Eintracht Frankfurt vs Bayer Leverkusen

1 March 2025 · Bundesliga · 2024/25 · Referee Felix Zwayer

Full time 1 – 4

Half-time: 1–3

Hugo Ekitike 37’

Nathan Tella 26’
Nordi Mukiele 29’
Patrik Schick 33’
Aleix García 62’

Match summary

Bayer Leverkusen won comfortably, 4-1 away at Eintracht Frankfurt. Bayer Leverkusen led 3-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Nathan Tella put Bayer Leverkusen ahead in the 26th minute, set up by Granit Xhaka, Nordi Mukiele made it 0-2 from a corner in the 29th minute, Patrik Schick made it 0-3 in the 33rd minute, set up by Álex Grimaldo, and Hugo Ekitike pulled one back to make it 1-3 in the 37th minute. In the second half, Aleix García made it 1-4 in the 62nd minute.

The chances backed that up: Bayer Leverkusen created 2.42 expected goals (xG) from 20 shots to Eintracht Frankfurt's 1.00 from 7.

Match stats

7 Shots 20

3 Shots on Target 9

2 Corners 6

1 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

1.00 xG 2.37

1.00 Non-penalty xG 2.37

4 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Eintracht Frankfurt Bayer Leverkusen

Kick-off

26’

Nathan Tella
Assist: Granit Xhaka

0-1

29’

Nordi Mukiele

0-2

33’

Patrik Schick
Assist: Álex Grimaldo

0-3

Hugo Ekitike

1-3

37’

Half-time1-3

62’

Aleix García

1-4

Full-time1-4

Bookings

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

Eintracht Frankfurt

Ellyes Skhiri

Bayer Leverkusen

Granit Xhaka

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.

Eintracht Frankfurt 1.00 xGBayer Leverkusen 2.42 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Bayer Leverkusen attacking Eintracht Frankfurt attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Kevin Trapp	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Arthur Theate	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Rasmus Kristensen	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.11	1
Robin Koch	DEF	74		1	0.03	0.00	0
Hugo Larsson	MID	49		0	0.00	0.00	0
Ansgar Knauff	MID	49		0	0.00	0.00	0
Mario Götze	MID	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Ellyes Skhiri	MID	90		0	0.00	0.06	1
Nathaniel Brown	MID	81		0	0.00	0.07	1
Hugo Ekitike	FWD	90	1	5	0.96	0.00	0
Sepe Elye Wahi	FWD	75		1	0.02	0.10	1
Oscar Højlund	Sub	41		0	0.00	0.02	1
Nnamdi Collins	Sub	41		0	0.00	0.00	0
Michy Batshuayi	Sub	16		0	0.00	0.00	0
Jean Négoce	Sub	15		0	0.00	0.00	0
Niels Nkounkou	Sub	9		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
Nordi Mukiele	DEF	90	1		2	0.75	0.00	0
Jonathan Tah	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mario Hermoso	DEF	90			1	0.08	0.00	0
Jeremie Frimpong	MID	86			0	0.00	0.00	0
Álex Grimaldo	MID	90		1	1	0.02	0.20	2
Aleix García	MID	90	1		2	0.07	0.27	4
Granit Xhaka	MID	80		1	0	0.00	0.38	2
Florian Wirtz	MID	86			3	0.16	0.36	2
Nathan Tella	MID	80	1		3	0.46	0.04	1
Patrik Schick	FWD	61	1		4	0.56	0.09	2
Amine Adli	Sub	29			1	0.06	0.00	0
Exequiel Palacios	Sub	10			0	0.00	0.00	0
Victor Boniface	Sub	10			1	0.14	0.00	0
Emiliano Buendía	Sub	4			1	0.09	0.14	1
Jonas Hofmann	Sub	4			1	0.04	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Eintracht Frankfurt win 23% Avg odds 4.18

Draw 25% Avg odds 3.89

Bayer Leverkusen win 52% Avg odds 1.83

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

Form going into the game

Eintracht Frankfurt D D D W L

Bayer Leverkusen D W D D W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 Eintracht Frankfurt, 19 Oct 24 Next meeting: Bayer Leverkusen 3-1 Eintracht Frankfurt, 12 Sep 25 All Eintracht Frankfurt 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.