Hoffenheim vs Bayer Leverkusen

29 March 2019 · Bundesliga · 2018/19 · Referee Harm Osmers

Full time 4 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

Ishak Belfodil 10’, 61’
Sven Bender 51’ (og)
Andrej Kramaric 79’

Kevin Volland 17’

Match summary

Hoffenheim won comfortably, 4-1 at home to Bayer Leverkusen. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Ishak Belfodil put Hoffenheim ahead in the 10th minute, set up by Andrej Kramaric and Kevin Volland equalised with a header in the 17th minute, set up by Julian Brandt. In the second half, Bender's own goal put Hoffenheim back in front from a corner in the 51st minute, Belfodil made it 3-1 in the 61st minute, set up by Florian Grillitsch, and Andrej Kramaric made it 4-1 in the 79th minute, set up by Ishak Belfodil.

The chances backed that up: Hoffenheim created 2.45 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Bayer Leverkusen's 1.71 from 17.

Match stats

13 Shots 18

5 Shots on Target 6

4 Corners 7

2 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

2.45 xG 1.71

2.45 Non-penalty xG 1.71

3 Deep Completions 13

Key events

Hoffenheim Bayer Leverkusen

Kick-off

Ishak Belfodil
Assist: Andrej Kramaric

1-0

10’

17’

Kevin Volland
Assist: Julian Brandt

1-1

Half-time1-1

Sven Bender
Own goal

2-1

51’

Ishak Belfodil
Assist: Florian Grillitsch

3-1

61’

Andrej Kramaric
Assist: Ishak Belfodil

4-1

79’

Full-time4-1

Bookings

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

Hoffenheim

Benjamin Hübner
Florian Grillitsch

Bayer Leverkusen

Kai Havertz
Leon Bailey

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 2.45 xGBayer Leverkusen 1.71 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	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Oliver Baumann	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Pavel Kaderábek	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.05	1
Kevin Vogt	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Benjamin Hübner	DEF	90			1	0.05	0.00	0
Joshua Brenet	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Florian Grillitsch	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.13	1
Kerem Demirbay	MID	90			1	0.02	0.15	3
Leonardo Bittencourt	MID	77			1	0.10	0.02	1
Joelinton	FWD	54			0	0.00	0.00	0
Andrej Kramaric	FWD	90	1	1	3	1.07	0.20	2
Ishak Belfodil	FWD	90	2	1	5	1.16	0.97	1
Nadiem Amiri	Sub	36			1	0.05	0.05	1
David Otto	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.88	2
Ermin Bicakcic	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
Lars Bender	DEF	35			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sven Bender	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jonathan Tah	DEF	90			1	0.03	0.00	0
Tin Jedvaj	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Julian Baumgartlinger	MID	90			2	0.04	0.00	0
Julian Brandt	MID	90		1	4	0.54	0.48	4
Kai Havertz	MID	90			2	0.39	0.12	2
Karim Bellarabi	FWD	25			1	0.09	0.00	0
Kevin Volland	FWD	90	1		3	0.33	0.18	3
Leon Bailey	FWD	83			2	0.20	0.08	3
Charles Aránguiz	Sub	65			1	0.07	0.00	0
Mitchell Weiser	Sub	55			1	0.04	0.34	1
Lucas Alario	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.01	1

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Hoffenheim win 40% Bet365 odds 2.37

Draw 25% Bet365 odds 3.80

Bayer Leverkusen win 35% Bet365 odds 2.70

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

Form going into the game

Hoffenheim W D L W D

Bayer Leverkusen W L W W L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Bayer Leverkusen 1-4 Hoffenheim, 03 Nov 18 Next meeting: Bayer Leverkusen 0-0 Hoffenheim, 31 Aug 19 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.