Bayer 04 Leverkusen vs FC Schalke 04, Bundesliga 2022-23 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Bayer 04 Leverkusen vs FC Schalke 04 — Bundesliga at BayArena.
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen 34 games · 59 pts (2025/26)
- FC Schalke 04 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Harm Osmers
- Referee Norbert Grudzinski
- Referee Sascha Thielert
- Referee Christian Bandurski
- Referee Martin Thomsen
- Referee Tobias Reichel
21 games this season 🟨 0.8/game ⚽ 5.0 goals/gameStandings
# Team P Pts 1 FC Bayern Munchen 34 89 2 Borussia Dortmund 34 73 3 RB Leipzig 34 65 4 VfB Stuttgart 34 62 5 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 34 61 6 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 34 59 7 SC Freiburg 34 47 8 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 44 9 FC Augsburg 34 43 10 1. FSV Mainz 05 34 40 11 1. FC Union Berlin 34 39 12 Borussia Monchengladbach 34 38 13 Hamburger SV 34 38 14 1. FC Koln 34 32 15 SV Werder Bremen 34 32 16 VfL Wolfsburg 34 29 17 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 34 26 18 FC St. Pauli 1910 34 26 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 08 Oct FC Schalke 04 H 4–0 W 04 Oct FC Porto A 0–2 L 30 Sep FC Bayern Munchen A 0–4 L 17 Sep SV Werder Bremen H 1–1 D 13 Sep Club Atletico de Madrid H 2–0 W 10 Sep Hertha BSC A 2–2 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 08 Oct Bayer 04 Leverkusen A 0–4 L 02 Oct FC Augsburg H 2–3 L 17 Sep Borussia Dortmund A 0–1 L 10 Sep VfL Bochum 1848 H 3–1 W 03 Sep VfB Stuttgart A 1–1 D 27 Aug 1. FC Union Berlin H 1–6 L Key Stats
63% Both Teams to Score
H2H (8 games)75% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history24% Clean Sheets
Bayer 04 Leverkusen this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
Bayer 04 Leverkusen0-152/216-302/131-454/346-602/161-752/176+4/3■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Bayer 04 Leverkusen is hosting FC Schalke 04 for another epic battle.
- 5' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 10' Thomas Ouwejan needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 13' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Maya Yoshida.
- 18' Bayer 04 Leverkusen started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 18.
- 23' 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.
- 28' Leo Greiml has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 33' FC Schalke 04 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.
- 38' Bayer 04 Leverkusen is taking the lead after the goal scored by Moussa Diaby on 38.
- 41' GOAL! Jeremie Frimpong scores on 41. Assisted by Moussa Diaby
- 46' Thomas Ouwejan is replacing Tobias Mohr for the FC Schalke 04 side.
- 51' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering FC Schalke 04 that had 403 games and scored 302 goals.
- 53' Jeremie Frimpong with the second goal in the match!
- 58' It’s a booking for Bayer 04 Leverkusen player. Piero Hincapie gets a Yellow card.
- 63' The travelling FC Schalke 04 supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 64' The supporters are chanting for Florent Mollet. He replaces Dominick Drexler on 64 minute.
- 69' FC Schalke 04 is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 72' Adam Hlozek has so much to prove this time. He replaces Patrik Schick on 72 minute.
- 77' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 79' Danny Latza is replacing Maya Yoshida for the FC Schalke 04 side.
- 84' It’s high time Xabi Alonso made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 88' Bayer 04 Leverkusen manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Odilon Kossounou is hanging Piero Hincapie on the field on 88 minute.
- 90' Goal! Paulinho scores his 32 goal in 530 matches.
- Another three points for Bayer 04 Leverkusen.
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Lineups
Bayer 04 Leverkusen Lineups
Starting XI
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Callum Hudson-Odoi ↓ Paulinho 88'
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19
Moussa Diaby ↓ Amine Adli 64'
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- 20
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- 8
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14
Patrik Schick ↓ Adam Hlozek 72'
- 12
- 30
- 3
Bench
- 24
- 22
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Paulinho ↑ 88'
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10
Kerem Demirbay ↑ 64'
- 11
- 40
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23
Adam Hlozek ↑ 72'
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21
Amine Adli ↑ 64'
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Odilon Kossounou ↑ 88'
Coach Xabi AlonsoFC Schalke 04 Lineups
Starting XI
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4
Maya Yoshida ↓ Danny Latza 79'
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- 9
- 24
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40
Sebastian Polter ↓ Mehmet Aydin 46'
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29
Tobias Mohr ↓ Thomas Ouwejan 46'
- 27
- 11
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- 6
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Florian Flick ↓ Alex Kral 64'
Bench
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Thomas Ouwejan ↑ 46'
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20
Florent Mollet ↑ 64'
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Danny Latza ↑ 79'
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- 19
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Alex Kral ↑ 64'
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Mehmet Aydin ↑ 46'
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17
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Jeremie Frimpong 4 Lucas Alario 4 Paulinho 2 Patrik Schick 2 Aleksandar Dragovic 1 Moussa Diaby 1 Guido Burgstaller 1 Kai Havertz 1 Head to Head
Bayer 04 Leverkusen Form
2022-10-08 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4–0 FC Schalke 04 W 2022-10-04 FC Porto 2–0 Bayer 04 Leverkusen L 2022-09-30 FC Bayern Munchen 4–0 Bayer 04 Leverkusen L 2022-09-17 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1–1 SV Werder Bremen D 2022-09-13 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2–0 Club Atletico de Madrid W 2022-09-10 Hertha BSC 2–2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen DFC Schalke 04 Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.92 Bayer 04 Leverkusen xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.73 FC Schalke 04 xGI would bet for: Bayer 04 Leverkusen to win 64% + Under — clean sheet likely 55%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Bayer 04 Leverkusen winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.65Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 91% 9% ± 1.5 74% 26% ± 2.5 49% 51% ± 3.5 28% 72% ± 4.5 14% 86% Double Chance
Bayer 04 Leverkusen or Draw 86%Draw or FC Schalke 04 36%Bayer 04 Leverkusen or FC Schalke 04 78%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Bayer 04 Leverkusen win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 0 12.9%2 – 0 12.7%1 – 1 10.6%2 – 1 9.2%0 – 0 8.9%3 – 0 7.9%3 – 1 5.9%0 – 1 4.3%4 – 0 Actual1 – 2 3.5%2 – 2 3.4%4 – 1 2.9%Asian Handicap — Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Handicap Bayer 04 Leverkusen covers Push FC Schalke 04 covers -2.5 19% — 81% -2 19% 20% 61% -1.5 39% — 61% -1 39% 25% 36% -0.5 64% — 36% +0.5 88% — 12% +1 88% 9% 4% +1.5 96% — 4% +2 96% 3% 1% +2.5 99% — 1% Clean Sheet
Bayer 04 Leverkusen keeps clean sheet 48% ✗FC Schalke 04 keeps clean sheet 16% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.

