Werder Bremen vs Bayer Leverkusen

12 March 2023 · Bundesliga · 2022/23 · Referee Deniz Aytekin

Full time 2 – 3

Half-time: 1–1

Marvin Ducksch 30’
Niclas Füllkrug 86’ (pen)

Mitchel Bakker 34’
Jeremie Frimpong 56’
Adam Hlozek 83’

Match summary

Bayer Leverkusen came from behind to win 3-2 away at Werder Bremen. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Marvin Ducksch put Werder Bremen ahead in the 30th minute, set up by Niclas Füllkrug and Mitchel Bakker equalised in the 34th minute, set up by Jeremie Frimpong. In the second half, Jeremie Frimpong put Bayer Leverkusen in front in the 56th minute, set up by Exequiel Palacios, Adam Hlozek made it 1-3 with a header in the 83rd minute, and Niclas Füllkrug pulled one back to make it 2-3 from the penalty spot in the 86th minute.

Werder Bremen can feel hard done by, creating 1.71 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Bayer Leverkusen's 1.22 from 14.

Match stats

12 Shots 13

6 Shots on Target 5

2 Corners 3

2 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

1.71 xG 1.22

0.95 Non-penalty xG 1.22

16 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Werder Bremen Bayer Leverkusen

Kick-off

Marvin Ducksch
Assist: Niclas Füllkrug

1-0

30’

34’

Mitchel Bakker
Assist: Jeremie Frimpong

1-1

Half-time1-1

56’

Jeremie Frimpong
Assist: Exequiel Palacios

1-2

83’

Adam Hlozek

1-3

Niclas Füllkrug
Penalty

2-3

86’

Full-time2-3

Bookings

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

Werder Bremen

Niklas Stark
Niklas Schmidt

Bayer Leverkusen

Odilon Kossounou

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.

Werder Bremen 1.71 xGBayer Leverkusen 1.22 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Bayer Leverkusen attacking Werder Bremen 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
Jiri Pavlenka	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Niklas Stark	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Amos Pieper	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Milos Veljkovic	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.12	1
Ilia Gruev	MID	77			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mitchell Weiser	MID	90			1	0.02	0.06	1
Niklas Schmidt	MID	90			1	0.02	0.20	4
Jens Stage	MID	69			2	0.13	0.12	2
Anthony Jung	MID	84			1	0.02	0.02	1
Niclas Füllkrug	FWD	90	1	1	2	0.81	0.38	1
Marvin Ducksch	FWD	90	1		5	0.71	0.00	0
Maximilian Philipp	Sub	21			0	0.00	0.00	0
Eren Sami Dinkci	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lee Buchanan	Sub	6			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
Piero Hincapié	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.01	1
Jonathan Tah	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Odilon Kossounou	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jeremie Frimpong	MID	62	1	1	1	0.08	0.12	2
Mitchel Bakker	MID	90	1		3	0.13	0.06	1
Exequiel Palacios	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.08	1
Robert Andrich	MID	90			2	0.06	0.06	1
Amine Adli	MID	88			2	0.56	0.00	0
Moussa Diaby	MID	74			1	0.05	0.06	2
Adam Hlozek	FWD	88	1		2	0.13	0.04	1
Edmond Tapsoba	Sub	28			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nadiem Amiri	Sub	16			1	0.07	0.00	0
Sardar Azmoun	Sub	2			1	0.12	0.00	0
Daley Sinkgraven	Sub	2			1	0.01	0.12	1

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Werder Bremen win 27% Avg odds 3.53

Draw 27% Avg odds 3.59

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

Werder Bremen W L L W L

Bayer Leverkusen L W L D W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Bayer Leverkusen 1-1 Werder Bremen, 17 Sep 22 Next meeting: Werder Bremen 0-3 Bayer Leverkusen, 25 Nov 23 All Werder Bremen 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.