Why this matchup matters

Two football ideas, one impossible night

Xabi Alonso's Bayer Leverkusen 2023/24 bring 3-4-2-1 and positional play with wing-backs. Jürgen Klopp's Borussia Dortmund 2010/11 answer with 4-2-3-1 and gegenpressing with youth core; the matchup is decided by which side can impose that identity without exposing its weakest transition.

Bayer LeverkusenXabi Alonso · 3-4-2-1 · Positional Play · Wing-BacksBorussia DortmundJürgen Klopp · 4-2-3-1 · Gegenpressing · Youth Core

400 alternate nights

Bayer Leverkusen vs Borussia Dortmund

Model lean: Bayer Leverkusen

Signature score

1–0

average goals 1.631.48

43.5%
Bayer Leverkusen
18.5%
Draw
38%
Borussia Dortmund

Most likely scores

  1. 1–09.5%
  2. 1–29.3%
  3. 1–18%
  4. 2–16.8%
  5. 0–26.5%
  6. 0–16.3%

Match profile

xG1.621.43
Shots14.412.8
Poss53%47%
CS25%21.5%
BTTS57.5%
Over 2.560.3%

Goals in 400 matches

  1. Bayer LeverkusenG/m
  2. Boniface2260.56
  3. Wirtz1120.28
  4. Hofmann990.25
  5. Palacios560.14
  1. Borussia DortmundG/m
  2. Barrios1890.47
  3. Großkreutz1140.28
  4. Götze1040.26
  5. Kagawa810.20
Home XIBayer Leverkusen2023/24Xabi Alonso · 3-4-2-1
88OVR

XI

  • STVictor Boniface86
  • CAMFlorian Wirtz90
  • CAMJonas Hofmann82
  • LWBAlejandro Grimaldo86
  • CMGranit Xhaka86
  • CMExequiel Palacios84
  • RWBJeremie Frimpong86
  • CBPiero Hincapié82
  • CBJonathan Tah84
  • CBEdmond Tapsoba84
  • GKLukáš Hrádecký84
Bench · 4
  • STPatrik Schick82
  • CBJosip Stanišić80
  • RWAmine Adli78
  • GKMatej Kovar76
Away XIBorussia Dortmund2010/11Jürgen Klopp · 4-2-3-1
86OVR

XI

  • STLucas Barrios84
  • LWMario Götze84
  • CAMShinji Kagawa86
  • RWKevin Großkreutz78
  • CDMSven Bender80
  • CDMNuri Şahin84
  • LBMarcel Schmelzer80
  • CBMats Hummels86
  • CBNeven Subotić84
  • RBŁukasz Piszczek82
  • GKRoman Weidenfeller80
Bench · 7
  • RWJakub Błaszczykowski82
  • STRobert Lewandowski80
  • CBFelipe Santana74
  • STMohamed Zidan74
  • CMAntónio da Silva72
  • GKMitchell Langerak72
  • RBPatrick Owomoyela72

Ratings

Attack88
Midfield90
Defence86
Goalkeeping84
Chemistry94
Overall88

Ratings

Attack86
Midfield86
Defence84
Goalkeeping80
Chemistry94
Overall86

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XI

  • STVictor Boniface86
  • CAMFlorian Wirtz90
  • CAMJonas Hofmann82
  • LWBAlejandro Grimaldo86
  • CMGranit Xhaka86
  • CMExequiel Palacios84
  • RWBJeremie Frimpong86
  • CBPiero Hincapié82
  • CBJonathan Tah84
  • CBEdmond Tapsoba84
  • GKLukáš Hrádecký84
Bench · 4
  • STPatrik Schick82
  • CBJosip Stanišić80
  • RWAmine Adli78
  • GKMatej Kovar76
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XI

  • STLucas Barrios84
  • LWMario Götze84
  • CAMShinji Kagawa86
  • RWKevin Großkreutz78
  • CDMSven Bender80
  • CDMNuri Şahin84
  • LBMarcel Schmelzer80
  • CBMats Hummels86
  • CBNeven Subotić84
  • RBŁukasz Piszczek82
  • GKRoman Weidenfeller80
Bench · 7
  • RWJakub Błaszczykowski82
  • STRobert Lewandowski80
  • CBFelipe Santana74
  • STMohamed Zidan74
  • CMAntónio da Silva72
  • GKMitchell Langerak72
  • RBPatrick Owomoyela72
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