Borussia Dortmund vs Bayer Leverkusen

22 May 2021 · Bundesliga · 2020/21 · Referee Manuel Gräfe

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

Erling Haaland 5’, 84’
Marco Reus 51’

Lars Bender 89’ (pen)

Match summary

Borussia Dortmund won 3-1 at home to Bayer Leverkusen. Borussia Dortmund led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Erling Haaland put Borussia Dortmund ahead in the 5th minute, set up by Reinier. In the second half, Marco Reus made it 2-0 with a direct free kick in the 51st minute, Haaland made it 3-0 in the 84th minute, and Lars Bender pulled one back to make it 3-1 from the penalty spot in the 89th minute.

There was little between the sides on chances: Borussia Dortmund created 1.63 expected goals (xG) from 9 shots, Bayer Leverkusen 1.57 from 16.

Match stats

10 Shots 16

4 Shots on Target 7

3 Corners 6

0 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

1.63 xG 1.57

1.63 Non-penalty xG 0.81

11 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Borussia Dortmund Bayer Leverkusen

Kick-off

Erling Haaland
Assist: Reinier

1-0

5’

Half-time1-0

Marco Reus

2-0

51’

Erling Haaland

3-0

84’

89’

Lars Bender
Penalty

3-1

Full-time3-1

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.

Borussia Dortmund 1.63 xGBayer Leverkusen 1.57 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Bayer Leverkusen attacking Borussia Dortmund 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
Roman Bürki	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lukasz Piszczek	DEF	75			1	0.03	0.00	0
Emre Can	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Manuel Akanji	DEF	63			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nico Schulz	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.15	2
Thomas Delaney	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mahmoud Dahoud	MID	46			0	0.00	0.00	0
Julian Brandt	MID	90			0	0.00	0.03	1
Reinier	MID	79		1	0	0.00	0.22	2
Marco Reus	MID	63	1		2	0.16	0.00	0
Erling Haaland	FWD	90	2		3	1.12	0.11	1
Jude Bellingham	Sub	44			2	0.13	0.00	0
Mats Hummels	Sub	27			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jadon Sancho	Sub	27			1	0.18	0.00	0
Felix Passlack	Sub	15			0	0.00	0.00	0
Giovanni Reyna	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Lukas Hradecky	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Jonathan Tah	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Aleksandar Dragovic	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Sven Bender	DEF	89		1	0.04	0.02	1
Wendell	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Kerem Demirbay	MID	90		3	0.09	0.00	0
Charles Aránguiz	MID	89		0	0.00	0.02	1
Karim Bellarabi	MID	73		4	0.15	0.19	2
Florian Wirtz	MID	66		0	0.00	0.09	4
Demarai Gray	MID	90		3	0.27	0.17	3
Paulinho	FWD	66		3	0.21	0.00	0
Patrik Schick	Sub	24		1	0.04	0.03	1
Emrehan Gedikli	Sub	24		0	0.00	0.00	0
Moussa Diaby	Sub	17		0	0.00	0.04	1
Julian Baumgartlinger	Sub	1		0	0.00	0.00	0
Lars Bender	Sub	1	1	1	0.76	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Borussia Dortmund win 61% Avg odds 1.56

Draw 20% Avg odds 4.77

Bayer Leverkusen win 19% Avg odds 5.19

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

Form going into the game

Borussia Dortmund W W W W W

Bayer Leverkusen W L W D D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 Borussia Dortmund, 19 Jan 21 Next meeting: Bayer Leverkusen 3-4 Borussia Dortmund, 11 Sep 21 All Borussia Dortmund 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.