Freiburg vs Bayer Leverkusen

17 March 2024 · Bundesliga · 2023/24 · Referee Harm Osmers

Full time 2 – 3

Half-time: 1–2

Ritsu Doan 10’
Yannik Keitel 79’

Florian Wirtz 2’
Adam Hlozek 40’
Patrik Schick 53’

Match summary

Bayer Leverkusen beat Freiburg 3-2 on the road. Bayer Leverkusen led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Florian Wirtz put Bayer Leverkusen ahead in the 2nd minute, set up by Álex Grimaldo, Ritsu Doan equalised in the 10th minute, set up by Lucas Höler, and Adam Hlozek put Bayer Leverkusen back in front in the 40th minute. In the second half, Patrik Schick made it 1-3 in the 53rd minute, set up by Jeremie Frimpong and Yannik Keitel pulled one back to make it 2-3 in the 79th minute.

The chances backed that up: Bayer Leverkusen created 2.54 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Freiburg's 0.95 from 11.

Match stats

9 Shots 18

3 Shots on Target 7

2 Corners 8

1 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

0.92 xG 2.50

0.92 Non-penalty xG 2.50

3 Deep Completions 10

Key events

Freiburg Bayer Leverkusen

Kick-off

2’

Florian Wirtz
Assist: Álex Grimaldo

0-1

Ritsu Doan
Assist: Lucas Höler

1-1

10’

40’

Adam Hlozek

1-2

Half-time1-2

53’

Patrik Schick
Assist: Jeremie Frimpong

1-3

Yannik Keitel

2-3

79’

Full-time2-3

Bookings

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

Freiburg

Nicolas Höfler

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.

Freiburg 0.95 xGBayer Leverkusen 2.54 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Bayer Leverkusen attacking Freiburg 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
Noah Atubolu	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kiliann Sildillia	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Manuel Gulde	DEF	90			1	0.06	0.00	0
Matthias Ginter	DEF	63			0	0.00	0.00	0
Christian Günter	DEF	90			2	0.06	0.06	1
Nicolas Höfler	MID	90			1	0.01	0.09	1
Merlin Röhl	MID	77			2	0.09	0.05	1
Ritsu Doan	MID	90	1		1	0.07	0.00	0
Vincenzo Grifo	MID	63			0	0.00	0.08	3
Lucas Höler	FWD	77		1	1	0.09	0.10	2
Roland Sallai	FWD	63			1	0.06	0.00	0
Michael Gregoritsch	Sub	27			0	0.00	0.00	0
Philipp Lienhart	Sub	27			0	0.00	0.00	0
Florent Muslija	Sub	27			0	0.00	0.15	2
Yannik Keitel	Sub	13	1		2	0.51	0.00	0
Maximilian Philipp	Sub	13			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
Josip Stanisic	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Piero Hincapié	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Jonathan Tah	DEF	90			2	0.04	0.00	0
Jeremie Frimpong	MID	84		1	1	0.12	0.09	1
Álex Grimaldo	MID	90		1	3	0.29	0.69	4
Exequiel Palacios	MID	90			2	0.39	0.00	0
Granit Xhaka	MID	90			1	0.04	0.04	2
Florian Wirtz	MID	90	1		2	0.60	0.19	2
Adam Hlozek	MID	84	1		5	0.87	0.00	0
Patrik Schick	FWD	77	1		2	0.18	0.00	0
Amine Adli	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.00	0
Robert Andrich	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nathan Tella	Sub	6			0	0.00	0.15	1
Edmond Tapsoba	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Freiburg win 15% Avg odds 6.30

Draw 21% Avg odds 4.53

Bayer Leverkusen win 64% Avg odds 1.50

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

Form going into the game

Freiburg L D L D W

Bayer Leverkusen W W W W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 Freiburg, 29 Oct 23 Next meeting: Bayer Leverkusen 5-1 Freiburg, 21 Dec 24 All Freiburg 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.