Bayer Leverkusen — RB Leipzig 2:0

Bayer Leverkusen

2:0

RB Leipzig

The score says how it ended. xG says how it should have ended: it is the sum of the chances each shot was worth, not an opinion about the game.

Who deserved it

The score matched the game: Bayer Leverkusen was the better side by chances too.

The numbers

Team	Goals	xG	Goals − xG	Expected points
Bayer Leverkusen	2	2.55	−0.5	2.33
RB Leipzig	0	0.93	−0.9	0.51

Goals

Minute	Goal	Team	Shot xG	Assist
43'	Patrik Schick	Bayer Leverkusen	0.37	Miguel Gutiérrez
56'	Miguel Gutiérrez	Bayer Leverkusen	0.12

Key chances

Minute	Player	Team	xG	Outcome
64'	Patrik Schick	Bayer Leverkusen	0.51	saved
27'	Rômulo	RB Leipzig	0.47	off target, header
43'	Patrik Schick	Bayer Leverkusen	0.37	goal

Shots: Bayer Leverkusen 18, RB Leipzig 12; big chances (xG 0.3 and above): 4 and 1.

How the game went

In the first half xG was Bayer Leverkusen 0.86, RB Leipzig 0.74: about even. In the second half xG was Bayer Leverkusen 1.73, RB Leipzig 0.18: a big edge for Bayer Leverkusen.

How it fits the season

Bayer Leverkusen: +0.7 for the season (5 in the table). RB Leipzig: +0.6 (4). The gap between points and xPTS is built from matches like this one.

Other matches of the round

Schalke 04 — Elversberg 0:0Paderborn — Hoffenheim 3:1

All Bundesliga matches with xG →