Werder Bremen vs Bayer Leverkusen

18 May 2020 · Bundesliga · 2019/20 · Referee Tobias Stieler

Full time 1 – 4

Half-time: 1–2

  • Theodor Gebre Selassie 30’
  • Kai Havertz 28’, 33’
  • Mitchell Weiser 61’
  • Kerem Demirbay 78’

Match summary

Bayer Leverkusen won comfortably, 4-1 away at Werder Bremen. Bayer Leverkusen led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Kai Havertz put Bayer Leverkusen ahead with a header in the 28th minute, set up by Moussa Diaby, Theodor Gebre Selassie equalised from a corner in the 30th minute, set up by Leonardo Bittencourt, and Havertz put Bayer Leverkusen back in front with a header in the 33rd minute, set up by Kerem Demirbay. In the second half, Mitchell Weiser made it 1-3 with a header in the 61st minute, set up by Moussa Diaby and Kerem Demirbay made it 1-4 in the 78th minute, set up by Karim Bellarabi.

The chances backed that up: Bayer Leverkusen created 2.89 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Werder Bremen's 0.88 from 10.

Match stats

Werder Bremen Bayer Leverkusen
9 Shots 13
1 Shots on Target 6
2 Corners 9
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0.88 xG 2.88
0.88 Non-penalty xG 2.88
3 Deep Completions 11

Key events

Werder Bremen Bayer Leverkusen
Kick-off
28’
Kai Havertz
Assist: Moussa Diaby0-1 (Bayer Leverkusen)
Theodor Gebre Selassie
Assist: Leonardo Bittencourt1-1 (Werder Bremen)
30’
33’
Kai Havertz
Assist: Kerem Demirbay1-2 (Bayer Leverkusen)
Half-time1-2
61’
Mitchell Weiser
Assist: Moussa Diaby1-3 (Bayer Leverkusen)
78’
Kerem Demirbay
Assist: Karim Bellarabi1-4 (Bayer Leverkusen)
Full-time1-4

Bookings

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

Werder Bremen
  • Niklas Moisander
  • Marco Friedl
Bayer Leverkusen
  • Sven Bender

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 0.88 2.89 28’ Kai Havertz (Bayer Leverkusen), 0-1 28’ 30’ Theodor Gebre Selassie (Werder Bremen), 1-1 30’ 33’ Kai Havertz (Bayer Leverkusen), 1-2 33’ 61’ Mitchell Weiser (Bayer Leverkusen), 1-3 61’ 78’ Kerem Demirbay (Bayer Leverkusen), 1-4 78’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.88 2.89 28’ Kai Havertz (Bayer Leverkusen), 0-1 Havertz 28’ 30’ Theodor Gebre Selassie (Werder Bremen), 1-1 Selassie 30’ 33’ Kai Havertz (Bayer Leverkusen), 1-2 Havertz 33’ 61’ Mitchell Weiser (Bayer Leverkusen), 1-3 Weiser 61’ 78’ Kerem Demirbay (Bayer Leverkusen), 1-4 Demirbay 78’
Werder Bremen 0.88 xGBayer Leverkusen 2.89 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Bayer Leverkusen attacking Werder Bremen attacking 
61’ Mitchell Weiser (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.63 xG, goal 28’ Kai Havertz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.60 xG, goal 78’ Kerem Demirbay (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.53 xG, goal 33’ Kai Havertz (Bayer Leverkusen), set piece, 0.42 xG, goal 39’ Leonardo Bittencourt (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.37 xG, off target 30’ Theodor Gebre Selassie (Werder Bremen), from a corner, 0.14 xG, goal 64’ Kai Havertz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 66’ Leon Bailey (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 72’ Kai Havertz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 90+1’ Leon Bailey (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 90+3’ Karim Bellarabi (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 62’ Maximilian Eggestein (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 69’ Kai Havertz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 46’ Maximilian Eggestein (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 17’ Niklas Moisander (Werder Bremen), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 46’ Philipp Bargfrede (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 47’ Nadiem Amiri (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 64’ Karim Bellarabi (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 75’ Johannes Eggestein (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 38’ Milot Rashica (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 27’ Nadiem Amiri (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 17’ Davie Selke (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 60’ Leonardo Bittencourt (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 61’ Mitchell Weiser (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.63 xG, goal 28’ Kai Havertz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.60 xG, goal 78’ Kerem Demirbay (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.53 xG, goal 33’ Kai Havertz (Bayer Leverkusen), set piece, 0.42 xG, goal 39’ Leonardo Bittencourt (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.37 xG, off target 30’ Theodor Gebre Selassie (Werder Bremen), from a corner, 0.14 xG, goal 64’ Kai Havertz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.13 xG, blocked 66’ Leon Bailey (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 72’ Kai Havertz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 90+1’ Leon Bailey (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 62’ Maximilian Eggestein (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 90+3’ Karim Bellarabi (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 69’ Kai Havertz (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 46’ Maximilian Eggestein (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 17’ Niklas Moisander (Werder Bremen), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 47’ Nadiem Amiri (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 64’ Karim Bellarabi (Bayer Leverkusen), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 46’ Philipp Bargfrede (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 75’ Johannes Eggestein (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 38’ Milot Rashica (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 27’ Nadiem Amiri (Bayer Leverkusen), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 17’ Davie Selke (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 60’ Leonardo Bittencourt (Werder Bremen), open play, 0.02 xG, off target
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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Jiri Pavlenka GK900 0.000.000
Theodor Gebre Selassie DEF9011 0.140.061
Niklas Moisander DEF901 0.060.000
Milos Veljkovic DEF900 0.000.371
Marco Friedl DEF900 0.000.000
Maximilian Eggestein MID902 0.130.000
Kevin Vogt MID860 0.000.041
Philipp Bargfrede MID551 0.050.000
Leonardo Bittencourt FWD7212 0.390.192
Davie Selke FWD721 0.020.071
Milot Rashica FWD861 0.040.021
Johannes Eggestein Sub351 0.050.000
Nick Woltemade Sub180 0.000.051
Joshua Sargent Sub180 0.000.000
Fin Bartels Sub40 0.000.000
Yuya Osako Sub40 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Werder Bremen win 24% Avg odds 3.96
Draw 24% Avg odds 3.93
Bayer Leverkusen win 52% Avg odds 1.86

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

Form going into the game

Werder Bremen LLLLD
Bayer Leverkusen WWWDW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Bayer Leverkusen 2-2 Werder Bremen, 26 Oct 19 Next meeting: Bayer Leverkusen 1-1 Werder Bremen, 09 Jan 21  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.