Bayern Munich vs Bayer Leverkusen

15 September 2023 · Bundesliga · 2023/24 · Referee Daniel Schlager

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 1–1

Harry Kane 7’
Leon Goretzka 86’

Álex Grimaldo 24’
Exequiel Palacios 90+4’ (pen)

Match summary

Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen drew 2-2. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Harry Kane put Bayern Munich ahead with a header in the 7th minute and Álex Grimaldo equalised with a direct free kick in the 24th minute. In the second half, Leon Goretzka put Bayern Munich back in front in the 86th minute, set up by Mathys Tel and Exequiel Palacios equalised from the penalty spot in stoppage time.

There was little between the sides on chances: Bayern Munich created 2.75 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots, Bayer Leverkusen 2.46 from 13.

Match stats

15 Shots 12

9 Shots on Target 5

7 Corners 4

0 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

2.74 xG 2.46

2.74 Non-penalty xG 1.70

10 Deep Completions 16

Key events

Bayern Munich Bayer Leverkusen

Kick-off

Harry Kane

1-0

7’

24’

Álex Grimaldo

1-1

Half-time1-1

Leon Goretzka
Assist: Mathys Tel

2-1

86’

90+4’

Exequiel Palacios
Penalty

2-2

Full-time2-2

Bookings

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

Bayer Leverkusen

Edmond Tapsoba
Florian Wirtz
Jonas Hofmann

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.

Bayern Munich 2.75 xGBayer Leverkusen 2.46 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Bayer Leverkusen attacking Bayern Munich 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
Sven Ulreich	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Konrad Laimer	DEF	87			2	0.11	0.03	1
Dayotchanculle Upamecano	DEF	90			1	0.08	0.00	0
Kim Min-Jae	DEF	90			1	0.07	0.30	1
Alphonso Davies	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Leon Goretzka	MID	90	1		2	0.61	0.00	0
Joshua Kimmich	MID	63			1	0.01	0.10	2
Leroy Sané	MID	90			2	0.11	0.16	2
Thomas Müller	MID	63			1	0.04	0.59	2
Serge Gnabry	MID	72			4	0.78	0.00	0
Harry Kane	FWD	87	1		2	0.94	0.00	0
Jamal Musiala	Sub	27			0	0.00	0.00	0
Noussair Mazraoui	Sub	27			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mathys Tel	Sub	18		1	0	0.00	0.51	1
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting	Sub	3			0	0.00	0.00	0
Matthijs de Ligt	Sub	3			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Lukas Hradecky	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Edmond Tapsoba	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Jonathan Tah	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Odilon Kossounou	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Jeremie Frimpong	MID	84		0	0.00	0.00	0
Álex Grimaldo	MID	90	1	2	0.12	0.80	3
Granit Xhaka	MID	90		1	0.02	0.00	0
Robert Andrich	MID	48		0	0.00	0.00	0
Florian Wirtz	MID	90		1	0.34	0.23	3
Jonas Hofmann	MID	90		0	0.00	0.12	1
Victor Boniface	FWD	90		8	1.23	0.34	1
Exequiel Palacios	Sub	42	1	1	0.76	0.01	1
Amine Adli	Sub	6		0	0.00	0.08	1
Adam Hlozek	Sub	1		0	0.00	0.00	0
Piero Hincapié	Sub	1		0	0.00	0.00	0
Nadiem Amiri	Sub	1		0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Bayern Munich win 60% Avg odds 1.59

Draw 21% Avg odds 4.62

Bayer Leverkusen win 19% Avg odds 5.08

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

Form going into the game

Bayern Munich L W W W W

Bayer Leverkusen D L W W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 Bayern Munich, 19 Mar 23 Next meeting: Bayer Leverkusen 3-0 Bayern Munich, 10 Feb 24 All Bayern Munich vs Bayer Leverkusen 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.