Leverkusen 4-0 Union Berlin: no shot on target for the visitors
AI-written review based on match data · How we make it
Key numbers
- xG 3.11 v 0.39: hosts created far more
- Shots on target 10 v 0 – Union had none
- Gutiérrez: two assists for the 1' and 28' goals
An opening-minute goal set the tone
Leverkusen went ahead in the first minute through Ezequiel Fernández and spent roughly 89 minutes in front on the way to a 4-0 win. Union Berlin did not register a single shot on target, and the early goal framed everything that followed. With the lead established that quickly, the visitors had a long evening of chasing ahead of them.
Volume backed by sharper shooting
Leverkusen's edge showed in how they shot as well as how often. Their xG per shot was 0.15, higher than Union's, and the 3.11 to 0.39 xG gap shows the scoreline was no fluke; the hosts even outperformed their expected goals. Union's five attempts were all off target or blocked, so Mark Flekken had no saves to make.
Gutiérrez provided the first two goals
Miguel Gutiérrez set up Fernández in the first minute and Facundo Medina in the 28th. Those two assists produced the first-half scoring, and the goals were worth +0.5 and +0.3 FN xPts respectively, as Leverkusen first took the lead and then stretched it to two-nil. Union had little time to settle into the match before it tilted.
Second-half goals only added gloss
Patrik Schick made it three-nil in the 48th minute, set up by Jarell Quansah, and Ibrahim Maza added a fourth in the 66th from a Schick pass. With the match already decided, both goals were worth close to nothing in FN xPts. Maza completed six of eight dribbles, the most of any player, and Leverkusen climbed from 14th to second on three points.
Player of the match
Miguel Gutiérrez 8.6Dominant
Two assists and three key passes created both first-half goals.
Miguel Gutiérrez earned most of his credit in attack, with two assists and three key passes. The assists became the goals in the first and 28th minutes, which put Leverkusen two up before the break and left Union a mountain to climb. He also completed 48 of his 54 passes before being replaced in the 83rd minute.
Game state
1-02-03-04-0
Bayer Leverkusen ahead 89 min · level 1 min · Union Berlin 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.
1'
Ezequiel Fernández
Goal · scorer +0.3 · assist Miguel Gutiérrez +0.2
+0.5
28'
Facundo Medina
Goal · scorer +0.2 · assist Miguel Gutiérrez +0.1
+0.3
48'
Patrik Schick
Goal · assist Jarell Quansah
+0.1
66'
Ibrahim Maza
Goal · assist Patrik Schick
0.0
Bayer Leverkusen
Expected (last two seasons) 2.2Own moments +0.9Opponent moments 0.0Time effect −0.1→ League points won 3
Union Berlin
Expected (last two seasons) 0.6Own moments 0.0Opponent moments −0.6Time 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.
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Match stats
Bayer LeverkusenUnion Berlin
3.11Expected goals (xG)0.39
Timeline
- 1'
Goal
Ezequiel Fernández league goal #1 assist Miguel Gutiérrez
- 4'
Yellow
Felix Uduokhai
- 28'
Goal
Facundo Medina league goal #1 assist Miguel Gutiérrez
- 47'
Yellow
Zeno Van Den Bosch
- 48'
Goal
Patrik Schick league goal #2 assist Jarell Quansah
- 61'
Yellow
Miguel Gutiérrez
- 63'
Sub
Aljoscha Kemlein → Janik Haberer
- 63'
Sub
Michel Aebischer → Woo-Yeong Jeong
- 63'
Sub
Emmanuel Latte Lath → Tim Skarke
- 66'
Goal
Ibrahim Maza league goal #1 assist Patrik Schick
- 67'
Sub
Malik Tillman → Moussa Diaby
- 67'
Sub
Patrik Schick → Christian Kofane
- 71'
Sub
Facundo Medina → Loïc Badé
- 71'
Sub
Ezequiel Fernández → Robert Andrich
- 74'
Sub
Josip Juranović → Christopher Trimmel
- 79'
Sub
Livan Burcu → András Schäfer
- 83'
Sub
Miguel Gutiérrez → Lucas Vázquez
- 88'
Yellow
Ibrahim Maza
Category leaders
- Key passesAleix García4
- Duels wonTom Alexander Rothe8/13
- DribblesIbrahim Maza6/8
- Defensive actionsFelix Uduokhai5
- ShotsIbrahim Maza3 (on target 2)
- Fouls wonEzequiel Fernández3
#Bundesliga#Bayer Leverkusen#Union Berlin#Miguel Gutiérrez#Ibrahim Maza#Patrik Schick
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.