Bayer Leverkusen — Freiburg 2:1, 18 October: match result

match finished Bundesliga · Matchday 6 Sunday 18 October · 13:30 UTC

Bayer Leverkusen 4th · 13 pts LLWWW

2 : 1 1st half 1:1

Freiburg 3th · 13 pts WLLWD

BayArena · referee F. Badstubner

Match predictionBold

Someone will win

83% · Bayer Leverkusen are unbeaten in 5 games

Prediction landed. We predicted “Someone will win”, and the match finished 2:1.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Bayer Leverkusen 53% draw 22% Freiburg 25%

The model was right

The most likely outcome was Bayer Leverkusen win, and the match finished 2:1. Fans backed Bayer Leverkusen win — they got it right.

fans 43 votes

Bayer Leverkusen 70% draw 9% Freiburg 21%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

D. Scherhant assist: P. Treu 0-1 14'

I. Maza assist: P. Schick 1-1 19'

P. Treu 39'

N. Tella for A. Moreira 59'

L. Kubler for P. Treu 64'

L. Holer for K. Goto 65'

M. Tillman for M. Diaby 73'

P. Schick assist: I. Maza 2-1 76'

C. Irie for J. Beste 77'

P. Osterhage for Y. Engelhardt 77'

J. Hofmann for I. Maza 84'

V. Grifo for D. Scherhant 89'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Bayer Leverkusen 4-2-3-1 4-2-3-1 Freiburg

Mark Flekken  
Jarell Quansah  12 Edmond Tapsoba  2 Facundo Medina  3 Miguel Gutiérrez  
Aleix García  6 Ezequiel Fernández  
Moussa Diaby  30 Ibrahim Maza  9 Afonso Moreira  
Patrik Schick  

Igor Matanović  
Jan-Niklas Beste  42 Keisuke Goto  7 Derry Scherhant  
Maximilian Eggestein  16 Yannick Engelhardt  
Philipp Treu  28 Matthias Ginter  3 Philipp Lienhart  33 Jordy Makengo  
Mio Backhaus  

Bayer Leverkusen bench

28Janis Blaswich
7Jonas Hofmann
5Loïc Badé
17Lucas Vázquez
10Malik Tillman
23Nathan Tella
8Robert Andrich
15Tim Oermann
22Victor Okoh Boniface

Freiburg bench

30Christian Günter
22Cyriaque Irié
21Florian Müller
9Lucas Höler
17Lukas Kübler
37Maximilian Rosenfelder
6Patrick Osterhage
20Rihito Yamamoto
32Vincenzo Grifo

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match

49%Possession51%

12Shots11

5Shots on target2

4Shots off target8

3Blocked shots1

7Shots inside box8

5Shots outside box3

91Attacks106

42Dangerous attacks47

4Corners3

1Offsides0

12Fouls5

0Yellow cards1

1Saves3

488Passes508

416Accurate passes432

0Free kicks0

0Throw-ins0

0Goal kicks0

0Penalties0

Bayer Leverkusen

FreiburgThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Bayer Leverkusen and Freiburg met on matchday 6 of the Bundesliga on 18 October at BayArena. Final score — 2:1.

Bayer Leverkusen sit 4th on 13 points after 8 matches (4 wins, 1 draw, 3 losses). Freiburg sit 3th on 13 points after 8 matches (5 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses).

Of the last 2 meetings Bayer Leverkusen won 1, Freiburg won 0, with 1 more meeting drawn. Aggregate score — 5:3.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Bayer Leverkusen last five Freiburg

LLWWW form WLLWD

8 Matches 8

4 — 1 — 3 Wins — draws — defeats 5 — 1 — 2

18 — 16 Scored — conceded 18 — 10

1.63 Points per game 2

2.25 Goals scored per game 2.25

2 Clean sheets 2

1 Failed to score 0

winless in 2 Current streak unbeaten in 1

Bayer Leverkusen at home: 4 matches, 3 wins, 0 draws, 1 loss, goals 10—5, 2.25 points per match.

Freiburg away: 4 matches, 2 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss, goals 6—5, 1.75 points per match.

Head-to-head

2 matches in our database

1 Bayer Leverkusen win 1 draw 0 Freiburg wins goals 5:3 Bayer Leverkusen — Freiburg

07/03/2026	Freiburg — Bayer Leverkusen	3:3	Bundesliga
26/10/2025	Bayer Leverkusen — Freiburg	2:0	Bundesliga

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
3	RB Leipzig	9	6	0	3	27—13	18
4	Freiburg	8	5	1	2	18—10	16
5	Werder Bremen	9	4	3	2	17—15	15
6	Bayer Leverkusen	8	4	1	3	18—16	13
7	Elversberg	9	4	1	4	17—18	13
8	Stuttgart	9	4	0	5	15—15	12

Full Bundesliga table

Bayer Leverkusen — Freiburg, 18 October 2026, 13:30 UTC : score 2:1