Borussia Dortmund vs Bayer Leverkusen

24 February 2019 · Bundesliga · 2018/19 · Referee Christian Dingert

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 2–1

Dan-Axel Zagadou 30’
Jadon Sancho 38’
Mario Götze 60’

Kevin Volland 37’
Jonathan Tah 75’

Match summary

Borussia Dortmund beat Bayer Leverkusen 3-2. Borussia Dortmund led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Dan-Axel Zagadou put Borussia Dortmund ahead from a corner in the 30th minute, set up by Jadon Sancho, Kevin Volland equalised in the 37th minute, set up by Kai Havertz, and Jadon Sancho put Borussia Dortmund back in front in the 38th minute, set up by Abdou Diallo. In the second half, Mario Götze made it 3-1 in the 60th minute and Jonathan Tah pulled one back to make it 3-2 with a header in the 75th minute, set up by Julian Brandt.

There was little between the sides on chances: Borussia Dortmund created 1.05 expected goals (xG) from 9 shots, Bayer Leverkusen 1.26 from 13.

Match stats

9 Shots 13

4 Shots on Target 4

3 Corners 8

1 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.05 xG 1.26

1.05 Non-penalty xG 1.26

4 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Borussia Dortmund Bayer Leverkusen

Kick-off

Dan-Axel Zagadou
Assist: Jadon Sancho

1-0

30’

37’

Kevin Volland
Assist: Kai Havertz

1-1

Jadon Sancho
Assist: Abdou Diallo

2-1

38’

Half-time2-1

Mario Götze

3-1

60’

75’

Jonathan Tah
Assist: Julian Brandt

3-2

Full-time3-2

Bookings

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

Borussia Dortmund

Raphael Guerreiro

Bayer Leverkusen

Jonathan Tah
Tin Jedvaj

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 1.05 xGBayer Leverkusen 1.26 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
Achraf Hakimi	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Dan-Axel Zagadou	DEF	90	1		1	0.51	0.00	0
Manuel Akanji	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Abdou Diallo	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.06	1
Axel Witsel	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Julian Weigl	MID	90			1	0.08	0.00	0
Jadon Sancho	MID	90	1	1	2	0.10	0.79	4
Mario Götze	MID	85	1		1	0.07	0.12	2
Raphael Guerreiro	MID	78			1	0.01	0.00	0
Paco Alcácer	FWD	90			2	0.18	0.01	1
Jacob Bruun Larsen	Sub	12			1	0.10	0.00	0
Mahmoud Dahoud	Sub	5			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marius Wolf	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Lukas Hradecky	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mitchell Weiser	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Sven Bender	DEF	90			1	0.10	0.00	0
Jonathan Tah	DEF	90	1		1	0.29	0.00	0
Tin Jedvaj	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Julian Baumgartlinger	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Charles Aránguiz	MID	90			0	0.00	0.30	1
Julian Brandt	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.43	3
Kai Havertz	FWD	90		1	4	0.16	0.03	2
Kevin Volland	FWD	90	1		2	0.07	0.29	1
Leon Bailey	FWD	72			3	0.33	0.00	0
Lucas Alario	Sub	18			1	0.29	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Borussia Dortmund win 53% Bet365 odds 1.80

Draw 23% Bet365 odds 4.20

Bayer Leverkusen win 24% Bet365 odds 4.00

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

Form going into the game

Borussia Dortmund W W D D D

Bayer Leverkusen L W W W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Bayer Leverkusen 2-4 Borussia Dortmund, 29 Sep 18 Next meeting: Borussia Dortmund 4-0 Bayer Leverkusen, 14 Sep 19 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.