Bundesliga Gameweek 8 Sun, Oct 26 2025 · 14:30 BayArena, Leverkusen
Bayer Leverkusen
2–0 Full time · HT 1–0 xG 1.38 – 0.72
SC Freiburg
  • E. Poku 22’
  • E. Tapsoba 52’
  • 74’ P. Lienhart
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Match story · our forecast vs the result iModel is our forecast, published before the match and locked at kick-off: expected goals for each side and the probability of every outcome.

xG after the match measures the quality of the chances each side actually created. It is known only after the final whistle, so it is not a forecast.

Bayer Leverkusen beat SC Freiburg

Bayer Leverkusen entered as favourites and won 2–0 through goals from Poku and Tapsoba. SC Freiburg played with ten men from the 74th minute after Lienhart was sent off. Bayer Leverkusen finished with the higher xG (1.38 vs 0.72). On the chances created, SC Freiburg deserved more: 0.9 expected points against the 0 points they took.

Bayer Leverkusen ✓59%
Draw22%
SC Freiburg19%

Model vs reality

Bayer Leverkusen goals
2
Model 2.02 · xG 1.38
SC Freiburg goals
0
Model 1.05 · xG 0.72
Total goals
2
Model 3.07 · xG 2.10
Score 2–0
9%
Most likely 1–1 (10%)
Over 2.5
No
Model 59%
Both scored
No
Model 57%
Match facts
★ Player of the matchE. TapsobaBayer Leverkusen · 1 goal
8.2
  • RefereeHarm Osmers
  • VenueBayArena
  • Table before kick-offBayer Leverkusen 5th · SC Freiburg 11th

Timeline

  1. P. LienhartYellow card · Tripping
    15’
  2. E. Poku 1–0Assist Aleix García
    22’
  3. Aleix GarcíaYellow card · Tripping
    39’
  4. Half time · 1–0
  5. ⇄ Y. SuzukiFor C. Adamu
    46’
  6. E. Tapsoba 2–0Assist Álex Grimaldo
    52’
  7. ⇄ R. AndrichFor E. Fernández
    67’
  8. ⇄ I. MazaFor J. Hofmann
    67’
  9. ⇄ I. MatanovićFor J. Manzambi
    67’
  10. ⇄ M. RosenfelderFor L. Kübler
    67’
  11. P. LienhartSecond yellow · Tripping
    74’
  12. ⇄ P. SchickFor Christian Kofane
    77’
  13. ⇄ J. BelocianFor J. Quansah
    77’
  14. ⇄ C. GünterFor D. Scherhant
    77’
  15. ⇄ E. Ben SeghirFor E. Poku
    85’
  16. ⇄ V. GrifoFor L. Höler
    85’
  17. Full time · 2–0

Team stats

Bayer Leverkusen16 shots · 9 in box, 7 outside
SC Freiburg10 shots · 6 in box, 4 outside
Bayer LeverkusenSC Freiburg
69% Possession 31%
1.38 Expected goals (xG) 0.72
1.86 Expected points (xPts) 0.86
16 Shots 10
4 Shots on target 3
7 Shots off target 4
5 Blocked shots 3
9 Shots inside the box 6
7 Shots outside the box 4
721 Passes 318
93% Pass accuracy 81%
2 Corners 3
3 Goalkeeper saves 2
9 Fouls 8
1 Offsides 0
1 Yellow cards 1
0 Red cards 1
7.19 Team rating 6.60

Line-ups

Bayer Leverkusen 3-4-2-1

17.3 M. Flekken(G)
128.2★ E. Tapsoba 57.6 L. Badé 47.3 J. Quansah ↓77’
207.5 Álex Grimaldo A 66.3 E. Fernández ↓67’ 247.5 Aleix García A 136.3 Arthur
197.7 E. Poku ↓85’ 76.3 J. Hofmann ↓67’
357.2 Christian Kofane ↓77’
  • 1M. Flekken (G)7.3
  • 12E. Tapsoba ★8.2
  • 5L. Badé7.6
  • 4J. Quansah↓77’7.3
  • 20Álex GrimaldoA7.5
  • 6E. Fernández↓67’6.3
  • 24Aleix GarcíaA7.5
  • 13Arthur6.3
  • 19E. Poku↓85’7.7
  • 7J. Hofmann↓67’6.3
  • 35Christian Kofane↓77’7.2

Substitutes used

  • 44J. Belocian↑77’6.9
  • 8R. Andrich↑67’6.2
  • 30I. Maza↑67’6.9
  • 17E. Ben Seghir↑85’
  • 14P. Schick↑77’6.2

Unused: J. Blaswich, Jeremiah Mensah, C. Echeverri, M. Terrier

SC Freiburg 4-2-3-1

16.9 N. Atubolu(G)
336.3 J. Makengo 36.2 P. Lienhart 286.6 M. Ginter 176.2 L. Kübler ↓67’
446.3 J. Manzambi ↓67’ 86.7 M. Eggestein
77.2 D. Scherhant ↓77’ 96.6 L. Höler ↓85’ 297.0 P. Treu
206.3 C. Adamu ↓46’
  • 1N. Atubolu (G)6.9
  • 33J. Makengo6.3
  • 3P. Lienhart6.2
  • 28M. Ginter6.6
  • 17L. Kübler↓67’6.2
  • 44J. Manzambi↓67’6.3
  • 8M. Eggestein6.7
  • 7D. Scherhant↓77’7.2
  • 9L. Höler↓85’6.6
  • 29P. Treu7.0
  • 20C. Adamu↓46’6.3

Substitutes used

  • 14Y. Suzuki↑46’6.7
  • 37M. Rosenfelder↑67’6.6
  • 30C. Günter↑77’6.3
  • 32V. Grifo↑85’
  • 31I. Matanović↑67’6.7

Unused: F. Müller, J. Beste, A. Jung, N. Höfler

Player stats

Top rated
E. TapsobaBayer Leverkusen8.2
2nd
E. PokuBayer Leverkusen7.7
3rd
L. BadéBayer Leverkusen7.6

Bayer Leverkusen

PlayerMinGAShotsKPPassTklIntDrbFoulsRating
M. Flekken G 90 0 0 3 sv 0 89% 18 0 0 0/0 0/0 7.3
E. Tapsoba D 90 1 0 1 (1) 0 96% 107 1 0 0/0 0/0 8.2
L. Badé D 90 0 0 1 (0) 0 97% 92 3 0 0/0 0/0 7.6
J. Quansah D 77 0 0 0 (0) 1 93% 59 2 0 1/1 0/2 7.3
Álex Grimaldo D 90 0 1 2 (1) 3 91% 89 1 0 0/3 1/2 7.5
E. Fernández M 67 0 0 0 (0) 1 93% 57 1 0 0/1 0/0 6.3
Aleix García M 90 0 1 1 (0) 5 94% 109 0 1 0/0 1/0 7.5
Arthur D 90 0 0 1 (0) 1 97% 35 0 1 0/4 1/0 6.3
E. Poku F 85 1 0 2 (2) 1 94% 34 0 0 0/0 0/1 7.7
J. Hofmann M 67 0 0 0 (0) 0 83% 35 1 0 0/1 0/0 6.3
Christian Kofane M 77 0 0 2 (0) 0 92% 12 1 0 2/3 2/0 7.2
J. Belocian D 13 0 0 0 (0) 1 95% 22 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.9
R. Andrich M 23 0 0 0 (0) 0 83% 18 0 0 0/0 3/0 6.2
I. Maza F 23 0 0 1 (0) 0 94% 18 0 0 0/1 0/2 6.9
E. Ben Seghir M 5 0 0 0 (0) 0 67% 3 0 0 0/0 0/0 —
P. Schick F 13 0 0 0 (0) 0 92% 13 0 0 0/0 1/0 6.2

SC Freiburg

PlayerMinGAShotsKPPassTklIntDrbFoulsRating
N. Atubolu G 90 0 0 2 sv 0 63% 43 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.9
J. Makengo D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 87% 23 3 0 0/0 0/0 6.3
P. Lienhart D 90 0 0 1 (0) 2 93% 40 2 1 0/0 2/0 6.2
M. Ginter D 90 0 0 0 (0) 3 93% 42 1 1 0/0 0/0 6.6
L. Kübler D 67 0 0 0 (0) 0 92% 25 1 0 0/0 0/0 6.2
J. Manzambi M 67 0 0 0 (0) 0 89% 27 1 1 0/1 0/1 6.3
M. Eggestein M 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 83% 40 1 0 2/2 0/0 6.7
D. Scherhant F 77 0 0 3 (1) 2 67% 15 2 0 3/5 1/2 7.2
L. Höler F 85 0 0 0 (0) 0 72% 18 2 1 0/1 0/2 6.6
P. Treu D 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 79% 24 4 1 0/0 2/0 7.0
C. Adamu F 46 0 0 2 (2) 0 57% 7 2 0 0/3 1/0 6.3
Y. Suzuki M 44 0 0 0 (0) 1 83% 6 0 1 0/0 0/1 6.7
M. Rosenfelder D 23 0 0 0 (0) 0 — 0 1 0 0/0 1/0 6.6
C. Günter D 13 0 0 0 (0) 0 50% 2 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.3
V. Grifo M 5 0 0 0 (0) 0 0% 2 0 0 0/0 0/0 —
I. Matanović F 23 0 0 1 (0) 0 75% 4 0 0 1/1 1/1 6.7

Match data from eScored. Ratings are the data provider's 0–10 match ratings; 7.2 and above is a strong game, 8+ is rare.