DFB-Pokal · Round of 64
HT 0:1
Patrik Schick 43'
Lucas Vázquez 47'
Nathan Tella 69'
Christian Kofane 79'
Sat, 22 Aug 2026, 12:00 (UK) · BRITA-Arena, Wiesbaden

Leverkusen turned a heavy edge in shots inside the box into four goals, with strikes in the 43rd and 47th minutes settling the tie early.

Player of the matchLucas Vázquez8.2Decisive moment43' Patrik Schick+0.5

SV Wehen 0-4 Bayer Leverkusen: two goals in four minutes

Key numbers

  • 8 shots on target to 1
  • 43': Schick's opener worth +0.5 FN xPts
  • Tillman: 6 key passes, the most

A tie opened up just before the break

Bayer Leverkusen beat SV Wehen 4-0 away from home. Patrik Schick broke the deadlock in the 43rd minute, and Lucas Vázquez added a second in the 47th. That back-to-back pair tilted the match firmly towards the visitors before the hour had even arrived.

Chances in the box told the story

Leverkusen's attempts were concentrated where it hurts: 14 shots inside the box, eight of them on target. Wehen managed a single effort on target. That gulf in shot quality, rather than raw volume alone, appears to explain how the scoreline stretched to four.

Passing from deep fed the attack

Leverkusen's build-up flowed through the back line and midfield. Aleix García attempted 138 passes and Edmond Tapsoba 104, keeping the ball moving. Malik Tillman supplied the final ball, with six key passes, the most of any player on either side.

The opener carried the most weight

Schick's opening goal broke a 0-0 stalemate and was worth +0.5 FN xPts. The later goals came once Leverkusen were already ahead, so they moved FN xPts very little. Nathan Tella and Christian Kofane, both introduced from the bench, scored one apiece.

Player of the match
Lucas Vázquez 8.2Dominant

Top of the FN Score with a goal and four duels won from six in 65 minutes.

Vázquez earned most of his credit going forward. His goal in the 47th minute arrived just four minutes after Schick's opener, making it 2-0 and, it seems, narrowing Wehen's room to respond early. Lining up in defence, he also made two interceptions before being substituted in the 65th minute.

Game state

0-10-20-30-4
SV Wehen ahead 0 min · level 43 min · Bayer Leverkusen ahead 47 min
  • Nathan Tella — off the bench 25 min · 1G 0A
  • Christian Kofane — off the bench 23 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.

43' Patrik Schick Goal +0.5
47' Lucas Vázquez Goal +0.1
69' Nathan Tella Goal · assist Ibrahim Maza 0.0
79' Christian Kofane Goal · assist Afonso Moreira 0.0

Knockout ties have no league points, so moments are weighed on a win-3/draw-1 scale only.

Pre-match expectation for SV Wehen is an estimate: no top-five-league record, so it uses the published starting values.

How FN Score and FN xPts work →

Match stats

SV WehenBayer Leverkusen
29%Possession71%
6Shots19
1Shots on target8
17%Shots on target %42%
3Shots in box14
256Passes662
74%Pass accuracy89%
4Corners3
4Saves1
15Fouls12
2Yellow cards0
3Offsides4

The data provider has no xG (expected goals) for this match.

Timeline

  • 22' Yellow Fabian Greilinger
  • 43' Goal Patrik Schick competition goal #1
  • 47' Goal Lucas Vázquez competition goal #1
  • 64' Yellow Gino Fechner
  • 65' Sub Lucas Vázquez → Jarell Quansah
  • 65' Sub Ezequiel Fernández → Nathan Tella
  • 66' Sub Max Brandt → Sinan Karweina
  • 66' Sub Lukas Schleimer → Ayoub Chaikhoun
  • 67' Sub Patrik Schick → Christian Kofane
  • 69' Goal Nathan Tella competition goal #1 assist Ibrahim Maza
  • 74' Sub Loïc Badé → Facundo Medina
  • 75' Sub Jordy Gillekens → Jakob Lewald
  • 75' Sub Ben Nink → Simon Stehle
  • 78' Sub Ibrahim Maza → Exequiel Palacios
  • 79' Goal Christian Kofane competition goal #1 assist Afonso Moreira
  • 84' Sub Fabian Greilinger → Ibrahim Ati Allah

Category leaders

  • Key passesMalik Tillman6
  • Duels wonLoïc Badé6/9
  • Defensive actionsMax Brandt6
  • ShotsAfonso Moreira5 (on target 2)
  • Fouls wonMalik Tillman4
#Bayer Leverkusen#SV Wehen#DFB-Pokal#Lucas Vázquez#Patrik Schick#Aleix García

This review was written by AI from match data (API-Football). FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.