Hoffenheim vs Bayer Leverkusen

4 November 2023 · Bundesliga · 2023/24 · Referee Frank Willenborg

Full time 2 – 3

Half-time: 0–2

Anton Stach 56’
Wout Weghorst 58’

Florian Wirtz 9’
Álex Grimaldo 45+1’, 70’

Match summary

Bayer Leverkusen won 3-2 away at Hoffenheim. Bayer Leverkusen led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Florian Wirtz put Bayer Leverkusen ahead in the 9th minute, set up by Victor Boniface and Álex Grimaldo made it 0-2 from a corner in first-half stoppage time, set up by Jonas Hofmann. In the second half, Anton Stach pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 56th minute, Wout Weghorst equalised in the 58th minute, and Grimaldo won it in the 70th minute, set up by Victor Boniface.

There was little between the sides on chances: Hoffenheim created 1.28 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots, Bayer Leverkusen 1.05 from 9.

Match stats

12 Shots 10

7 Shots on Target 4

4 Corners 3

3 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.27 xG 1.05

1.27 Non-penalty xG 1.05

4 Deep Completions 12

Key events

Hoffenheim Bayer Leverkusen

Kick-off

9’

Florian Wirtz
Assist: Victor Boniface

0-1

45+1’

Álex Grimaldo
Assist: Jonas Hofmann

0-2

Half-time0-2

Anton Stach

1-2

56’

Wout Weghorst

2-2

58’

70’

Álex Grimaldo
Assist: Victor Boniface

2-3

Full-time2-3

Bookings

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

Hoffenheim

Ozan Kabak
Grischa Prömel
Wout Weghorst

Bayer Leverkusen

Lukas Hradecky
Jonathan Tah

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.

Hoffenheim 1.28 xGBayer Leverkusen 1.05 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Bayer Leverkusen attacking Hoffenheim 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
Oliver Baumann	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Kevin Akpoguma	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.02	1
Kevin Vogt	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Ozan Kabak	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Robert Skov	MID	81		2	0.15	0.02	1
Grischa Prömel	MID	90		0	0.00	0.05	1
Marius Bülter	MID	90		1	0.02	0.09	2
Anton Stach	MID	90	1	1	0.01	0.34	1
Finn Becker	MID	80		1	0.02	0.09	1
Maximilian Beier	FWD	90		4	0.19	0.00	0
Wout Weghorst	FWD	90	1	2	0.87	0.04	1
Andrej Kramaric	Sub	10		1	0.03	0.00	0
Ihlas Bebou	Sub	9		0	0.00	0.00	0
Bambasé Conté	Sub	1		0	0.00	0.00	0
Mërgim Berisha	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
Edmond Tapsoba	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jonathan Tah	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Odilon Kossounou	DEF	48			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jeremie Frimpong	MID	90			2	0.23	0.06	1
Álex Grimaldo	MID	90	2		3	0.14	0.07	1
Exequiel Palacios	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Granit Xhaka	MID	90			0	0.00	0.14	2
Florian Wirtz	MID	90	1		1	0.49	0.00	0
Jonas Hofmann	MID	82		1	2	0.12	0.05	1
Victor Boniface	FWD	90		2	1	0.07	0.57	2
Josip Stanisic	Sub	42			0	0.00	0.11	1
Robert Andrich	Sub	8			0	0.00	0.00	0
Adam Hlozek	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Amine Adli	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Hoffenheim win 18% Avg odds 5.44

Draw 19% Avg odds 4.95

Bayer Leverkusen win 63% Avg odds 1.53

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

Form going into the game

Hoffenheim W L W L W

Bayer Leverkusen W W W W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Hoffenheim 1-3 Bayer Leverkusen, 11 Feb 23 Next meeting: Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 Hoffenheim, 30 Mar 24 All Hoffenheim 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.