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Matchday

Bundesliga 25/26 · 4 Oct 2025

Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2–0 1. FC Union Berlin

Expected and what happened

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

Expected xG
2.1 – 0.8
Actual xG
2.9 – 0.7
Goals
2 – 0

Footybot made Bayer 04 Leverkusen favourites at 68%.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen won and made the better chances: 2.9 xG to 0.7.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Loïc Badé, 65.0 in 90′.

Well above their usual level: Lucas Vázquez +16.0, Ibrahim Maza +13.3, Ernest Poku +13.0.

Well below it: Alejandro Grimaldo −19.3, Oliver Burke −15.2, Frederik Rønnow −12.4.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

1 Oct 2025D 1–1v PSV Eindhoven Champions League
27 Sep 2025W 2–1at FC St. Pauli Bundesliga
21 Sep 2025D 1–1v Borussia M'gladbach Bundesliga
18 Sep 2025D 2–2at FC København Champions League
12 Sep 2025W 3–1v Eintracht Frankfurt Bundesliga

1. FC Union Berlin

28 Sep 2025D 0–0v Hamburger SV Bundesliga
21 Sep 2025W 4–3at Eintracht Frankfurt Bundesliga
13 Sep 2025L 2–4v TSG Hoffenheim Bundesliga
31 Aug 2025L 0–3at Borussia Dortmund Bundesliga
23 Aug 2025W 2–1v VfB Stuttgart Bundesliga

Head to head

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Jonas Hofmann Forward9000.3587.3–
Loïc Badé Defender9000–65.0+9.1
Arthur Midfielder45000.1462.5+12.0
Aleix García Midfielder90000.1060.7+6.4
Robert Andrich Defender2100–60.3–
Jarell Quansah Defender9000–59.8+6.2
Lucas Vázquez Midfielder4501–59.3+16.0
Mark Flekken Goalkeeper9000–59.2+9.3
Christian Kofane Forward81100.9757.8–
Ernest Poku Forward89100.6256.2+13.0
Ibrahim Maza Forward45000.3054.6+13.3
Malik Tillman Midfielder90000.2751.1+2.4
Edmond Tapsoba Defender90000.0251.1+0.5
Ezequiel Fernández Midfielder69000.0549.3+3.2
Alejandro Grimaldo Midfielder45000.0742.1−19.3
Jeanuël Belocian Defender100–0.0–

1. FC Union Berlin

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Aljoscha Kemlein Midfielder2600–67.6–
Leopold Querfeld Defender9000–54.7+4.6
Christopher Trimmel Midfielder7100–53.3+3.3
Derrick Köhn Midfielder90000.0753.0–
Diogo Leite Defender7100–51.6–
Andrej Ilić Forward90000.1651.5+0.7
Ilyas Ansah Forward26000.0750.9–
Janik Haberer Midfielder1900–46.8–
Woo-Yeong Jeong Forward64000.2546.0–
Danilho Doekhi Defender90000.1345.2−4.4
Tom Alexander Rothe Defender1900–43.5–
András Schäfer Midfielder6400–41.1+3.5
Tim Skarke Midfielder2600–39.8–
Oliver Burke Forward64000.0239.6−15.2
Frederik Rønnow Goalkeeper9000–39.0−12.4
Rani Khedira Midfielder90000.0437.4−5.8