Bayer Leverkusen vs Wolfsburg

1 September 2018 · Bundesliga · 2018/19 · Referee Sven Jablonski

Full time 1 – 3

Half-time: 1–1

Leon Bailey 24’

Ramazan Özcan 36’ (og)
Wout Weghorst 55’
Renato Steffen 60’

Match summary

Wolfsburg came from behind to win 3-1 away at Bayer Leverkusen. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Leon Bailey put Bayer Leverkusen ahead in the 24th minute, set up by Mitchell Weiser and Özcan's own goal equalised in the 36th minute. In the second half, Wout Weghorst put Wolfsburg in front with a header in the 55th minute, set up by Jérôme Roussillon and Renato Steffen made it 1-3 in the 60th minute, set up by Josip Brekalo.

The chances backed that up: Wolfsburg created 2.14 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Bayer Leverkusen's 0.88 from 16.

Match stats

16 Shots 12

3 Shots on Target 5

5 Corners 3

3 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

0.88 xG 2.14

0.88 Non-penalty xG 2.14

4 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Bayer Leverkusen Wolfsburg

Kick-off

Leon Bailey
Assist: Mitchell Weiser

1-0

24’

36’

Ramazan Özcan
Own goal

1-1

Half-time1-1

55’

Wout Weghorst
Assist: Jérôme Roussillon

1-2

60’

Renato Steffen
Assist: Josip Brekalo

1-3

Full-time1-3

Bookings

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

Bayer Leverkusen

Mitchell Weiser
Aleksandar Dragovic
Isaac Thelin

Wolfsburg

Jérôme Roussillon
Ignacio Camacho
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 0.88 xGWolfsburg 2.14 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	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Ramazan Özcan	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mitchell Weiser	DEF	90		1	1	0.03	0.15	2
Aleksandar Dragovic	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Jonathan Tah	DEF	90			1	0.08	0.04	1
Wendell	DEF	60			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lars Bender	MID	90			1	0.04	0.00	0
Kai Havertz	MID	90			2	0.05	0.06	1
Leon Bailey	MID	90	1		3	0.13	0.12	2
Kevin Volland	MID	72			2	0.15	0.19	3
Julian Brandt	MID	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Lucas Alario	FWD	72			2	0.21	0.03	1
Charles Aránguiz	Sub	30			1	0.07	0.00	0
Paulinho	Sub	18			1	0.03	0.00	0
Isaac Thelin	Sub	18			1	0.06	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Pavao Pervan	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
William	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.10	1
Robin Knoche	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
John Brooks	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jérôme Roussillon	DEF	85		1	0	0.00	0.46	2
Maximilian Arnold	MID	90			1	0.06	0.60	3
Yannick Gerhardt	MID	90			3	0.13	0.47	1
Ignacio Camacho	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Renato Steffen	FWD	68	1		3	0.82	0.00	0
Wout Weghorst	FWD	82	1		5	1.11	0.00	0
Josip Brekalo	FWD	90		1	1	0.02	0.40	3
Admir Mehmedi	Sub	22			0	0.00	0.00	0
Daniel Ginczek	Sub	8			0	0.00	0.00	0
Felix Uduokhai	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 1.61

Draw 22% Bet365 odds 4.33

Wolfsburg win 19% Bet365 odds 5.00

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

Form going into the game

Bayer Leverkusen L

Wolfsburg W

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Previous and next meeting

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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.