen	MID	77	1		3	0.89	0.00	0
Xaver Schlager	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Maximilian Arnold	MID	90	1	2	4	0.23	0.63	2
Joao Victor	MID	90		1	1	0.48	0.82	2
Wout Weghorst	FWD	90			1	0.31	0.11	2
Josip Brekalo	FWD	66			2	0.40	0.42	2
Daniel Ginczek	Sub	24			0	0.00	0.00	0
Omar Marmoush	Sub	13			1	0.07	0.00	0
Robin Knoche	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Bayer Leverkusen win 57% Avg odds 1.67

Draw 23% Avg odds 4.18

Wolfsburg win 20% Avg odds 4.81

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

Form going into the game

Bayer Leverkusen W D W W W

Wolfsburg W D D W L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Wolfsburg 0-2 Bayer Leverkusen, 10 Nov 19 Next meeting: Wolfsburg 0-0 Bayer Leverkusen, 20 Sep 20 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.