Bayer Leverkusen — RB Leipzig 2:0, 20 September: match result

match finished Bundesliga · Matchday 4 Sunday 20 September · 13:30 UTC

Bayer Leverkusen 5th · 7 pts WDWL

2 : 0 1st half 1:0

RB Leipzig 9th · 6 pts LWLW

BayArena · referee R. Schroder

Match predictionValue

Over 1.5 goals

88% · Over 2.5 goals in 3 of 4 RB Leipzig games

Prediction landed. We predicted “Over 1.5 goals”, and the match finished 2:0.

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

Bayer Leverkusen 41% draw 22% RB Leipzig 37%

The model was right

The most likely outcome was Bayer Leverkusen win, and the match finished 2:0. Fans backed Bayer Leverkusen win — they got it right.

fans 50 votes

Bayer Leverkusen 54% draw 12% RB Leipzig 34%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

A. Nusa 11'

T. Gomis for B. Gruda 26'

P. Schick assist: M. Gutierrez 1-0 44'

M. Gutierrez 2-0 57'

A. Maksimovic for Romulo Cardoso 67'

N. Seiwald for E. Banzuzi 67'

R. Andrich for E. Fernandez 72'

N. El Aynaoui 74'

C. Kofane for P. Schick 77'

E. Tapsoba 83'

S. Konate for C. Nkunku 84'

B. Henrichs for R. Baku 84'

Lucas for M. Diaby 89'

B. Henrichs 90+1'

A. Moreira 90+1'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Bayer Leverkusen 4-2-3-1 · Carles Martinez 4-2-3-1 · Martin Demichelis RB Leipzig

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  

Rômulo  
Brajan Gruda  28 Christopher Nkunku  7 Antonio Nusa  
Ezechiel Banzuzi  21 Neil El Aynaoui  
Ridle Baku  4 Willi Orbán  3 Maxime Estève  22 David Raum  
Maarten Vandevoordt  

Bayer Leverkusen bench

35Christian Kofane
28Janis Blaswich
7Jonas Hofmann
5Loïc Badé
17Lucas Vázquez
10Malik Tillman
11Martin Terrier
8Robert Andrich
22Victor Okoh Boniface

RB Leipzig bench

2Abdoul Kone
30Andrija Maksimović
39Benjamin Henrichs
16Lukas Klostermann
35Max Finkgräfe
13Nicolas Seiwald
45Samba Konaté
27Tidiam Gomis
1Ørjan Nyland

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match

51%Possession49%

18Shots12

6Shots on target3

11Shots off target6

1Blocked shots3

14Shots inside box7

4Shots outside box5

77Attacks102

45Dangerous attacks44

9Corners6

1Offsides1

12Fouls8

2Yellow cards3

3Saves4

484Passes470

414Accurate passes410

0Free kicks0

0Throw-ins0

0Goal kicks0

0Penalties0

Bayer Leverkusen

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

How the match went

text generated from our data

Bayer Leverkusen and RB Leipzig met on matchday 4 of the Bundesliga on 20 September at BayArena. Final score — 2:0.

Bayer Leverkusen sit 5th on 7 points after 4 matches (2 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss), unbeaten in 3 matches. RB Leipzig sit 9th on 6 points after 4 matches (2 wins, 0 draws, 2 losses).

Of the last 2 meetings Bayer Leverkusen won 2, RB Leipzig won 0. Aggregate score — 7:2.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Bayer Leverkusen last five RB Leipzig

WDWL form LWLW

4 Matches 4

2 — 1 — 1 Wins — draws — defeats 2 — 0 — 2

10 — 5 Scored — conceded 9 — 5

1.75 Points per game 1.5

2.5 Goals scored per game 2.25

2 Clean sheets 2

0 Failed to score 1

unbeaten in 3 Current streak winless in 1

Bayer Leverkusen at home: 2 matches, 2 wins, 0 draws, 0 losses, goals 6—0, 3 points per match.

RB Leipzig away: 2 matches, 0 wins, 0 draws, 2 losses, goals 1—5, 0 points per match.

Head-to-head

2 matches in our database

2 Bayer Leverkusen wins 0 draws 0 RB Leipzig wins goals 7:2 Bayer Leverkusen — RB Leipzig

02/05/2026	Bayer Leverkusen — RB Leipzig	4:1	Bundesliga
20/12/2025	RB Leipzig — Bayer Leverkusen	1:3	Bundesliga

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
4	Augsburg	3	2	1	0	9—3	7
5	Bayer Leverkusen	4	2	1	1	10—5	7
6	Mainz 05	4	2	1	1	10—6	7
7	Elversberg	4	2	1	1	8—7	7
8	Werder Bremen	4	2	1	1	8—8	7
9	RB Leipzig	4	2	0	2	9—5	6

Full Bundesliga table