Schalke 04 vs Bayer Leverkusen

19 December 2018 · Bundesliga · 2018/19 · Referee Deniz Aytekin

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 1–2

  • Haji Wright 45+2’
  • Aleksandar Dragovic 26’
  • Lucas Alario 35’

Match summary

Bayer Leverkusen beat Schalke 04 2-1 on the road. Bayer Leverkusen led 2-1 at half-time.

Aleksandar Dragovic put Bayer Leverkusen ahead in the 26th minute, Lucas Alario made it 0-2 in the 35th minute, set up by Wendell, and Haji Wright pulled one back to make it 1-2 from a corner in first-half stoppage time, set up by Weston McKennie.

Schalke 04 can feel hard done by, creating 1.86 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Bayer Leverkusen's 0.68 from 8.

Match stats

Schalke 04 Bayer Leverkusen
18 Shots 8
4 Shots on Target 5
7 Corners 1
4 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
1.84 xG 0.68
1.84 Non-penalty xG 0.68
8 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Schalke 04 Bayer Leverkusen
Kick-off
26’
Aleksandar Dragovic0-1 (Bayer Leverkusen)
35’
Lucas Alario
Assist: Wendell0-2 (Bayer Leverkusen)
Haji Wright
Assist: Weston McKennie1-2 (Schalke 04)
45+2’
Half-time1-2
Full-time1-2

Bookings

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

Schalke 04
  • Benjamin Stambouli
  • Amine Harit
  • Weston McKennie
  • Suat Serdar
Bayer Leverkusen
  • Lukas Hradecky
  • Mitchell Weiser
  • Julian Baumgartlinger
  • Karim Bellarabi

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.86 0.68 26’ Aleksandar Dragovic (Bayer Leverkusen), 0-1 26’ 35’ Lucas Alario (Bayer Leverkusen), 0-2 35’ 45+2’ Haji Wright (Schalke 04), 1-2 45+2’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.86 0.68 26’ Aleksandar Dragovic (Bayer Leverkusen), 0-1 Dragovic 26’ 35’ Lucas Alario (Bayer Leverkusen), 0-2 Alario 35’ 45+2’ Haji Wright (Schalke 04), 1-2 Wright 45+2’
Schalke 04 1.86 xGBayer Leverkusen 0.68 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Bayer Leverkusen attacking Schalke 04 attacking 
47’ Haji Wright (Schalke 04), from a corner, 0.60 xG, goal 26’ Aleksandar Dragovic (Bayer Leverkusen), set piece, 0.37 xG, goal 68’ Steven Skrzybski (Schalke 04), open play, 0.36 xG, off target 72’ Yevhen Konoplyanka (Schalke 04), open play, 0.36 xG, off target 90+2’ Mitchell Weiser (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 80’ Weston McKennie (Schalke 04), from a corner, 0.09 xG, blocked 87’ Weston McKennie (Schalke 04), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 85’ Leon Bailey (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 17’ Alessandro Schöpf (Schalke 04), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 23’ Dominik Kohr (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 53’ Alessandro Schöpf (Schalke 04), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 73’ Suat Serdar (Schalke 04), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 80’ Yevhen Konoplyanka (Schalke 04), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 35’ Lucas Alario (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 67’ Matija Nastasic (Schalke 04), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 82’ Steven Skrzybski (Schalke 04), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 21’ Weston McKennie (Schalke 04), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 47’ Weston McKennie (Schalke 04), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 23’ Wendell (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 26’ Leon Bailey (Bayer Leverkusen), set piece, 0.02 xG, saved 29’ Benjamin Stambouli (Schalke 04), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 42’ Nabil Bentaleb (Schalke 04), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 84’ Daniel Caligiuri (Schalke 04), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 26’ Karim Bellarabi (Bayer Leverkusen), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 32’ Daniel Caligiuri (Schalke 04), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 12’ Daniel Caligiuri (Schalke 04), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 47’ Haji Wright (Schalke 04), from a corner, 0.60 xG, goal 26’ Aleksandar Dragovic (Bayer Leverkusen), set piece, 0.37 xG, goal 68’ Steven Skrzybski (Schalke 04), open play, 0.36 xG, off target 72’ Yevhen Konoplyanka (Schalke 04), open play, 0.36 xG, off target 90+2’ Mitchell Weiser (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 80’ Weston McKennie (Schalke 04), from a corner, 0.09 xG, blocked 87’ Weston McKennie (Schalke 04), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 85’ Leon Bailey (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 17’ Alessandro Schöpf (Schalke 04), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 23’ Dominik Kohr (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 53’ Alessandro Schöpf (Schalke 04), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 73’ Suat Serdar (Schalke 04), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 80’ Yevhen Konoplyanka (Schalke 04), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 35’ Lucas Alario (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 67’ Matija Nastasic (Schalke 04), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 82’ Steven Skrzybski (Schalke 04), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 21’ Weston McKennie (Schalke 04), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 47’ Weston McKennie (Schalke 04), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 23’ Wendell (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 26’ Leon Bailey (Bayer Leverkusen), set piece, 0.02 xG, saved 84’ Daniel Caligiuri (Schalke 04), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 29’ Benjamin Stambouli (Schalke 04), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 42’ Nabil Bentaleb (Schalke 04), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 26’ Karim Bellarabi (Bayer Leverkusen), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 32’ Daniel Caligiuri (Schalke 04), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 12’ Daniel Caligiuri (Schalke 04), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Ralf Fährmann GK900 0.000.000
Daniel Caligiuri DEF903 0.040.092
Salif Sané DEF900 0.000.112
Matija Nastasic DEF901 0.030.000
Bastian Oczipka DEF900 0.000.073
Alessandro Schöpf MID732 0.100.393
Benjamin Stambouli MID901 0.020.000
Nabil Bentaleb MID561 0.020.000
Amine Harit MID900 0.000.031
Weston McKennie FWD9014 0.220.601
Haji Wright FWD5611 0.600.000
Steven Skrzybski Sub342 0.390.361
Suat Serdar Sub341 0.040.021
Yevhen Konoplyanka Sub172 0.400.091

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Schalke 04 win 40% Bet365 odds 2.40
Draw 27% Bet365 odds 3.50
Bayer Leverkusen win 33% Bet365 odds 2.90

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

Form going into the game

Schalke 04 LWDLD
Bayer Leverkusen LWDWL

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Bayer Leverkusen 1-1 Schalke 04, 11 May 19  All Schalke 04 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.