Bayer Leverkusen 2-0 Sparta Praha
Key numbers
- Possession 71% – 29%
- Shots 26 (10 on target) – 12 (1)
- Decisive moment: 32' Florian Wirtz, FN xPts +0.6
Florian Wirtz 32'
Nathan Tella 64'
Nathan Tella 64'
HT 1:0
Bayer Leverkusen 8th → 4th · 16 pts|Sparta Praha 29th · 4 pts
Bayer Leverkusen won on the scoreboard and on xG (1.68–0.82).
Player of the matchFlorian WirtzDecisive moment32' Florian Wirtz+0.6
Player of the match
Florian Wirtz Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.6 (Dominant)
Game state
Bayer Leverkusen ahead 58 min · level 32 min · Sparta Praha ahead 0 min
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
32'
Florian Wirtz
Goal · scorer +0.4 · assist Jeremie Frimpong +0.2
+0.6
64'
Nathan Tella
Goal
+0.2
Bayer Leverkusen
Expected (last two seasons) 2.3Own moments +0.8Opponent moments 0.0Time effect −0.1→ League points won 3
Sparta Praha
Expected (no record yet, starting estimate) 0.5Own moments 0.0Opponent moments −0.5Time effect 0.0→ League points won 0
Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
Bayer LeverkusenSparta Praha
71%Possession29%
1.68Expected goals (xG)0.82
0.06xG per shot0.07
26Shots12
10Shots on target1
38%Shots on target %8%
14Shots in box7
760Passes313
93%Pass accuracy80%
10Corners2
1Saves8
5Fouls6
2Yellow cards2
0Offsides1
Compared with usual
Bayer Leverkusen
29 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 2.2 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1.1 | |
| xG | 1.68 | 1.7 | |
| xG against | 0.82 | 0.93 | |
| Shots | 26 | 15.5 | |
| On target | 10 | 6.2 | |
| Shots faced | 12 | 10.3 | |
| xG per shot | 0.06 | 0.11 | |
| Possession | 71% | 58.9% | |
| Passes | 760 | 613.7 | |
| Pass accuracy | 93% | 87.4% | high |
| Corners | 10 | 5.8 | |
| Fouls | 5 | 9.3 |
Sparta Praha
7 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 1 | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2.7 | |
| xG | 0.82 | 0.76 | |
| xG against | 1.68 | 1.7 | |
| Shots | 12 | 9 | |
| On target | 1 | 2.9 | |
| Shots faced | 26 | 18 | |
| xG per shot | 0.07 | 0.08 | |
| Possession | 29% | 33.7% | |
| Passes | 313 | 312.9 | |
| Pass accuracy | 80% | 73% | |
| Corners | 2 | 2.4 | |
| Fouls | 6 | 10.7 |
Timeline
- 30' VAR Edmond Tapsoba
- 32' Goal Florian Wirtz competition goal #6 assist Jeremie Frimpong
- 36' Yellow Veljko Birmančević
- 63' Yellow Victor Olatunji
- 64' Goal Nathan Tella competition goal #1
- 66' Yellow Granit Xhaka
- 67' Sub Victor Olatunji → Lukáš Haraslín
- 83' Sub Exequiel Palacios → Aleix García
- 83' Sub Nathan Tella → Robert Andrich
- 85' Sub Qazim Laci → Krystof Daněk
- 85' Sub Tomáš Wiesner → Martin Suchomel
- 88' Sub Jeremie Frimpong → Arthur
- 90' Sub Patrik Schick → Artem Stepanov
- 90' Sub Florian Wirtz → Jonas Hofmann
- 90+2' Yellow Robert Andrich
- 90+3' Sub Jaroslav Zelený → Ermal Krasniqi
- 90+3' Sub Veljko Birmančević → Lukas Penxa
Category leaders
- Key passesFlorian Wirtz7
- Duels wonQazim Laci9/11
- DribblesQazim Laci4/4
- Defensive actionsMartin Vitík7
- ShotsFlorian Wirtz5 (on target 2)
Past-season matches are summarised from match data (API-Football) without a written review. FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.