RB Leipzig vs Bayer Leverkusen

28 November 2021 · Bundesliga · 2021/22 · Referee Benjamin Cortus

Full time 1 – 3

Half-time: 0–2

André Silva 62’

Florian Wirtz 21’
Moussa Diaby 34’
Jeremie Frimpong 64’

Match summary

Bayer Leverkusen took a 3-1 win at RB Leipzig. Bayer Leverkusen led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Florian Wirtz put Bayer Leverkusen ahead in the 21st minute, set up by Exequiel Palacios and Moussa Diaby made it 0-2 in the 34th minute, set up by Jonathan Tah. In the second half, André Silva pulled one back to make it 1-2 with a header in the 62nd minute, set up by Christopher Nkunku and Jeremie Frimpong made it 1-3 in the 64th minute, set up by Moussa Diaby.

There was little between the sides on chances: RB Leipzig created 1.43 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots, Bayer Leverkusen 1.24 from 11. Dominik Szoboszlai hit the woodwork from the penalty spot for RB Leipzig.

Match stats

14 Shots 11

3 Shots on Target 4

7 Corners 2

1 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

1.43 xG 1.24

0.67 Non-penalty xG 1.24

14 Deep Completions 6

Key events

RB Leipzig Bayer Leverkusen

Kick-off

21’

Florian Wirtz
Assist: Exequiel Palacios

0-1

34’

Moussa Diaby
Assist: Jonathan Tah

0-2

Half-time0-2

André Silva
Assist: Christopher Nkunku

1-2

62’

64’

Jeremie Frimpong
Assist: Moussa Diaby

1-3

Full-time1-3

Bookings

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

RB Leipzig

Emil Forsberg

Bayer Leverkusen

Lukas Hradecky
Jeremie Frimpong
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.

RB Leipzig 1.43 xGBayer Leverkusen 1.24 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Bayer Leverkusen attacking RB Leipzig 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
Josep Martínez	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nordi Mukiele	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.08	1
Josko Gvardiol	DEF	90			1	0.08	0.00	0
Lukas Klostermann	DEF	88			0	0.00	0.02	1
Angelino	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.06	1
Emil Forsberg	MID	88			2	0.14	0.00	0
Konrad Laimer	MID	76			1	0.08	0.08	2
Kevin Kampl	MID	76			0	0.00	0.00	0
Christopher Nkunku	MID	90		1	1	0.07	0.23	4
André Silva	FWD	90	1		4	0.20	0.07	1
Brian Brobbey	FWD	42			1	0.07	0.00	0
Dominik Szoboszlai	Sub	48			2	0.78	0.00	0
Benjamin Henrichs	Sub	14			0	0.00	0.00	0
Tyler Adams	Sub	14			0	0.00	0.00	0
Amadou Haidara	Sub	2			0	0.00	0.00	0
Solomon Bonnah	Sub	2			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
Jeremie Frimpong	DEF	90	1		1	0.07	0.03	1
Edmond Tapsoba	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jonathan Tah	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.08	1
Piero Hincapié	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.26	1
Exequiel Palacios	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.36	1
Robert Andrich	MID	83			2	0.19	0.00	0
Moussa Diaby	MID	90	1	1	3	0.40	0.17	2
Florian Wirtz	MID	90	1		2	0.38	0.09	1
Amine Adli	MID	65			2	0.14	0.00	0
Patrik Schick	FWD	65			1	0.05	0.09	2
Charles Aránguiz	Sub	25			0	0.00	0.00	0
Odilon Kossounou	Sub	25			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kerem Demirbay	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lucas Alario	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nadiem Amiri	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

RB Leipzig win 49% Avg odds 1.97

Draw 24% Avg odds 3.92

Bayer Leverkusen win 27% Avg odds 3.54

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

Form going into the game

RB Leipzig D W D W L

Bayer Leverkusen L D L D W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: RB Leipzig 1-0 Bayer Leverkusen, 30 Jan 21 Next meeting: Bayer Leverkusen 0-1 RB Leipzig, 17 Apr 22 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.