RB Leipzig v Bayer Leverkusen result

Full-time · RB Leipzig 1–3 Bayer Leverkusen

Bundesliga · Sat, 20 Dec 2025 17:30 GMT · Red Bull Arena

Updated 30 Jul 2026, 10:24 UK · refreshed continuously

Team pages: RB Leipzig · Bayer Leverkusen · Head-to-head

RB Leipzig 1–3 Bayer Leverkusen — Bayer Leverkusen won this Bundesliga match.

Match report, in numbers

What xG said

xG said Bayer Leverkusen: 2.73 to 1.94 in expected goals, from 15 shots to 19, ahead on xG from the 93rd minute (per-shot expected goals for this match).

The result

Bayer Leverkusen won 3–1 at Red Bull Arena in the Bundesliga on Saturday 20 December.

The goals

Bayer Leverkusen led 2–1 at half-time. The goals — RB Leipzig: Xaver Schlager (35’, assisted by C. Baumgartner); Bayer Leverkusen: Martin Terrier (40’, assisted by Arthur), Patrik Schick (44’, assisted by Nathan Tella) and M. Culbreath (90’).

Discipline

Benjamin Brand, Germany showed three yellow cards — against 3.5 yellows a game across the last 14 matches refereed (this competition). The bookings — RB Leipzig: Castello Lukeba (90+11’); Bayer Leverkusen: Arthur (30’) and A. Tape (87’).

What it changes

RB Leipzig move down from second to fourth (15 league matches played).

Bayer Leverkusen move up from fourth to third (15 league matches played).

Bayer Leverkusen are unbeaten in their last three matches in all competitions.

Who stood out

By TACTIX Impact for this match, David Raum (RB Leipzig) 8.2, Xaver Schlager (RB Leipzig) 8.2 and C. Baumgartner (RB Leipzig) 6.9 led the match.

Next up

RB Leipzig next travel to Real Madrid on 21 October 2026.

Bayer Leverkusen next host SC Freiburg on 18 October 2026.

Written from the matches TACTIX holds for both sides; each figure names the games it is counted over.

Next for RB Leipzig: Real Madrid v RB Leipzig, Wednesday 21 October — the preview. Next for Bayer Leverkusen: Bayer Leverkusen v SC Freiburg, Sunday 18 October — the preview.

The numbers

Result: RB Leipzig 1–3 Bayer Leverkusen · Bundesliga
Venue: Red Bull Arena · Leipzig
Referee: Benjamin Brand, Germany
Head-to-head (last 6): RB Leipzig 2 · draws 1 · Bayer Leverkusen 3 · 3.83 goals/game
Recent form: RB Leipzig 3W 1D 1L · Bayer Leverkusen 2W 1D 2L

RB Leipzig 1–3 Bayer Leverkusen (Bundesliga): this fixture is settled. TACTIX’s pre-match coverage ran across every major market, and every graded call — wins and losses — is in the live track record (as of 30 July 2026). See the live track record →

Key stats

2.5 / 2.13

Goals

against 1.13 / 0.88 · 3 of the last 5 over 2.5

over 8 matches

5.88 / 6.13

Corners

against 5 / 5.88 · 4 of the last 5 over 9.5

over 8 matches

7.38 / 4.5

Shots on target

against 4.13 / 5 · 4 of the last 5 over 8.5

over 8 matches

1.75 / 1.88

Cards

against 1.88 / 2.13 · 2 of the last 5 over 3.5

over 8 matches

3.5 yellows

Referee · Benjamin Brand, Germany

1.71 home / 1.79 away

over 14 matches

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 13 December 2025. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 13 December 2025. Bars: for (mint) against (amber), scaled to the larger figure in the row. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.
Per game	RB Leipzig for / against	Line	Bayer Leverkusen for / against
Goals scored	2.5 for · 1.13 against n 8 Last 5	2.5standard	2.13 for · 0.88 against n 8 Last 5
Corners won	5.88 for · 5 against n 8 Last 5	9.5standard	6.13 for · 5.88 against n 8 Last 5
Shots	16.5 for · 11.88 against n 8 Last 5	19.5standard	14.13 for · 12.38 against n 8 Last 5
Shots on target	7.38 for · 4.13 against n 8 Last 5	8.5standard	4.5 for · 5 against n 8 Last 5
Fouls committed	7.75 for · 10.25 against n 8 Last 5	21.5standard	7.25 for · 8.25 against n 8 Last 5
Cards shown	1.75 for · 1.88 against n 8 Last 5	3.5standard	1.88 for · 2.13 against n 8 Last 5

Referee: Benjamin Brand, Germany — 3.5 yellow cards a game, 0.14 red cards, 20.07 fouls over 14 matches (1.71 to the home side, 1.79 to the away side).

Home 1.71Away 1.79

RB Leipzig

RB Leipzig — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 13 December 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
E. Banzuzi n 8	30.3	3.7 6/3	0 0/0	—
C. Harder n 8	55	1.8 5/2	1 4/1	—
J. Bakayoko n 8	48.3	1.4 4/1	0.9 2/2	—
C. Baumgartner n 8	86.1	1.3 6/3	1.8 7/4	N. Tella
Max Finkgräfe n 8	53.1	1.1 3/1	1.7 3/3	—

RB Leipzig — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 13 December 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
C. Harder n 8	55	3.3 5/4	2 4/3
A. Nusa n 8	80.1	2.4 8/5	1 5/2
Y. Diomande n 8	80.3	2.2 8/5	1.7 7/4
A. Ouédraogo n 8	62.8	1.8 5/3	1.4 4/3
T. Gomis n 8	19	1.8 2/1	1.2 2/0

RB Leipzig — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 13 December 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
Y. Diomande n 8	80.3	0.8 4/1	0.4 2/1
A. Ouédraogo n 8	62.8	0.5 3/0	0.5 3/0
C. Baumgartner n 8	86.1	0.4 2/1	0.4 2/1
Rômulo n 8	81.5	0.4 3/0	0.4 3/0
C. Harder n 8	55	0.2 1/0	0.6 3/0

RB Leipzig — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 13 December 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
Max Finkgräfe n 8	53.1	3.6 6/5
X. Schlager n 8	57.6	2.9 7/5
R. Baku n 8	78.3	2.7 7/5
E. Banzuzi n 8	30.3	2.2 3/2
N. Seiwald n 8	85.8	2.1 8/4

RB Leipzig — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 13 December 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
P. Gulácsi n 8	90	2.3 6/3

Bayer Leverkusen

Bayer Leverkusen — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 13 December 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
A. Sarco n 3	23	3.9 2/1	1.3 1/0	—
N. Tella n 8	25.3	2.7 3/2	2.2 2/2	C. Baumgartner
Christian Kofane n 8	51.3	2 5/2	1.3 5/1	—
C. Echeverri n 8	27.1	1.2 2/1	1.2 2/1	—
R. Andrich n 8	89.8	1.1 4/3	0.5 4/0	—

Bayer Leverkusen — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 13 December 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
A. Sarco n 3	23	2.6 2/0	0 0/0
P. Schick n 8	67	2.2 6/3	0.8 4/1
J. Hofmann n 8	72.9	1.9 6/4	0.8 3/1
N. Tella n 8	25.3	1.8 2/2	1.3 2/1
Álex Grimaldo n 8	91.9	1.6 6/4	0.9 4/1

Bayer Leverkusen — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 13 December 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
I. Maza n 8	80.8	0.4 2/1	0.4 3/0
P. Schick n 8	67	0.5 2/1	0.2 1/0
Álex Grimaldo n 8	91.9	0.4 3/0	0.1 1/0
Aleix García n 8	86.5	0 0/0	0.4 3/0
E. Tapsoba n 8	85.8	0.1 1/0	0.3 1/1

Bayer Leverkusen — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 13 December 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
M. Terrier n 8	38.6	3.2 5/4
I. Maza n 8	80.8	2.4 6/5
M. Tillman n 8	69.3	2.4 6/4
E. Ben Seghir n 8	19.5	2.3 4/0
L. Badé n 8	52.5	1.9 5/3

Bayer Leverkusen — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 13 December 2025. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
M. Flekken n 8	90	4.5 7/6

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Match statistics & details

Full-time team statistics as recorded by the data provider; – = not recorded.
RB Leipzig		Bayer Leverkusen
44%	Possession	56%
1.77	Expected goals (xG)	2.72
19	Shots	15
7	Shots on target	8
6	Shots off target	3
6	Blocked shots	4
13	Shots inside the box	12
2	Corners	8
1	Offsides	1
10	Fouls	12
1	Yellow cards	2
0	Red cards	0
5	Saves	6
474	Passes	608
85%	Pass accuracy	90%

RB Leipzig player stats

Player	Min	G	A	Sh	SoT	KP	Tkl	Cards	Rating
P. Gulácsi	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.6
W. Orbán	90	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	6.7
C. Lukeba	90	0	0	0	0	0	1	Y	6.5
D. Raum	90	0	0	0	0	7	6	0	7.9
C. Baumgartner	90	0	1	3	1	3	1	0	7.3
X. Schlager	90	1	0	2	2	2	3	0	8.9
C. Harder	90	0	0	5	2	0	2	0	6.3
N. Seiwald	89	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.5
T. Gomis	79	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	6.7
K. Nedeljković	70	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
Rômulo	70	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	6.2
A. MaksimoviÄ sub	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.2
R. Baku sub	20	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.6
E. Bitshiabu sub	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.3
T. Werner sub	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.3

Bayer Leverkusen player stats

Player	Min	G	A	Sh	SoT	KP	Tkl	Cards	Rating
M. Flekken	90	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.9
R. Andrich	90	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6.9
L. Badé	90	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7.9
J. Belocian	90	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	6.3
Aleix García	90	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	6.6
M. Tillman	90	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	6.9
Arthur	83	0	1	1	1	2	0	Y	6.9
N. Tella	77	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	6.9
M. Terrier	77	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	7.6
P. Schick	77	1	0	3	2	0	0	0	7.2
J. Hofmann	57	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6.7
E. Fernández sub	33	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7
Lucas Vázquez sub	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.6
A. Tape sub	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	Y	6.7
M. Culbreath sub	13	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	7.6
Christian Kofane sub	13	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	6.3

Sh = shots, SoT = shots on target, KP = key passes, Tkl = tackles; – = not recorded for that player. Rating is the data provider’s.

Form, head-to-head & standings

The numbers behind RB Leipzig v Bayer Leverkusen — recent results, past meetings and where each side sits. (TACTIX’s model forecast is in the projections below.)

Recent form

RB LeipzigWDWWL

Last 5: 3W 1D 1L · 2.4 scored / 0.8 conceded per game

Bayer LeverkusenLWLDW

Last 5: 2W 1D 2L · 1.2 scored / 1.2 conceded per game

Head-to-head last 6

RB Leipzig 2 · 1 draw · Bayer Leverkusen 3 · 3.83 goals/game

2025-01-25 RB Leipzig 2–2 Bayer Leverkusen
2024-08-31 Bayer Leverkusen 2–3 RB Leipzig
2024-01-20 RB Leipzig 2–3 Bayer Leverkusen
2023-08-19 Bayer Leverkusen 3–2 RB Leipzig
2023-04-23 Bayer Leverkusen 2–0 RB Leipzig
2022-10-29 RB Leipzig 2–0 Bayer Leverkusen

League standing · 2025/26

RB Leipzig#3 pos65 pts34 pl+19 GD

Bayer Leverkusen#6 pos59 pts34 pl+21 GD

Goals per game

RB Leipzig scored1.94

Bayer Leverkusen scored2

RB Leipzig conceded1.38

Bayer Leverkusen conceded1.38

Shot map and expected goals

RB Leipzig 1.94 xG from 19 shots, Bayer Leverkusen 2.73 from 15. Every mark is one shot, placed where it was taken and sized by the chance it had of becoming a goal. Filled marks with a white ring are goals.

RB Leipzig (attacking right)Bayer Leverkusen (attacking left)mark size = expected goals

Team	Shots	Goals	xG
RB Leipzig	19	1	1.94
Bayer Leverkusen	15	3	2.73

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What is the head-to-head record between RB Leipzig and Bayer Leverkusen?: In their last 6 meetings, RB Leipzig won 2, Bayer Leverkusen won 3 and there was 1 draw, averaging 3.83 goals per game.
What is the recent form of RB Leipzig and Bayer Leverkusen?: Recent form — RB Leipzig 3W 1D 1L; Bayer Leverkusen 2W 1D 2L.

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