Bayer Leverkusen — Union Berlin 4:0

Bayer Leverkusen

4:0

Union Berlin

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	4	3.39	+0.6	2.86
Union Berlin	0	0.25	−0.2	0.09

Goals

Minute	Goal	Team	Shot xG	Assist
0'	Ezequiél Fernández	Bayer Leverkusen	0.63	Miguel Gutiérrez
27'	Facundo Medina	Bayer Leverkusen	0.49	Miguel Gutiérrez
47'	Patrik Schick	Bayer Leverkusen	0.49	Jarell Quansah
65'	Ibrahim Maza	Bayer Leverkusen	0.07	Patrik Schick

Key chances

Minute	Player	Team	xG	Outcome
0'	Ezequiél Fernández	Bayer Leverkusen	0.63	goal
27'	Facundo Medina	Bayer Leverkusen	0.49	goal, header, from a corner
47'	Patrik Schick	Bayer Leverkusen	0.49	goal

Shots: Bayer Leverkusen 21, Union Berlin 5; big chances (xG 0.3 and above): 4 and 0.

How the game went

In the first half xG was Bayer Leverkusen 2.17, Union Berlin 0.03: a big edge for Bayer Leverkusen. In the second half xG was Bayer Leverkusen 1.22, Union Berlin 0.22: a clear edge for Bayer Leverkusen. The edge in chances lasted the whole match.

How it fits the season

Bayer Leverkusen: +0.7 for the season (5 in the table). Union Berlin: −0.2 (16). The gap between points and xPTS is built from matches like this one.

Other matches of the round

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