Bundesliga Gameweek 3 Fri, Sep 12 · 19:30 BayArena, Leverkusen
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Our take

Bayer Leverkusen were slight favourites.

Bayer Leverkusen were the stronger side on L90 Strength (80 vs 71). Absences weigh more on Eintracht Frankfurt. Bayer Leverkusen had 13.2 days of rest, Eintracht Frankfurt 13.2 and had to travel 157 km.

Away travel157 kmRest days13.2 · 13.2Matches / 14d1 · 1
Bayer Leverkusen54%
Draw23%
Eintracht Frankfurt22%
Expected goals 1.89 – 1.14
Bayer Leverkusen51%
Draw25%
Eintracht Frankfurt23%
Expected goals 1.69 – 1.06
Bayer Leverkusen54%
Draw24%
Eintracht Frankfurt23%
Expected goals 1.88 – 1.16
Bayer Leverkusen47%
Draw25%
Eintracht Frankfurt28%
Expected goals 1.69 – 1.28
Bayer Leverkusen52%
Draw25%
Eintracht Frankfurt23%
Expected goals 1.70 – 1.04
Over 2.5 58% Both score 58% Likeliest score 1–1
Rebuilt after the match from pre-match Elo. Real context is the full LOAD90 forecast; Strength only is Elo and home edge alone. How it works.
Weather (Leverkusen)

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RefereeDeniz Aytekin
  • Cards per match 3.7
  • Penalties per match 0.28
  • Matches 61

Team strength

Bayer LeverkusenEintracht Frankfurt
80 L90 StrengthIn forecast 71
78 Current StrengthIn forecast 48
87 AttackIn forecast 54
79 DefenceIn forecast 37
— Form indexContext —
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

Bayer Leverkusen

Attack—
Defense risk—

Eintracht Frankfurt

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

Bayer LeverkusenEintracht Frankfurt
2.00 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 3.50
2.50 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.00
1.24 xGVia Att/Def 2.07
1.04 xG allowedVia Att/Def 0.70
+0.76 Goals minus xGContext +1.43
100% Scored inContext 100%
0% Clean sheetsContext 0%
8.50 ShotsContext 13.50
3.00 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 5.50
35% On target shareContext 41%
5.00 Shots in the boxContext 10.00
56% Box shareContext 69%
24% ConversionContext 26%
1.00 OffsidesContext 1.50
11.00 Shots allowedContext 13.00
5.00 On target allowedVia Att/Def 4.50
— BlocksContext 1.50
2.50 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.50
50% Save rateContext 78%
57% PossessionIn forecast 48%
556 PassesContext 403
487 Accurate passesContext 327
88% Pass accuracyContext 81%
6.82 Team ratingContext 7.31
9.50 FoulsContext 9.50
14.00 Fouls sufferedContext 11.50
1.50 Yellow cardsContext 1.50
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
This league season, per match · 2 and 2 games
1.70 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 2.10
1.50 Goals concededVia Att/Def 0.80
1.11 xGVia Att/Def 1.65
1.14 xG allowedVia Att/Def 0.93
+0.59 Goals minus xGContext +0.45
90% Scored inContext 80%
30% Clean sheetsContext 30%
10.20 ShotsContext 11.30
4.00 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 5.00
39% On target shareContext 44%
5.70 Shots in the boxContext 8.33
53% Box shareContext 69%
17% ConversionContext 19%
2.43 OffsidesContext 1.88
10.30 Shots allowedContext 10.50
4.00 On target allowedVia Att/Def 3.20
2.67 BlocksContext 1.78
2.50 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.00
63% Save rateContext 83%
60% PossessionIn forecast 49%
569 PassesContext 434
496 Accurate passesContext 356
87% Pass accuracyContext 82%
6.99 Team ratingContext 7.16
10.20 FoulsContext 10.10
12.10 Fouls sufferedContext 10.50
1.80 Yellow cardsContext 1.70
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

Bayer Leverkusen
Rest13.2 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d1all competitions
Travel0 km519 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.
Eintracht Frankfurt
Rest13.2 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d1all competitions
Travel157 km194 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
Bayer Leverkusen Eintracht Frankfurt
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Low · 0
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match13.2Bundesliga 2025-2026, 30 Aug13.2Bundesliga 2025-2026, 30 Aug
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km157 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways519 km194 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days0 / 1 / 20 / 1 / 2
Next matchdays after this one8.98.8

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

Bayer Leverkusen Confirmed XI
3-4-2-1
1M. Flekken(G)
12E. Tapsoba 5L. Badé 4J. Quansah
20Álex Grimaldo 25E. Palacios 8R. Andrich 21Lucas Vázquez
10M. Tillman 23N. Tella
14P. Schick
Eintracht Frankfurt Confirmed XI
4-2-3-1
23M. Zetterer(G)
3A. Theate 4R. Koch 34P. Collins 13R. Kristensen
8F. Chaïbi 6O. Højlund
19J. Bahoya 42C. Uzun 20R. Doan
9J. Burkardt
+2 more reported missing outside this XI

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
Bayer Leverkusen Absences are shown before kick-off
Eintracht Frankfurt Scores -0.02 · concedes +0.02 goals Absences are shown before kick-off
Total impact vs full squads
  • Bayer Leverkusen+0.8 pp
  • Draw-0.2 pp
  • Eintracht Frankfurt-0.6 pp

Home / Away this season

Bayer Leverkusen · Home 0.00points per game · 1 home games
W-D-L
0-0-1
Scored
1.00
Conceded
2.00
Eintracht Frankfurt · Away 3.00points per game · 1 away games
W-D-L
1-0-0
Scored
3.00
Conceded
1.00

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Common opponents 2 this season

League games this season against teams both sides have played. A small, uneven sample: context only.

Head to head last 8 of 8 meetings

6 Bayer Leverkusen wins0 draws2 Eintracht Frankfurt wins
Goals per game2.75 – 1.75 Over 2.588% Both scored75% Clean sheets25% · 0%
  • 1 Mar 2025Eintracht Frankfurt1–4Bayer Leverkusen
  • 19 Oct 2024Bayer Leverkusen2–1Eintracht Frankfurt
  • 5 May 2024Eintracht Frankfurt1–5Bayer Leverkusen
  • 17 Dec 2023Bayer Leverkusen3–0Eintracht Frankfurt
  • 8 Apr 2023Bayer Leverkusen3–1Eintracht Frankfurt
  • 15 Oct 2022Eintracht Frankfurt5–1Bayer Leverkusen

All competitions, finished games before this kick-off. Shown as history: in our tests head-to-head added almost nothing on top of the model.

Referee · Deniz Aytekin 61 matches before this one

Per match, all competitions

Yellow cards3.49league 4.83
Red cards0.18league 0.28
Cards 5+33%league 56%
Fouls22.7league 23.3
Penalties0.28league 0.39
Home wins36%league 39%
Bayer Leverkusen8 with this referee
Record4-2-2 Cards · opp.1.6 · 1.8 Pens for · against0 · 1
  • L11 May 25H · Borussia Dortmund2–40
  • W30 Mar 24H · 1899 Hoffenheim2–10
  • D27 Jan 24H · Borussia Mönchengladbach0–03
  • D10 Dec 23A · VfB Stuttgart1–11
  • W1 Apr 23A · FC Schalke 043–01
Eintracht Frankfurt8 with this referee
Record3-1-4 Cards · opp.2.3 · 1.8 Pens for · against1 · 0
  • W29 Mar 25H · VfB Stuttgart1–01
  • L13 Apr 24A · VfB Stuttgart0–33
  • W27 May 23H · SC Freiburg2–14
  • L22 Apr 23A · Borussia Dortmund0–43
  • D25 Jan 23A · SC Freiburg1–13

From eScored match records before this kick-off. "league" is this league season's average; red is notably above it, green below. Cards · opp. is cards shown to the club and to its opponents per match with this referee. Context only: referees are not part of the forecast.

Goal timing

Bayer Leverkusen2 games · scored 4 · conceded 5
2 0-15
1 16-30
1 1 31-45
1 46-60
1 61-75
2 76-90
Eintracht Frankfurt2 games · scored 7 · conceded 2
0-15
4 16-30
31-45
2 1 46-60
1 61-75
1 76-90
Bayer Leverkusen10 games · scored 17 · conceded 15
3 0-15
1 2 16-30
4 5 31-45
3 2 46-60
1 2 61-75
5 4 76-90
Eintracht Frankfurt10 games · scored 21 · conceded 8
3 1 0-15
6 3 16-30
2 1 31-45
3 2 46-60
7 61-75
1 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

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