Bayer 04 Leverkusen vs FC Red Bull Salzburg, Champions League 2024-25 LEAGUE STAGE
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Overview
Match Preview
Bayer 04 Leverkusen vs FC Red Bull Salzburg — Champions League at BayArena.
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen 8 games · 12 pts (2025/26)
- FC Red Bull Salzburg 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Mikola Balakin (Ukraine)
- Assistant 1 Oleksandr Berkut (Ukraine)
- Assistant 2 Viktor Matyash (Ukraine)
4 games this season 🟨 2.0/game ⚽ 6.3 goals/gameStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Arsenal FC 8 24 2 FC Bayern München 8 21 3 Liverpool FC 8 18 4 Tottenham Hotspur FC 8 17 5 FC Barcelona 8 16 6 Chelsea FC 8 16 7 Sporting Clube de Portugal 8 16 8 Manchester City FC 8 16 9 Real Madrid CF 8 15 10 FC Internazionale Milano 8 15 11 Paris Saint-Germain FC 8 14 12 Newcastle United FC 8 14 13 Juventus FC 8 13 14 Club Atletico de Madrid 8 13 15 Atalanta BC 8 13 16 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 8 12 17 Borussia Dortmund 8 11 18 PAE Olympiakos SFP 8 11 19 Club Brugge KV 8 10 20 Galatasaray SK 8 10 21 AS Monaco FC 8 10 22 Qarabag Agdam FK 8 10 23 FK Bodø/Glimt 8 9 24 Sport Lisboa e Benfica 8 9 25 Olympique de Marseille 8 9 26 Paphos FC 8 9 27 Royale Union Saint-Gilloise 8 9 28 PSV 8 8 29 Athletic Club 8 8 30 SSC Napoli 8 8 31 FC København 8 8 32 AFC Ajax 8 6 33 Eintracht Frankfurt 8 4 34 SK Slavia Praha 8 3 35 Villarreal CF 8 1 36 FK Kairat 8 1 Head-to-Head
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 26 Nov FC Red Bull Salzburg H 5–0 W 23 Nov 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 H 5–2 W 09 Nov VfL Bochum 1848 A 1–1 D 05 Nov Liverpool FC A 0–4 L 01 Nov VfB Stuttgart H 0–0 D 29 Oct SV 07 Elversberg H 3–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 26 Nov Bayer 04 Leverkusen A 0–5 L 06 Nov Feyenoord Rotterdam A 3–1 W 23 Oct GNK Dinamo Zagreb H 0–2 L 01 Oct Stade Brestois 29 H 0–4 L 18 Sep AC Sparta Praha A 0–3 L 27 Aug FK Dynamo Kyiv H 1–1 D Key Stats
0% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history42% Clean Sheets
Bayer 04 Leverkusen this season -
Events
Match Events
- 0' We are underway at BayArena. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
- 5' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 8' What a strike from Florian Wirtz! The score is 1-0.
- 11' GOAL! Alejandro Grimaldo scores on 11.
- 16' The supporters are chanting for Nene Dorgeles. He replaces Karim Konate on 16 minute.
- 21' Supporters expect more eagerness from Moussa Kounfolo Yeo, as he is very good at scoring at BayArena with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 26' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 30' Florian Wirtz with the second goal in the match!
- 35' It looks like no one’s ball. FC Red Bull Salzburg is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 40' Nene Dorgeles needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 45' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 46' It is a substitution in FC Red Bull Salzburg team. Lucas Gourna-Douath is replaced by Stefan Bajcetic on 46 minute.
- 51' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 51 minutes.
- 56' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Bayer 04 Leverkusen needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 58' That looks like a foul for a card for Moussa Kounfolo Yeo.
- 61' GOAL! Patrik Schick scores on 61. Assisted by Jeremie Frimpong
- 65' That looks like a foul for a card for Kamil Piatkowski.
- 67' Time for substitution for Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Piero Hincapie is replaced by Arthur Augusto.
- 68' The whistle greets Jeremie Frimpong as he departs to be replaced by Nathan Tella.
- 72' GOAL! Aleix Garcia scores on 72. Assisted by Florian Wirtz
- 73' Another substitution for Bayer 04 Leverkusen to replace Patrik Schick by Artem Stepanov on 73 minute.
- 74' The supporters are chanting for Nicolas Capaldo. He replaces Mamady Diambou on 74 minute.
- 76' The whistle greets Florian Wirtz as he departs to be replaced by Francis Onyeka.
- 81' Bayer 04 Leverkusen is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 86' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Bayer 04 Leverkusen players.
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Lineups
Bayer 04 Leverkusen Lineups
3-5-2Starting XI
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14
Patrik Schick ↓ Artem Stepanov 73'
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- 20
- 12
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30
Jeremie Frimpong ↓ Nathan Tella 68'
- 17
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10
Florian Wirtz ↓ Francis Onyeka 76'
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3
Piero Hincapie ↓ Arthur Augusto 67'
Bench
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- 36
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24
Aleix Garcia ↑ 67'
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19
Nathan Tella ↑ 68'
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13
Arthur Augusto ↑ 67'
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40
Francis Onyeka ↑ 76'
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29
Artem Stepanov ↑ 73'
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Coach Xabi AlonsoFC Red Bull Salzburg Lineups
4-3-3Starting XI
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Aleksa Terzic ↓ Daouda Guindo 46'
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- 70
- 91
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Bobby Clark ↓ Mads Bidstrup 46'
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19
Karim Konate ↓ Nene Dorgeles 16'
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- 49
- 30
Bench
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Nicolas Capaldo ↑ 74'
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18
Mads Bidstrup ↑ 46'
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29
Daouda Guindo ↑ 46'
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- 28
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45
Nene Dorgeles ↑ 16'
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Stefan Bajcetic ↑ 46'
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- 92
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Coach Pepijn Lijnders -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Florian Wirtz 2 Patrik Schick 1 Alejandro Grimaldo 1 Aleix Garcia 1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen Form
2024-11-26 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 5–0 FC Red Bull Salzburg W 2024-11-23 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 5–2 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 W 2024-11-09 VfL Bochum 1848 1–1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen D 2024-11-05 Liverpool FC 4–0 Bayer 04 Leverkusen L 2024-11-01 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0–0 VfB Stuttgart D 2024-10-29 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3–0 SV 07 Elversberg WFC Red Bull Salzburg Form
2024-11-26 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 5–0 FC Red Bull Salzburg L 2024-11-06 Feyenoord Rotterdam 1–3 FC Red Bull Salzburg W 2024-10-23 FC Red Bull Salzburg 0–2 GNK Dinamo Zagreb L 2024-10-01 FC Red Bull Salzburg 0–4 Stade Brestois 29 L 2024-09-18 AC Sparta Praha 3–0 FC Red Bull Salzburg L 2024-08-27 FC Red Bull Salzburg 1–1 FK Dynamo Kyiv D -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 42.74 Bayer 04 Leverkusen xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.8 FC Red Bull Salzburg xGI would bet for: Bayer 04 Leverkusen to win 72% + Over 2.5 goals 67%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Bayer 04 Leverkusen winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 3.54Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 96% 4% ± 1.5 86% 14% ± 2.5 67% 33% ± 3.5 46% 54% ± 4.5 28% 72% Double Chance
Bayer 04 Leverkusen or Draw 89%Draw or FC Red Bull Salzburg 28%Bayer 04 Leverkusen or FC Red Bull Salzburg 83%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Bayer 04 Leverkusen win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 122 – 0 11%3 – 0 9.8%2 – 1 8.5%1 – 0 7.9%3 – 1 7.7%1 – 1 7%4 – 0 6.6%4 – 1 5.3%0 – 0 4.1%5 – 0 Actual2 – 2 3.3%3 – 2 3.1%Asian Handicap — Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Handicap Bayer 04 Leverkusen covers Push FC Red Bull Salzburg covers -2.5 35% — 65% -2 35% 21% 43% -1.5 57% — 43% -1 57% 20% 23% -0.5 77% — 23% +0.5 92% — 8% +1 92% 5% 2% +1.5 98% — 2% +2 98% 2% 1% +2.5 99% — 1% Clean Sheet
Bayer 04 Leverkusen keeps clean sheet 46% ✗FC Red Bull Salzburg keeps clean sheet 7% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.