Benfica 0-1 Bayer Leverkusen
Key numbers
- Possession 53% – 47%
- Shots 21 (6 on target) – 7 (3)
- Decisive moment: 65' Patrik Schick, FN xPts +1.0
HT 0:0
Patrik Schick 65'
Benfica 35th · 0 pts|Bayer Leverkusen 29th → 20th · 5 pts
Benfica edged xG (1.62–0.74) but Bayer Leverkusen took the win.
Player of the matchMark FlekkenDecisive moment65' Patrik Schick+1.0
Player of the match
Mark Flekken Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.0 (Dominant)
Game state
Benfica ahead 0 min · level 65 min · Bayer Leverkusen ahead 25 min
- Patrik Schick — off the bench 33 min · 1G 0A
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.
65'
Patrik Schick
Goal
+1.0
Benfica
Expected (no record yet, starting estimate) 0.8Own moments 0.0Opponent moments −0.7Time effect −0.1→ League points won 0
Bayer Leverkusen
Expected (last two seasons) 2.0Own moments +1.0Opponent moments 0.0Time effect 0.0→ League points won 3
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
BenficaBayer Leverkusen
53%Possession47%
1.62Expected goals (xG)0.74
0.08xG per shot0.11
21Shots7
6Shots on target3
29%Shots on target %43%
12Shots in box5
530Passes481
89%Pass accuracy88%
6Corners0
2Saves5
7Fouls9
2Yellow cards3
0Offsides2
Compared with usual
Benfica
3 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg |
|---|
Bayer Leverkusen
14 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 2.2 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1.9 | |
| xG | 0.74 | 1.5 | |
| xG against | 1.62 | 1.1 | |
| Shots | 7 | 14.5 | |
| On target | 3 | 5.5 | |
| Shots faced | 21 | 13.1 | |
| xG per shot | 0.11 | 0.12 | |
| Possession | 47% | 55.8% | |
| Passes | 481 | 574.6 | |
| Pass accuracy | 88% | 87.5% | |
| Corners | 0 | 4.2 | low |
| Fouls | 9 | 9.9 |
Timeline
- 41' Yellow Ibrahim Maza
- 55' Yellow Edmond Tapsoba
- 57' Sub Claudio Echeverri → Malik Tillman
- 57' Sub Christian Kofane → Patrik Schick
- 62' Yellow Dodi Lukebakio
- 65' Goal Patrik Schick competition goal #1
- 69' Sub Leandro Barreiro → Amar Dedić
- 69' Sub Samuel Dahl → Andreas Schjelderup
- 69' Sub Georgiy Sudakov → Gianluca Prestianni
- 78' Yellow Nicolás Otamendi
- 79' Yellow Malik Tillman
- 88' Sub Ernest Poku → Eliesse Ben Seghir
Category leaders
- Key passesRichard Ríos5
- Duels wonEnzo Barrenechea7/9
- DribblesEnzo Barrenechea2/3
- Defensive actionsTomás Araújo7
- ShotsDodi Lukebakio6 (on target 3)
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.