Lech Poznan 0-4 Leverkusen: two Schick penalties open the door
AI-written review based on match data · How we make it
Key numbers
- xG 5.4 vs 0.54: a huge chance gap
- xG per shot 0.25 vs a usual 0.11
- 18 shots in the box vs 3
Three goals before the break
Bayer Leverkusen won 4-0 at Lech Poznan in the second round of the Europa League's league phase. It was 0-3 at half-time, and Leverkusen never had to chase the match. The result lifted them from seventh to first in the table, while Poznan finished the night bottom of 36 with no points.
Usual volume, far better locations
Leverkusen's xG of 5.4 was well above the 3.11 they had managed at best in their previous seven fixtures this season. Their 22 shots were close to their average of 20.3, but the xG per shot of 0.25 compares with a usual 0.11. With 18 attempts from inside the box, shot location made the difference.
Poznan shot often but from poor spots
Poznan had 10 shots yet an xG of only 0.54, which suggests the quality of those efforts was low; seven came from outside the box. Mateusz Lis made seven saves and kept the scoreline from growing, though two of the four goals he conceded were penalties. Poznan had changed four starters for this fixture.
Penalties set the tone, Tillman added the gloss
Patrik Schick's penalty in the 29th minute was worth +0.7 FN xPts to Leverkusen and −0.5 to Poznan, the largest combined change of the night. Schick started on the bench, came on in the 18th minute and added a second penalty in the 41st. In between, Malik Tillman's goal in the 32nd minute was worth +0.4 FN xPts.
FN MOM
Highest FN Score · our own pick by a published formula, not the official Player of the Match
Malik Tillman 8.7Dominant
He scored once, had four shots and three key passes, and won eight of 14 duels.
Tillman's biggest gains came in attack, but he also made three interceptions and completed three of five dribbles. His goal in the 32nd minute made it 0-2 only three minutes after the first penalty, shrinking Poznan's room to recover. His three key passes were the most by any player in the match.
Game state
0-10-20-30-4
Lech Poznan ahead 0 min · level 29 min · Bayer Leverkusen ahead 61 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. The value next to a team code is what the same moment did to the other side's expected points; the decisive moment is the one with the largest combined change for both teams.
29'
Patrik Schick
Pen goal · LPO −0.5
+0.7
32'
Malik Tillman
Goal · LPO −0.2
+0.4
41'
Patrik Schick
Pen goal · LPO −0.1
+0.1
88'
Ibrahim Maza
Goal · assist Afonso Moreira · LPO 0.0
0.0
Lech Poznan
Expected (no record yet, starting estimate) 0.8Own moments 0.0Opponent moments −0.8Time effect 0.0→ League points won 0
Bayer Leverkusen
Expected (last two seasons) 2.0Own moments +1.2Opponent moments 0.0Time effect −0.2→ 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.
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Match stats
Lech PoznanBayer Leverkusen
0.54Expected goals (xG)5.4
Compared with usual
Bayer Leverkusen
7 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | |
|---|
| Goals | 4 | 2.9 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1.1 | |
| xG | 5.4 | 2.3 | |
| xG against | 0.54 | 1.3 | |
| Shots | 22 | 20.3 | |
| On target | 10 | 6.9 | |
| Shots faced | 10 | 10 | |
| xG per shot | 0.25 | 0.11 | |
| Possession | 61% | 60.7% | |
| Passes | 586 | 575.3 | |
| Corners | 5 | 7 | |
| Fouls | 16 | 12.9 | |
Timeline
- 15'
Sub
W. Mońka → Terry Yegbe
- 18'
Sub
Martin Terrier → Patrik Schick
- 25'
VAR
Ibrahim Maza
- 29'
Goal
Patrik Schick (pen) competition goal #1
- 32'
Goal
Malik Tillman competition goal #1
- 38'
VAR
Patrik Schick
- 40'
Yellow
M. Skrzypczak
- 41'
Goal
Patrik Schick (pen) competition goal #2
- 60'
Sub
Mikael Ishak → Y. Agnero
- 60'
Sub
Leo Bengtsson → Filip Jagiełło
- 60'
Sub
Patrik Wålemark → D. Håkans
- 62'
Sub
Nathan Tella → Moussa Diaby
- 62'
Sub
Aleix García → Robert Andrich
- 62'
Sub
Miguel Gutiérrez → Facundo Medina
- 68'
Yellow
Robert Andrich
- 74'
Sub
Gustav Berggren → Pablo Rodríguez
- 76'
Sub
Patrik Schick → Afonso Moreira
- 80'
Yellow
Moussa Diaby
- 88'
Goal
Ibrahim Maza competition goal #1 assist Afonso Moreira
Category leaders
- Key passesMalik Tillman3
- Duels wonMalik Tillman8/14
- DribblesMalik Tillman3/5
- Defensive actionsIbrahim Maza7
- ShotsMalik Tillman4 (on target 2)
- Fouls wonPatrik Wålemark4
#Europa League#Bayer Leverkusen#Lech Poznan#Malik Tillman#Patrik Schick#Ibrahim Maza
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.