RB Leipzig vs Bayer Leverkusen

25 January 2025 · Bundesliga · 2024/25 · Referee Bastian Dankert

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 1–2

  • David Raum 41’
  • Edmond Tapsoba 84’ (og)
  • Patrik Schick 18’
  • Aleix García 36’

Match summary

The points were shared as RB Leipzig and Bayer Leverkusen drew 2-2. Bayer Leverkusen led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Patrik Schick put Bayer Leverkusen ahead in the 18th minute, Aleix García made it 0-2 in the 36th minute, set up by Florian Wirtz, and David Raum pulled one back to make it 1-2 with a direct free kick in the 41st minute. In the second half, Tapsoba's own goal equalised with a header in the 84th minute.

Bayer Leverkusen had the better of the chances, with 2.81 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to RB Leipzig's 0.71 from 7.

Match stats

RB Leipzig Bayer Leverkusen
8 Shots 13
4 Shots on Target 7
7 Corners 3
0 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
0.71 xG 2.58
0.71 Non-penalty xG 2.58
13 Deep Completions 5

Key events

RB Leipzig Bayer Leverkusen
Kick-off
18’
Patrik Schick0-1 (Bayer Leverkusen)
36’
Aleix García
Assist: Florian Wirtz0-2 (Bayer Leverkusen)
David Raum1-2 (RB Leipzig)
41’
Half-time1-2
Edmond Tapsoba
Own goal2-2 (RB Leipzig)
84’
Full-time2-2

Bookings

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

RB Leipzig
  • Xavi Simons
  • Christoph Baumgartner
Bayer Leverkusen
  • Edmond Tapsoba
  • Robert Andrich

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.71 2.81 18’ Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen), 0-1 18’ 36’ Aleix García (Bayer Leverkusen), 0-2 36’ 41’ David Raum (RB Leipzig), 1-2 41’ 84’ Edmond Tapsoba (RB Leipzig) own goal, 2-2 84’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.71 2.81 18’ Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen), 0-1 Schick 18’ 36’ Aleix García (Bayer Leverkusen), 0-2 García 36’ 41’ David Raum (RB Leipzig), 1-2 Raum 41’ 84’ Edmond Tapsoba (RB Leipzig) own goal, 2-2 Tapsoba 84’
RB Leipzig 0.71 xGBayer Leverkusen 2.81 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Bayer Leverkusen attacking RB Leipzig attacking 
47’ Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.70 xG, blocked 66’ Piero Hincapié (Bayer Leverkusen), set piece, 0.56 xG, off target 18’ Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.48 xG, goal 18’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.30 xG, hit the woodwork 71’ Benjamin Sesko (RB Leipzig), from a corner, 0.28 xG, saved 27’ Willi Orban (RB Leipzig), from a corner, 0.22 xG, blocked 64’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.15 xG, hit the woodwork 47’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 63’ Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 36’ Aleix García (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 29’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 77’ Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 41’ David Raum (RB Leipzig), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, goal 11’ Xavi Simons (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 81’ Christoph Baumgartner (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 25’ Loïs Openda (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 3’ Robert Andrich (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 56’ Antonio Nusa (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 9’ Nordi Mukiele (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 89’ Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen), set piece, 0.01 xG, saved 84’ Edmond Tapsoba (Bayer Leverkusen), own goal 47’ Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.70 xG, blocked 66’ Piero Hincapié (Bayer Leverkusen), set piece, 0.56 xG, off target 18’ Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.48 xG, goal 18’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.30 xG, hit the woodwork 71’ Benjamin Sesko (RB Leipzig), from a corner, 0.28 xG, saved 27’ Willi Orban (RB Leipzig), from a corner, 0.22 xG, blocked 64’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.15 xG, hit the woodwork 63’ Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 47’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 36’ Aleix García (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 29’ Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 77’ Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 41’ David Raum (RB Leipzig), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, goal 11’ Xavi Simons (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 81’ Christoph Baumgartner (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 25’ Loïs Openda (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 3’ Robert Andrich (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 56’ Antonio Nusa (RB Leipzig), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 9’ Nordi Mukiele (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 89’ Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen), set piece, 0.01 xG, saved 84’ Edmond Tapsoba (Bayer Leverkusen), own goal
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Péter Gulácsi GK900 0.000.000
Lukas Klostermann DEF700 0.000.000
El Chadaille Bitshiabu DEF900 0.000.000
Willi Orban DEF901 0.220.000
David Raum DEF9011 0.060.000
Antonio Nusa MID701 0.020.041
Arthur Vermeeren MID540 0.000.000
Kevin Kampl MID540 0.000.000
Xavi Simons MID901 0.050.502
Benjamin Sesko FWD901 0.280.000
Loïs Openda FWD771 0.040.000
Nicolas Seiwald Sub360 0.000.021
Amadou Haidara Sub360 0.000.000
Christoph Baumgartner Sub201 0.040.000
Bote Baku Sub200 0.000.000
Yussuf Poulsen Sub130 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

RB Leipzig win 27% Avg odds 3.56
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.53
Bayer Leverkusen win 46% Avg odds 2.07

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

Form going into the game

RB Leipzig WLWLD
Bayer Leverkusen WWWWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Bayer Leverkusen 2-3 RB Leipzig, 31 Aug 24 Next meeting: RB Leipzig 1-3 Bayer Leverkusen, 20 Dec 25  All RB Leipzig 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.