Bundesliga Gameweek 6 Sat, Oct 4 2025 · 14:30 BayArena, Leverkusen
Bayer Leverkusen
2–0 Full time · HT 1–0 xG 2.50 – 0.77
Union Berlin
  • E. Poku 33’
  • Christian Kofane 49’
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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 Union Berlin

Bayer Leverkusen entered as clear favourites and won 2–0 through goals from Poku and Kofane. Bayer Leverkusen finished with the higher xG (2.50 vs 0.77).

Bayer Leverkusen ✓70%
Draw19%
Union Berlin12%

Model vs reality

Bayer Leverkusen goals
2
Model 2.30 · xG 2.50
Union Berlin goals
0
Model 0.84 · xG 0.77
Total goals
2
Model 3.14 · xG 3.27
Score 2–0
11%
Most likely 2–0 (11%)
Over 2.5
No
Model 61%
Both scored
No
Model 52%
Match facts
★ Player of the matchAleix GarcíaBayer Leverkusen
8.0
  • RefereeChristian Dingert
  • VenueBayArena
  • Table before kick-offBayer Leverkusen 7th · Union Berlin 11th

Timeline

  1. E. Poku 1–0Assist Lucas Vázquez
    33’
  2. Christian KofaneYellow card · Delay of game
    45+6’
  3. Half time · 1–0
  4. ⇄ I. MazaFor Álex Grimaldo
    46’
  5. ⇄ ArthurFor Lucas Vázquez
    46’
  6. Christian Kofane 2–0
    49’
  7. ⇄ T. SkarkeFor O. Burke
    64’
  8. ⇄ A. KemleinFor A. Schäfer
    64’
  9. ⇄ Ilyas AnsahFor W. Jeong
    64’
  10. Diogo LeiteYellow card · Foul
    66’
  11. C. TrimmelYellow card · Foul
    68’
  12. ⇄ R. AndrichFor E. Fernández
    69’
  13. ⇄ J. HabererFor Diogo Leite
    71’
  14. ⇄ T. RotheFor C. Trimmel
    71’
  15. D. KöhnYellow card · Foul
    76’
  16. ⇄ J. HofmannFor Christian Kofane
    81’
  17. ⇄ J. BelocianFor E. Poku
    89’
  18. Full time · 2–0

Team stats

Bayer Leverkusen20 shots · 8 in box, 12 outside
Union Berlin10 shots · 7 in box, 3 outside
Bayer LeverkusenUnion Berlin
74% Possession 26%
2.50 Expected goals (xG) 0.77
2.41 Expected points (xPts) 0.44
20 Shots 10
3 Shots on target 3
12 Shots off target 5
5 Blocked shots 2
8 Shots inside the box 7
12 Shots outside the box 3
811 Passes 270
92% Pass accuracy 71%
4 Corners 4
3 Goalkeeper saves 1
11 Fouls 12
1 Offsides 0
1 Yellow cards 3
0 Red cards 0
7.20 Team rating 6.33

Line-ups

Bayer Leverkusen 3-4-2-1

16.3 M. Flekken(G)
127.2 E. Tapsoba 57.7 L. Badé 47.3 J. Quansah
206.3 Álex Grimaldo ↓46’ 248.0★ Aleix García 66.2 E. Fernández ↓69’ 217.5 Lucas Vázquez A↓46’
197.9 E. Poku ↓89’ 107.3 M. Tillman
357.6 Christian Kofane ↓81’
  • 1M. Flekken (G)6.3
  • 12E. Tapsoba7.2
  • 5L. Badé7.7
  • 4J. Quansah7.3
  • 20Álex Grimaldo↓46’6.3
  • 24Aleix García ★8.0
  • 6E. Fernández↓69’6.2
  • 21Lucas VázquezA↓46’7.5
  • 19E. Poku↓89’7.9
  • 10M. Tillman7.3
  • 35Christian Kofane↓81’7.6

Substitutes used

  • 13Arthur↑46’6.6
  • 30I. Maza↑46’6.9
  • 8R. Andrich↑69’6.6
  • 44J. Belocian↑89’
  • 7J. Hofmann↑81’

Unused: J. Blaswich, C. Echeverri, E. Ben Seghir, Ken Izekor

Union Berlin 3-4-2-1

15.9 F. Rønnow(G)
45.6 Diogo Leite ↓71’ 146.9 L. Querfeld 56.2 D. Doekhi
395.9 D. Köhn 136.6 A. Schäfer ↓64’ 86.7 R. Khedira 286.5 C. Trimmel ↓71’
116.5 W. Jeong ↓64’ 76.3 O. Burke ↓64’
236.3 A. Ilić
  • 1F. Rønnow (G)5.9
  • 4Diogo Leite↓71’5.6
  • 14L. Querfeld6.9
  • 5D. Doekhi6.2
  • 39D. Köhn5.9
  • 13A. Schäfer↓64’6.6
  • 8R. Khedira6.7
  • 28C. Trimmel↓71’6.5
  • 11W. Jeong↓64’6.5
  • 7O. Burke↓64’6.3
  • 23A. Ilić6.3

Substitutes used

  • 21T. Skarke↑64’6.3
  • 6A. Kemlein↑64’6.9
  • 10Ilyas Ansah↑64’6.3
  • 15T. Rothe↑71’6.5
  • 19J. Haberer↑71’6.7

Unused: Matheo Raab, S. Nsoki, A. Král, Dmytro Bohdanov

Player stats

Top rated
Aleix GarcíaBayer Leverkusen8.0
2nd
E. PokuBayer Leverkusen7.9
3rd
L. BadéBayer Leverkusen7.7

Bayer Leverkusen

PlayerMinGAShotsKPPassTklIntDrbFoulsRating
M. Flekken G 90 0 0 2 sv 0 78% 27 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.3
E. Tapsoba D 90 0 0 1 (0) 0 98% 86 1 1 0/0 1/0 7.2
L. Badé D 90 0 0 0 (0) 1 94% 98 0 1 0/0 0/0 7.7
J. Quansah D 90 0 0 0 (0) 1 93% 92 1 0 1/1 0/0 7.3
Álex Grimaldo D 46 0 0 2 (0) 0 93% 41 0 1 0/0 1/1 6.3
Aleix García M 90 0 0 2 (0) 0 97% 151 0 0 0/0 0/1 8.0
E. Fernández M 69 0 0 0 (0) 0 91% 101 0 1 0/0 3/1 6.2
Lucas Vázquez M 46 0 1 0 (0) 2 92% 26 3 0 0/0 1/2 7.5
E. Poku F 89 1 0 2 (1) 1 89% 35 0 2 0/0 0/1 7.9
M. Tillman M 90 0 0 3 (1) 3 83% 46 2 0 1/2 1/3 7.3
Christian Kofane M 81 1 0 2 (1) 2 82% 11 0 1 1/2 2/0 7.6
Arthur D 44 0 0 0 (0) 1 86% 29 2 0 1/1 0/2 6.6
I. Maza F 44 0 0 2 (0) 1 88% 24 1 0 2/3 1/1 6.9
R. Andrich M 21 0 0 0 (0) 0 95% 19 2 0 0/0 1/0 6.6
J. Belocian D 1 0 0 0 (0) 0 — 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 —
J. Hofmann M 9 0 0 0 (0) 0 100% 8 0 0 0/0 0/0 —

Union Berlin

PlayerMinGAShotsKPPassTklIntDrbFoulsRating
F. Rønnow G 90 0 0 1 sv 0 60% 30 0 0 0/0 0/0 5.9
Diogo Leite D 71 0 0 0 (0) 0 64% 22 0 2 1/1 2/0 5.6
L. Querfeld D 90 0 0 0 (0) 3 87% 30 4 2 0/0 1/1 6.9
D. Doekhi D 90 0 0 1 (0) 0 83% 29 1 2 0/0 0/2 6.2
D. Köhn D 90 0 0 2 (1) 0 67% 15 1 2 1/3 3/0 5.9
A. Schäfer M 64 0 0 0 (0) 0 80% 20 4 0 0/0 0/2 6.6
R. Khedira M 90 0 0 0 (0) 0 57% 7 2 0 0/0 1/1 6.7
C. Trimmel D 71 0 0 0 (0) 1 50% 28 0 0 0/0 1/0 6.5
W. Jeong M 64 0 0 1 (1) 0 71% 14 0 0 0/1 2/2 6.5
O. Burke F 64 0 0 1 (0) 0 60% 10 1 0 0/1 0/0 6.3
A. Ilić F 90 0 0 1 (0) 3 63% 8 1 0 0/0 2/1 6.3
T. Skarke M 26 0 0 0 (0) 0 67% 3 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.3
A. Kemlein M 26 0 0 0 (0) 0 80% 10 0 1 1/1 0/1 6.9
Ilyas Ansah F 26 0 0 0 (0) 0 75% 4 0 0 0/0 0/0 6.3
T. Rothe D 19 0 0 0 (0) 0 60% 10 0 1 0/0 0/0 6.5
J. Haberer M 19 0 0 0 (0) 0 75% 4 0 1 0/0 0/0 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.