Borussia Dortmund vs Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Bundesliga 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON

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Bundesliga · 2020-21

Borussia Dortmund

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Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Sat 22 May 2021 · 13:30 UTC Signal Iduna Park HT 45' · FT 45'

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Borussia Dortmund vs Bayer 04 Leverkusen — Bundesliga at Signal Iduna Park.

Borussia Dortmund 34 games · 73 pts (2025/26)
Bayer 04 Leverkusen 34 games · 59 pts (2025/26)

Match Details

Referee Sascha Stegemann
Referee Guido Kleve
Referee Philipp Huwe
Referee Sven Jablonski
Referee Manuel Grafe
Referee Markus Sinn

19 games this season 🟨 0.7/game ⚽ 5.4 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	FC Bayern München	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

Borussia Dortmund 17 games · Avg 3.9 goals Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Last 5 meetings

2021-05-22 Borussia Dortmund 3–1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2021-01-19 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2–1 Borussia Dortmund 2020-02-08 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4–3 Borussia Dortmund 2019-09-14 Borussia Dortmund 4–0 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2019-02-24 Borussia Dortmund 3–2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Recent Form

Borussia Dortmund

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 May	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	H	3–1	W
16 May	1. FSV Mainz 05	A	3–1	W
13 May	RB Leipzig	A	4–1	W
08 May	RB Leipzig	H	3–2	W
01 May	Holstein Kiel	H	5–0	W
24 Apr	VfL Wolfsburg	A	2–0	W

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 May	Borussia Dortmund	A	1–3	L
15 May	1. FC Union Berlin	H	1–1	D
08 May	SV Werder Bremen	A	0–0	D
24 Apr	Eintracht Frankfurt	H	3–1	W
20 Apr	FC Bayern München	A	0–2	L
17 Apr	1. FC Koln	H	3–0	W

Season Stats

Borussia Dortmund		Bayer 04 Leverkusen
#2	Position	#6
73	Points	59
34	Played	34
22 / 7 / 5	W / D / L	17 / 8 / 9
70	Scored	68
34	Conceded	47
+36	GD	+21
2.15	PPG	1.74
65%	Win %	50%

Key Stats

71% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

65% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

44% Clean Sheets
Borussia Dortmund this season

24% Clean Sheets
Bayer 04 Leverkusen this season

Borussia Dortmund are 2nd (73 pts). Bayer 04 Leverkusen are 6th (59 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Borussia Dortmund

0-15

2/1

16-30

–/–

31-45

3/2

46-60

1/–

61-75

1/–

76+

5/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

0-15

2/2

16-30

2/1

31-45

4/3

46-60

2/1

61-75

2/1

76+

4/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' We are underway at Signal Iduna Park. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
5' Assisted by Reinier with the perfectly-timed delivery and Erling Haaland makes no mistake. 1-0!
10' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Aleksandar Dragovic made 541 appearances and scored 4 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
15' Nico Schulz, a Germany , has 12 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
20' It is a cagey affair so far. Borussia Dortmund in their trying to find a way past Bayer 04 Leverkusen's compact .
25' Marco Reus has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 1 cards already picked up this season.
30' Moussa Diaby has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 24 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
35' With 0 assists to his name this season, Karim Bellarabi is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Borussia Dortmund.
40' Bayer 04 Leverkusen is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
45' Sven Bender is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Borussia Dortmund tonight.
46' Jude Bellingham is ready to make an impact after coming on for Mahmoud Dahoud at the 46 minute mark.
51' The deadlock is broken! Marco Reus gets on the scoresheet on 51 minutes.
56' It looks surprising Borussia Dortmund does not make any changes. Charles Aranguiz has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
61' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
63' Another change for Borussia Dortmund made on 63 minute. Marco Reus leaves to be changed by Jadon Sancho.
66' It is a substitution in Bayer 04 Leverkusen team. Florian Wirtz is replaced by Patrik Schick on 66 minute.
67' Bayer 04 Leverkusen ring the changes. Florian Wirtz has done his job and it is now time for Patrik Schick to step up.
72' Florian Wirtz has been relatively quiet despite scoring 62 goals in his last 541 appearances.
73' Moussa Diaby is replacing Karim Bellarabi for the Bayer 04 Leverkusen side.
75' Another substitution for Borussia Dortmund to replace Lukasz Piszczek by Felix Passlack on 75 minute.
79' Gio Reyna is ready to make an impact after coming on for Reinier at the 79 minute mark.
80' Gio Reyna is replacing Reinier for the Borussia Dortmund side.
84' Goal! Erling Haaland scores his 253 goal in 83 matches.
89' Another change for Bayer 04 Leverkusen made on 89 minute. Charles Aranguiz leaves to be changed by Julian Baumgartlinger.
89' The deadlock is broken! Lars Bender gets on the scoresheet on 89 minutes.
90' It is a substitution in Bayer 04 Leverkusen team. Charles Aranguiz is replaced by Julian Baumgartlinger on 90 minute.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 3-1.

Lineups

Borussia Dortmund Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

30
Felix Passlack ↑ 75'
24
Thomas Meunier
15
Mats Hummels ↑ 63'
7
Jadon Sancho ↑ 63'
13
Raphael Guerreiro
10
Thorgan Hazard
22
Jude Bellingham ↑ 46'
32
Gio Reyna ↑ 79'
40
Stefan Drljaca

Coach Edin Terzic

Bayer 04 Leverkusen Lineups

Starting XI

28
Demarai Gray
5
Sven Bender ↓ Lars Bender 89'
4
Jonathan Tah
20
Charles Aranguiz ↓ Julian Baumgartlinger 89'
38
Karim Bellarabi ↓ Moussa Diaby 73'
7
Paulinho ↓ Emrehan Gedikli 66'
18
Wendell
1
Lukas Hradecky
6
Aleksandar Dragovic
10
Kerem Demirbay
27
Florian Wirtz ↓ Patrik Schick 66'

Bench

Coach Hannes Wolf

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Marco Reus	5
Erling Haaland	4
Jude Bellingham	3
Paco Alcacer	3
Kevin Volland	3
Patrik Schick	3
Raphael Guerreiro	3
Jonathan Tah	3

Head to Head

Borussia Dortmund Form

2021-05-22 Borussia Dortmund 3–1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen W 2021-05-16 1. FSV Mainz 05 1–3 Borussia Dortmund W 2021-05-13 RB Leipzig 1–4 Borussia Dortmund W 2021-05-08 Borussia Dortmund 3–2 RB Leipzig W 2021-05-01 Borussia Dortmund 5–0 Holstein Kiel W 2021-04-24 VfL Wolfsburg 0–2 Borussia Dortmund W

Bayer 04 Leverkusen Form

2021-05-22 Borussia Dortmund 3–1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen L 2021-05-15 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1–1 1. FC Union Berlin D 2021-05-08 SV Werder Bremen 0–0 Bayer 04 Leverkusen D 2021-04-24 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3–1 Eintracht Frankfurt W 2021-04-20 FC Bayern München 2–0 Bayer 04 Leverkusen L 2021-04-17 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3–0 1. FC Koln W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

2.42 Borussia Dortmund xG

Expected Goals

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

1.19 Bayer 04 Leverkusen xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 69% + Both teams to score 63%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Borussia Dortmund63% Draw20% Bayer 04 Leverkusen17%

Actual: Borussia Dortmund win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes63% 0% No37%

Avg goals/match: 3.61

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	87%	13%
± 2.5	69%	31%
± 3.5	48%	52%
± 4.5	29%	71%

Double Chance

Borussia Dortmund or Draw

83%

Draw or Bayer 04 Leverkusen

37%

Borussia Dortmund or Bayer 04 Leverkusen

80%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Borussia Dortmund47% Draw38% Bayer 04 Leverkusen15%

Actual: Borussia Dortmund win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

9.1%

1 – 1

8.6%

2 – 0

3 – 1

Actual

3 – 0

6.2%

1 – 0

6.2%

2 – 2

5.4%

1 – 2

4.5%

4 – 1

4.4%

3 – 2

4.4%

0 – 0

4 – 0

3.8%

Asian Handicap — Borussia Dortmund

Handicap	Borussia Dortmund covers	Push	Bayer 04 Leverkusen covers
-2.5	23%	—	77%
-2	23%	19%	58%
-1.5	42%	—	58%
-1	42%	21%	37%
-0.5	63%	—	37%
+0.5	83%	—	17%
+1	83%	10%	7%
+1.5	93%	—	7%
+2	93%	5%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Borussia Dortmund keeps clean sheet

31% ✓

Bayer 04 Leverkusen keeps clean sheet

10% ✓

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