Bundesliga 25/26 · 20 Dec 2025

RB Leipzig 1–3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Picked for matchday: Chances everywhere: 5.0 xG · Standout: Montrell Culbreath scored 100.0 · Breakout watch: Tidiam Gomis

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Nov 2025; the outlined result is what happened.

Footybot made RB Leipzig favourites at 47%.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen won and made the better chances: 3.2 xG to 1.8.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Loïc Badé, 73.1 in 90′.

Well above their usual level: Arthur +19.6, Loïc Badé +16.2, Patrik Schick +13.5.

Well below it: Aleix García −16.8.

Each side's last five results before this match.

12 Dec 2025	L 1–3	at 1. FC Union Berlin Bundesliga
6 Dec 2025	W 6–0	v Eintracht Frankfurt Bundesliga
2 Dec 2025	W 3–1	v 1. FC Magdeburg DFB-Pokal
28 Nov 2025	D 0–0	at Borussia M'gladbach Bundesliga
23 Nov 2025	W 2–0	v SV Werder Bremen Bundesliga

13 Dec 2025	W 2–0	v 1. FC Köln Bundesliga
10 Dec 2025	D 2–2	v Newcastle United Champions League
6 Dec 2025	L 0–2	at FC Augsburg Bundesliga
2 Dec 2025	W 1–0	at Borussia Dortmund DFB-Pokal
29 Nov 2025	L 1–2	v Borussia Dortmund Bundesliga

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Player	Min	G	A	xG	Score	vs usual
David Raum Defender	90	0	0	–	64.4	+9.5
Christoph Baumgartner Midfielder	90	0	1	0.43	58.8	+12.1
Xaver Schlager Midfielder	90	1	0	0.17	58.5	+8.7
Willi Orbán Defender	90	0	0	0.45	55.7	−1.3
Castello Lukeba Defender	90	0	0	–	51.3	−1.3
Nicolas Seiwald Midfielder	89	0	0	–	48.1	−0.4
Tidiam Gomis Forward	79	0	0	0.16	45.7	–
Péter Gulácsi Goalkeeper	90	0	0	–	44.7	−6.4
Conrad Harder Forward	90	0	0	0.60	44.7	+1.7
El Chadaille Bitshiabu Defender	12	0	0	–	43.6	–
Rômulo Forward	70	0	0	–	43.5	−6.8
Andrija Maksimović Midfielder	20	0	0	0.02	41.1	–
Kosta Nedeljković Defender	70	0	0	–	39.6	−0.5
Timo Werner Midfielder	11	0	0	–	36.7	–
Ridle Baku Defender	20	0	0	–	36.1	–

Player	Min	G	A	xG	Score	vs usual
Montrell Culbreath Midfielder	13	1	0	0.59	100.0	–
Christian Kofane Forward	13	0	0	0.48	79.1	–
Loïc Badé Defender	90	0	0	–	73.1	+16.2
Ezequiel Fernández Midfielder	33	0	0	0.07	70.3	–
Arthur Midfielder	83	0	1	0.04	65.6	+19.6
Malik Tillman Midfielder	90	0	0	0.06	65.6	+10.7
Patrik Schick Forward	77	1	0	1.28	63.6	+13.5
Mark Flekken Goalkeeper	90	0	0	–	61.9	+4.8
Martin Terrier Forward	77	1	0	0.10	57.2	+8.3
Jonas Hofmann Forward	57	0	0	–	57.2	+8.4
Axel Tape Defender	13	0	0	–	56.8	–
Nathan Tella Forward	77	0	1	0.55	53.7	+8.2
Robert Andrich Defender	90	0	0	–	52.9	+1.3
Aleix García Midfielder	90	0	0	–	48.0	−16.8
Jeanuël Belocian Defender	90	0	0	–	40.0	−7.6
Lucas Vázquez Midfielder	18	0	0	–	38.3	–