Freiburg vs Bayer Leverkusen

1 November 2020 · Bundesliga · 2020/21 · Referee Benjamin Cortus

Full time 2 – 4

Half-time: 1–2

Lucas Höler 3’
Nils Petersen 72’

Lucas Alario 29’, 42’
Nadiem Amiri 64’
Jonathan Tah 76’

Match summary

Bayer Leverkusen came from behind to win 4-2 away at Freiburg. Bayer Leverkusen led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Lucas Höler put Freiburg ahead in the 3rd minute, set up by Lukas Kübler, Lucas Alario equalised in the 29th minute, and Alario put Bayer Leverkusen in front in the 42nd minute, set up by Lars Bender. In the second half, Nadiem Amiri made it 1-3 in the 64th minute, set up by Florian Wirtz, Nils Petersen pulled one back to make it 2-3 in the 72nd minute, set up by Vincenzo Grifo, and Jonathan Tah made it 2-4 with a header in the 76th minute, set up by Kerem Demirbay.

There was little between the sides on chances: Freiburg created 1.18 expected goals (xG) from 8 shots, Bayer Leverkusen 1.34 from 18.

Match stats

8 Shots 18

5 Shots on Target 7

4 Corners 6

2 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.18 xG 1.34

1.18 Non-penalty xG 1.34

4 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Freiburg Bayer Leverkusen

Kick-off

Lucas Höler
Assist: Lukas Kübler

1-0

3’

29’

Lucas Alario

1-1

42’

Lucas Alario
Assist: Lars Bender

1-2

Half-time1-2

64’

Nadiem Amiri
Assist: Florian Wirtz

1-3

Nils Petersen
Assist: Vincenzo Grifo

2-3

72’

76’

Jonathan Tah
Assist: Kerem Demirbay

2-4

Full-time2-4

Bookings

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

Freiburg

Lukas Kübler
Dominique Heintz

Bayer Leverkusen

Sven Bender
Moussa Diaby

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 1.18 xGBayer Leverkusen 1.34 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
Florian Müller	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lukas Kübler	DEF	65		1	0	0.00	0.29	1
Philipp Lienhart	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Dominique Heintz	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Christian Günter	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.03	1
Baptiste Santamaria	MID	90			2	0.03	0.00	0
Nicolas Höfler	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jonathan Schmid	MID	90			0	0.00	0.30	1
Vincenzo Grifo	MID	82		1	3	0.43	0.41	1
Lucas Höler	FWD	81	1		1	0.29	0.00	0
Roland Sallai	FWD	81			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nils Petersen	Sub	25	1		2	0.43	0.00	0
Ermedin Demirovic	Sub	9			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kwon Chang-Hoon	Sub	9			0	0.00	0.03	2
Woo-Yeong Jeong	Sub	8			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
Lars Bender	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.44	1
Edmond Tapsoba	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Sven Bender	DEF	67			0	0.00	0.00	0
Daley Sinkgraven	DEF	90			1	0.10	0.00	0
Nadiem Amiri	MID	90	1		4	0.13	0.00	0
Florian Wirtz	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.22	5
Julian Baumgartlinger	MID	67			0	0.00	0.02	1
Leon Bailey	FWD	90			6	0.24	0.16	3
Lucas Alario	FWD	90	2		3	0.75	0.04	2
Moussa Diaby	FWD	81			1	0.03	0.09	2
Kerem Demirbay	Sub	23		1	1	0.03	0.05	2
Jonathan Tah	Sub	23	1		1	0.04	0.00	0
Karim Bellarabi	Sub	9			0	0.00	0.00	0
Exequiel Palacios	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Freiburg win 27% Avg odds 3.51

Draw 27% Avg odds 3.57

Bayer Leverkusen win 46% Avg odds 2.08

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

Form going into the game

Freiburg W D L D D

Bayer Leverkusen D D D W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Freiburg 0-1 Bayer Leverkusen, 29 May 20 Next meeting: Bayer Leverkusen 1-2 Freiburg, 28 Feb 21 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.