Bayer 04 Leverkusen vs Borussia Dortmund, Bundesliga 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

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Bundesliga · 2024-25

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

2 – 4

Full Time

Borussia Dortmund

Sun 11 May 2025 · 13:30 UTC BayArena 30,210 HT 45' · FT 45'

Jeremie Frimpong 31' 1–0

1–1 33' Julian Brandt

1–2 43' Julian Ryerson

1–3 73' Karim Adeyemi

1–4 77' Sehrou Guirassy

Jonas Hofmann 90+2' 2–4

Y 23' Pascal Gross

Y 45' Felix Kalu Nmecha

Overview

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Bayer 04 Leverkusen vs Borussia Dortmund — Bundesliga at BayArena.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4 games · 7 pts (2026/27)
Borussia Dortmund 4 games · 12 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Deniz Aytekin
Assistant 1 Eduard Beitinger
Assistant 2 Dominik Schaal

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Borussia Dortmund	4	12
2	FC Bayern München	4	10
3	SC Freiburg	4	10
4	FC Augsburg	4	7
5	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	4	7
6	1. FSV Mainz 05	4	7
7	SV 07 Elversberg	4	7
8	SV Werder Bremen	4	7
9	RB Leipzig	4	6
10	Eintracht Frankfurt	4	5
11	FC Schalke 04	4	5
12	SC Paderborn 07	4	4
13	1. FC Köln	4	4
14	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	4	3
15	VfB Stuttgart	4	3
16	Hamburger SV	4	3
17	1. FC Union Berlin	4	1
18	Borussia Mönchengladbach	4	0

Head-to-Head

Bayer 04 Leverkusen 17 games · Avg 3.9 goals Borussia Dortmund

Last 5 meetings

2025-05-11 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2–4 Borussia Dortmund 2025-01-10 Borussia Dortmund 2–3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2024-04-21 Borussia Dortmund 1–1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2023-12-03 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1–1 Borussia Dortmund 2023-01-29 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0–2 Borussia Dortmund

Recent Form

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
11 May	Borussia Dortmund	H	2–4	L
04 May	SC Freiburg	A	2–2	D
26 Apr	FC Augsburg	H	2–0	W
20 Apr	FC St. Pauli 1910	A	1–1	D
12 Apr	1. FC Union Berlin	H	0–0	D
05 Apr	1. FC Heidenheim 1846	A	1–0	W

Borussia Dortmund

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
11 May	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	A	4–2	W
03 May	VfL Wolfsburg	H	4–0	W
26 Apr	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	A	3–2	W
20 Apr	Borussia Mönchengladbach	H	3–2	W
15 Apr	FC Barcelona	H	3–1	W
12 Apr	FC Bayern München	A	2–2	D

Season Stats

Bayer 04 Leverkusen		Borussia Dortmund
#5	Position	#1
7	Points	12
4	Played	4
2 / 1 / 1	W / D / L	4 / 0 / 0
10	Scored	9
5	Conceded	2
+5	GD	+7
1.75	PPG	3.00
50%	Win %	100%

Key Stats

71% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

65% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

50% Clean Sheets
Bayer 04 Leverkusen this season

75% Clean Sheets
Borussia Dortmund this season

Bayer 04 Leverkusen are 5th (7 pts). Borussia Dortmund are 1st (12 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

0-15

1/2

16-30

2/–

31-45

1/–

46-60

2/3

61-75

1/–

76+

3/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Borussia Dortmund

0-15

2/–

16-30

–/–

31-45

1/1

46-60

–/1

61-75

3/–

76+

2/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Patrik Schick	4 G	1 A
Christian Kofane	2 G
Ibrahim Maza	1 G	1 A
Facundo Medina	1 G
Nicolas Ezequiel Fernandez	1 G

Borussia Dortmund

Sehrou Guirassy	2 G	2 A
Felix Kalu Nmecha	2 G
Fabio Silva	2 G
Ioannis Konstantelias	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' What a night it is going to be! Bayer 04 Leverkusen welcome Borussia Dortmund for this crunch clash at BayArena.
5' The 32-year-old Marcel Sabitzer has been sensational this season — 2 goals and 2 assists is a remarkable return.
10' Borussia Dortmund have won 804 goals from 523 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
15' It’s high time Xabi Alonso made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
20' Both keepers have barely been tested. Bayer 04 Leverkusen and Borussia Dortmund are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
23' It’s a booking for Borussia Dortmund player. Pascal Gross gets a card.
28' It looks surprising Borussia Dortmund does not make any changes. Piero Hincapie has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
31' The deadlock is broken! Jeremie Frimpong gets on the scoresheet on 31 minutes.
33' Goal! Julian Brandt scores his 62 goal in 166 matches.
38' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
43' Julian Ryerson does the damage! The net is bulging and Borussia Dortmund surge ahead!
45' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Felix Kalu Nmecha.
46' The crowd applauds Felix Kalu Nmecha as he leaves the pitch. Marcel Sabitzer steps in for Borussia Dortmund.
51' Borussia Dortmund seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
56' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Niko Kovać will be considering his options from the bench.
59' Jonas Hofmann is ready to make an impact after coming on for Nathan Tella at the 59 minute mark.
64' A quiet spell here at BayArena. Bayer 04 Leverkusen seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
67' It is a substitution in Bayer 04 Leverkusen team. Robert Andrich is replaced by Exequiel Palacios on 67 minute.
72' Niklas Sule is a natural centre-back and has been asked to do a very specific job for Borussia Dortmund tonight.
73' What composure from Karim Adeyemi! The Germany international strokes it home. 1-3.
74' Fresh legs for Borussia Dortmund! Emre Can comes on to replace Karim Adeyemi.
77' Sehrou Guirassy doubles the advantage! 1-4 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
78' Bayer 04 Leverkusen manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Aleix Garcia is hanging Granit Xhaka on the field on 78 minute.
82' The supporters are chanting for Salih Ozcan. He replaces Pascal Gross on 82 minute.
87' The whistle greets Julian Brandt as he departs to be replaced by Jamie Bynoe-Gittens.
What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-4 Borussia Dortmund.

Lineups

Bayer 04 Leverkusen Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

34
Granit Xhaka ↓ Aleix Garcia 78'
4
Jonathan Tah
1
Lukas Hradecky
8
Robert Andrich ↓ Exequiel Palacios 67'
20
Alejandro Grimaldo
12
Edmond Tapsoba
30
Jeremie Frimpong
21
Amine Adli ↓ Patrik Schick 59'
10
Florian Wirtz
19
Nathan Tella ↓ Jonas Hofmann 59'
3
Piero Hincapie ↓ Arthur Augusto 78'

Bench

16
Emiliano Buendia
7
Jonas Hofmann ↑ 59'
36
Niklas Lomb
24
Aleix Garcia ↑ 78'
14
Patrik Schick ↑ 59'
25
Exequiel Palacios ↑ 67'
17
Matej Kovar
22
Victor Boniface
13
Arthur Augusto ↑ 78'

Coach Xabi Alonso

Borussia Dortmund Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

13
Pascal Gross ↓ Salih Ozcan 82'
5
Ramy Bensebaini
25
Niklas Sule
10
Julian Brandt ↓ Jamie Bynoe-Gittens 87'
3
Waldemar Anton
1
Gregor Kobel
9
Sehrou Guirassy
26
Julian Ryerson ↓ Yan Couto 87'
8
Felix Kalu Nmecha ↓ Marcel Sabitzer 46'
27
Karim Adeyemi ↓ Emre Can 74'
24
Daniel Svensson

Bench

Coach Niko Kovać

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Marco Reus	5
Erling Haaland	4
Julian Brandt	3
Moussa Diaby	3
Florian Wirtz	3
Jude Bellingham	3
Paco Alcacer	3
Kevin Volland	3

Head to Head

Bayer 04 Leverkusen Form

2025-05-11 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2–4 Borussia Dortmund L 2025-05-04 SC Freiburg 2–2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen D 2025-04-26 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2–0 FC Augsburg W 2025-04-20 FC St. Pauli 1910 1–1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen D 2025-04-12 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0–0 1. FC Union Berlin D 2025-04-05 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 0–1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen W

Borussia Dortmund Form

2025-05-11 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2–4 Borussia Dortmund W 2025-05-03 Borussia Dortmund 4–0 VfL Wolfsburg W 2025-04-26 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 2–3 Borussia Dortmund W 2025-04-20 Borussia Dortmund 3–2 Borussia Mönchengladbach W 2025-04-15 Borussia Dortmund 3–1 FC Barcelona W 2025-04-12 FC Bayern München 2–2 Borussia Dortmund D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.22 Bayer 04 Leverkusen xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.91 Borussia Dortmund xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 60% + Over 2.5 goals 60%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Bayer 04 Leverkusen26% Draw26% Borussia Dortmund48%

Actual: Borussia Dortmund win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes60% 0% No40%

Avg goals/match: 3.13

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	82%	18%
± 2.5	60%	40%
± 3.5	38%	62%
± 4.5	21%	79%

Double Chance

Bayer 04 Leverkusen or Draw

52%

Draw or Borussia Dortmund

74%

Bayer 04 Leverkusen or Borussia Dortmund

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Bayer 04 Leverkusen20% Draw42% Borussia Dortmund38%

Actual: Borussia Dortmund win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 2–4 not predicted

2 – 4

Actual

1 – 1

11.1%

1 – 2

9.4%

0 – 2

7.9%

0 – 1

7.7%

2 – 1

0 – 0

1 – 3

5.9%

2 – 2

5.7%

0 – 3

4.9%

1 – 0

4.6%

2 – 3

3.7%

2 – 0

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Handicap	Bayer 04 Leverkusen covers	Push	Borussia Dortmund covers
-2.5	3%	—	97%
-2	3%	7%	90%
-1.5	10%	—	90%
-1	10%	14%	77%
-0.5	23%	—	77%
+0.5	48%	—	52%
+1	48%	22%	30%
+1.5	70%	—	30%
+2	70%	16%	14%
+2.5	86%	—	14%

Clean Sheet

Bayer 04 Leverkusen keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

Borussia Dortmund keeps clean sheet

30% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.