Leverkusen 2-1 Freiburg: Maza and Schick turn it round
AI-written review based on match data · How we make it
Key numbers
- 49% possession: Leverkusen's lowest of eight this season
- Freiburg: 2 shots on target vs 6.7 average in six matches
- Fernández: 10 tackles, 11 of 15 duels won
Back level within about five minutes
Leverkusen beat Freiburg 2-1 after Derry Scherhant gave the visitors an early lead, set up by Philipp Treu. Ibrahim Maza levelled within about five minutes, with Patrik Schick providing the pass, and Schick himself put the hosts in front in the 76th minute, a lead they kept to the end.
Fewer shots, same sharpness
Leverkusen's 49% possession was the lowest of their eight matches this season, and their 12 shots were a season low as well. Even so, their xG per shot was higher than Freiburg's, which suggests they got more out of each attempt than the raw volume would imply.
Freiburg found the target only twice
Freiburg managed just two shots on target, well short of their average of 6.7 across six matches this season. Most of their attempts came inside the box, yet more flew off target than were on target, so the finishing was where they fell short rather than the ability to get into good positions.
The go-ahead goal moved the numbers most
Schick's strike in the 76th minute turned a level match into a lead. It was worth +1.3 FN xPts to Leverkusen, while Freiburg's FN xPts were −0.8, the largest combined change of any goal. Schick, brought into the starting eleven, had set up Maza's equaliser, so the pair were involved in both goals.
FN MOM
Highest FN Score · our own pick by a published formula, not the official Player of the Match
Ibrahim Maza 8.5Dominant
He scored once, assisted once and had two shots on target and two key passes.
Maza did his most important work in attack. Both of his shots were on target, one of them the equaliser that arrived within minutes of Freiburg's opener. He then supplied the pass for Schick's goal in the 76th minute, so he was involved in both of Leverkusen's goals and in each change of the scoreline.
Game state
0-11-12-1
Bayer Leverkusen ahead 14 min · level 71 min · SC Freiburg ahead 5 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.
14'
Derry Scherhant
Goal · scorer +0.4 · assist Philipp Treu +0.2 · B04 −0.7
+0.6
19'
Ibrahim Maza
Goal · scorer +0.5 · assist Patrik Schick +0.2 · SCF −0.6
+0.7
76'
Patrik Schick
Goal · scorer +0.9 · assist Ibrahim Maza +0.4 · SCF −0.8
+1.3
Bayer Leverkusen
Expected (last two seasons) 2.2Own moments +2.0Opponent moments −0.7Time effect −0.5→ League points won 3
SC Freiburg
Expected (last two seasons) 0.6Own moments +0.6Opponent moments −1.4Time effect +0.2→ 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 LeverkusenSC Freiburg
1.67Expected goals (xG)1.13
Compared with usual
Bayer Leverkusen
8 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | |
|---|
| Goals | 2 | 3 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| xG | 1.67 | 2.7 | |
| xG against | 1.13 | 1.2 | |
| Shots | 12 | 20.5 | low |
| On target | 5 | 7.3 | |
| Shots faced | 11 | 10 | |
| xG per shot | 0.14 | 0.13 | |
| Possession | 49% | 60.8% | low |
| Passes | 488 | 576.6 | |
| Corners | 4 | 6.8 | |
| Fouls | 12 | 13.3 | |
SC Freiburg
6 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | |
|---|
| Goals | 1 | 3.2 | |
| Conceded | 2 | 0.83 | |
| xG | 1.13 | 2.1 | |
| xG against | 1.67 | 0.8 | |
| Shots | 11 | 17.2 | |
| On target | 2 | 6.7 | |
| Shots faced | 12 | 8 | |
| xG per shot | 0.1 | 0.12 | |
| Possession | 51% | 53.2% | |
| Passes | 508 | 464.7 | |
| Corners | 3 | 6.2 | |
| Fouls | 5 | 9.3 | |
Timeline
- 14'
Goal
Derry Scherhant league goal #2 assist Philipp Treu
- 19'
Goal
Ibrahim Maza league goal #2 assist Patrik Schick
- 39'
Yellow
Philipp Treu
- 59'
Sub
Afonso Moreira → Nathan Tella
- 64'
Sub
Philipp Treu → Lukas Kübler
- 65'
Sub
Keisuke Goto → Lucas Höler
- 73'
Sub
Moussa Diaby → Malik Tillman
- 76'
Goal
Patrik Schick league goal #6 assist Ibrahim Maza
- 77'
Sub
Yannik Engelhardt → Patrick Osterhage
- 77'
Sub
Jan-Niklas Beste → Cyriaque Kalou Irié
- 84'
Sub
Ibrahim Maza → Jonas Hofmann
- 89'
Sub
Derry Scherhant → Vincenzo Grifo
Category leaders
- Key passesIbrahim Maza2
- Duels wonEzequiel Fernández11/15
- DribblesMoussa Diaby2/3
- Defensive actionsEzequiel Fernández10
- ShotsPatrik Schick5 (on target 2)
#Bundesliga#Bayer Leverkusen#SC Freiburg#Patrik Schick#Ibrahim Maza#Derry Scherhant
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.