Bayern Munich vs Bayer Leverkusen

15 September 2018 · Bundesliga · 2018/19 · Referee Tobias Welz

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 2–1

Corentin Tolisso 10’
Arjen Robben 19’
James Rodríguez 89’

Wendell 5’ (pen)

Match summary

Bayern Munich came from behind to win 3-1 at home to Bayer Leverkusen. Bayern Munich led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Wendell put Bayer Leverkusen ahead from the penalty spot in the 5th minute, Corentin Tolisso equalised in the 10th minute, and Arjen Robben put Bayern Munich in front in the 19th minute. In the second half, James Rodríguez made it 3-1 with a header in the 89th minute, set up by Thiago Alcántara.

The chances backed that up: Bayern Munich created 1.40 expected goals (xG) from 15 shots to Bayer Leverkusen's 0.78 from 3. Bayer Leverkusen had a player sent off.

Match stats

18 Shots 3

5 Shots on Target 1

9 Corners 1

0 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 1

1.40 xG 0.78

1.40 Non-penalty xG 0.03

13 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Bayern Munich Bayer Leverkusen

Kick-off

5’

Wendell
Penalty

0-1

Corentin Tolisso

1-1

10’

Arjen Robben

2-1

19’

Half-time2-1

James Rodríguez
Assist: Thiago Alcántara

3-1

89’

Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Bayer Leverkusen

Karim Bellarabi
Wendell

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 1.40 xGBayer Leverkusen 0.78 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
Manuel Neuer	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joshua Kimmich	DEF	90			1	0.09	0.04	1
Niklas Süle	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jérôme Boateng	DEF	90			2	0.09	0.00	0
Rafinha	DEF	87			0	0.00	0.00	0
Thiago Alcántara	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.59	1
Corentin Tolisso	MID	41	1		1	0.07	0.02	1
Arjen Robben	MID	90	1		5	0.31	0.18	2
Thomas Müller	MID	90			2	0.06	0.10	3
Serge Gnabry	MID	64			1	0.03	0.00	0
Robert Lewandowski	FWD	90			1	0.10	0.13	1
James Rodríguez	Sub	49	1		1	0.59	0.06	1
Javi Martínez	Sub	26			0	0.00	0.00	0
David Alaba	Sub	3			1	0.06	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Lukas Hradecky	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Tin Jedvaj	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Aleksandar Dragovic	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Jonathan Tah	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Sven Bender	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Wendell	DEF	90	1	1	0.76	0.01	1
Dominik Kohr	MID	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Kai Havertz	MID	90		1	0.01	0.00	0
Lars Bender	MID	27		0	0.00	0.00	0
Leon Bailey	FWD	88		1	0.01	0.00	0
Kevin Volland	FWD	78		0	0.00	0.00	0
Julian Brandt	Sub	63		0	0.00	0.00	0
Karim Bellarabi	Sub	7		0	0.00	0.00	0
Paulinho	Sub	2		0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Bayern Munich win 79% Bet365 odds 1.20

Draw 14% Bet365 odds 7.00

Bayer Leverkusen win 7% Bet365 odds 13.00

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

Form going into the game

Bayern Munich W W

Bayer Leverkusen L L

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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.