Leverkusen 0-2 Werder (Mar 8, 2025)

LEV

WER

7'

Romano Schmid

Assist: Jens Stage

18'

Senne Lynen

21'

Patrik Schick

HT 0-1

46'

Florian Wirtz

Emiliano Buendía

46'

Nordi Mukiele

Edmond Tapsoba

46'

Exequiel Palacios

Granit Xhaka

52'

Mitchell Weiser

59'

Alejandro Grimaldo

Florian Wirtz

65'

Jeremie Frimpong

Arthur

69'

Justin Njinmah

Oliver Burke

69'

Oliver Burke

72'

Jens Stage

78'

Leonardo Bittencourt

Senne Lynen

78'

Marco Grüll

André Silva

88'

Amine Adli

90'

+4

Justin Njinmah

Assist: Keke Topp

90'

+4

Keke Topp

Romano Schmid

90'

+7

Exequiel Palacios

90'

+8

Aleix García

FT 0-2

LEV

Team Stats

WER

Possession

73%

27%

1.41

xG

1.23

18 (4)

Shots (On Target)

11 (7)

32

Touches in Opp Box

22

10

Corners

3

Top Performers

Rating

9.5

García

LEV

xG

0.50

Njinmah

WER

Chances Created

5

García

LEV

Take-ons

2

Agu

WER

Bundesliga Table

	Team	M	W	D	L	GD	PTS
1	Bayern	34	25	7	2	67	82
2	Leverkusen	34	19	12	3	29	69
3	Frankfurt	34	17	9	8	22	60
4	Dortmund	34	17	6	11	20	57
5	Freiburg	34	16	7	11	-4	55
6	Mainz	34	14	10	10	12	52
7	Leipzig	34	13	12	9	5	51
8	Werder	34	14	9	11	-3	51
9	Stuttgart	34	14	8	12	11	50
10	M'gladbach	34	13	6	15	-2	45
11	Wolfsburg	34	11	10	13	2	43
12	Augsburg	34	11	10	13	-16	43
13	Union Berlin	34	10	10	14	-16	40
14	St. Pauli	34	8	8	18	-13	32
15	Hoffenheim	34	7	11	16	-22	32
16	Heidenheim	34	8	5	21	-27	29
17	Holstein Kiel	34	6	7	21	-31	25
18	Bochum	34	6	7	21	-34	25

Game Summary

Bayer Leverkusen fell to Werder Bremen, 2 to 0, in Bundesliga on March 8.

Game Info

Bundesliga Matchweek 25

March 8, 2025

BayArena

Leverkusen, Germany

Referee Tobias Welz

Assistant Ref Martin Thomsen

Assistant Ref Arno Blos

Fourth Official Tobias Reichel

Video Referee Tobias Stieler

LEV

3-4-2-1

1

7.1

Hrádecký

5

6.2

Hermoso

4

7.2

Tah

12

46'

6.8

Tapsoba

19

5.9

Tella

24

9.5

García

46'

7.1

Xhaka

13

65'

5.6

Arthur

16

46'

6.4

Buendía

21

7.1

Adli

5.9

Schick

1

7.8

Zetterer

3

6.4

Jung

13

6.5

Veljković

5

6.8

Pieper

27

6.3

Agu

90'

8.7

Schmid

14

78'

5.9

Lynen

6.4

Stage

8

5.7

Weiser

78'

6.3

Silva

15

69'

6.6

Burke

WER

3-5-2

LEV

Managers

WER

Xabi Alonso

Ole Werner

LEV

Substitutes

WER

6.4

10

Wirtz

46'

59'

8.5

11

Njinmah

69'

7.2

23

Mukiele

46'

6.6

10

Bittencourt

78'

7.6

25

Palacios

46'

6.2

17

Grüll

78'

7.2

20

Grimaldo

59'

7.2

42

Topp

90'

6.8

30

Frimpong

65'

30

Backhaus

17

Kovář

19

Köhn

3

Hincapié

22

Malatini

18

Sarco

29

Kaboré

22

Boniface

28

Alvero

7'

R. Schmid scores a goal. J. Stage assists on the shot.

18'

S. Lynen receives a yellow card.

21'

P. Schick receives a yellow card.

46'

F. Wirtz enters the game. E. Buendía leaves the game.

46'

N. Mukiele enters the game. E. Tapsoba leaves the game.

46'

E. Palacios enters the game. G. Xhaka leaves the game.

52'

M. Weiser receives a yellow card.

59'

A. Grimaldo enters the game. F. Wirtz leaves the game.

65'

J. Frimpong enters the game. Arthur leaves the game.

69'

J. Njinmah enters the game. O. Burke leaves the game.

69'

O. Burke receives a yellow card.

72'

J. Stage receives a yellow card.

78'

L. Bittencourt enters the game. S. Lynen leaves the game.

78'

M. Grüll enters the game. A. Silva leaves the game.

88'

A. Adli receives a yellow card.

90'

J. Njinmah scores a goal. K. Topp assists on the shot.

90'

K. Topp enters the game. R. Schmid leaves the game.

90'

E. Palacios receives a yellow card.

90'

A. García receives a yellow card.

All

1st

2nd

LEV

Attacking Stats

WER

Possession

73%

27%

1.41

xG | Expand

1.23

18

Shots

11

4

Shots on Target

7

14

Shots off Target

4

7

Shots Blocked

2

1

Hit Woodwork

0

1

Big Chances Missed

0

899

Touches

451

32

Touches in Opp Box

22

6/13 (46%)

Take-ons

5/11 (45%)

10

Corners

3

LEV

Passing Stats

WER

2.02

xA | Expand

0.94

1

Big Chances Created

2

14

Chances Created

8

627/698 (90%)

Passes

191/266 (72%)

14

Key Passes

6

45

Long Ball Passes

49

212

Final Third Passes

82

11/38 (29%)

Crosses

3/8 (38%)

0/0 (0%)

Through Balls

0/1 (0%)

2

Offsides

3

LEV

Defending Stats

WER

10

Tackles

20

7

Tackles Won

13

0

Last Man Tackles

0

5

Interceptions

10

19

Clearances

38

49

Recoveries

41

0

Errors Leading to Shot

0

1

Errors Leading to Goal

0

Penalties Conceded

0

5

Goalkeeper Saves

4

LEV

Other Stats

WER

4

Yellow Cards

4

0

Red Cards

0

12

Fouls

10

42

Duels Won

50

17

Aerials Won

15

10

Corners Won

3

132

Possessions Lost

112

13

Times Dispossessed

4

LEV

WER

Player	Rating	Minutes	Shots on Target	xG
Aleix García A. García #24	9.5	90	0	0.18
Exequiel Palacios E. Palacios #25	7.6	45	2	0.09
Nordi Mukiele N. Mukiele #20	7.2	45	0	0.02
Alejandro Grimaldo A. Grimaldo #20	7.2	32	0	0.05
Jonathan Tah J. Tah #4	7.2	90	0	0.13
Amine Adli A. Adli #21	7.1	90	0	0.26
Granit Xhaka G. Xhaka #34	7.1	45	0	0.00
Jeremie Frimpong J. Frimpong #30	6.8	26	1	0.12
Edmond Tapsoba E. Tapsoba #12	6.8	45	0	0.00
Emiliano Buendía E. Buendía #10	6.4	45	1	0.25
Florian Wirtz F. Wirtz #7	6.4	13	0	0.01
Mario Hermoso M. Hermoso #22	6.2	90	0	0.06
Nathan Tella N. Tella #23	5.9	90	0	0.16
Patrik Schick P. Schick #14	5.9	90	0	0.08
Arthur Arthur #13	5.6	64	0	0.00