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. Gareth Southgate's England 2018 answer with 3-5-2 and set pieces with wide wing-backs; 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-BacksEnglandGareth Southgate · 3-5-2 · Set Pieces · Wide Wing-Backs

400 alternate nights

Bayer Leverkusen vs England

Model lean: Bayer Leverkusen

Signature score

1–1

average goals 1.591.54

41%
Bayer Leverkusen
24.3%
Draw
34.8%
England

Most likely scores

  1. 1–111.3%
  2. 2–19%
  3. 1–27.8%
  4. 2–06.3%
  5. 1–06%
  6. 2–26%

Match profile

xG1.641.38
Shots14.412.4
Poss53%47%
CS23.3%20.8%
BTTS61.8%
Over 2.560%

Goals in 400 matches

  1. Bayer LeverkusenG/m
  2. Boniface2280.57
  3. Hofmann960.24
  4. Wirtz930.23
  5. Palacios660.17
  1. EnglandG/m
  2. Kane2060.52
  3. Sterling1600.40
  4. Alli960.24
  5. Dier420.10
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 XIEngland2018Gareth Southgate · 3-5-2
84OVR

XI

  • STHarry Kane90
  • STRaheem Sterling86
  • CAMDele Alli84
  • LWBAshley Young78
  • CMJordan Henderson82
  • CMEric Dier80
  • RWBKieran Trippier82
  • CBHarry Maguire82
  • CBJohn Stones82
  • CBKyle Walker84
  • GKJordan Pickford80
Bench · 7
  • STMarcus Rashford82
  • STJamie Vardy82
  • CAMJesse Lingard80
  • CBGary Cahill78
  • CMRuben Loftus-Cheek76
  • LWBDanny Rose76
  • GKJack Butland76

Ratings

Attack88
Midfield90
Defence86
Goalkeeping84
Chemistry94
Overall88

Ratings

Attack86
Midfield82
Defence84
Goalkeeping80
Chemistry90
Overall84

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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

  • STHarry Kane90
  • STRaheem Sterling86
  • CAMDele Alli84
  • LWBAshley Young78
  • CMJordan Henderson82
  • CMEric Dier80
  • RWBKieran Trippier82
  • CBHarry Maguire82
  • CBJohn Stones82
  • CBKyle Walker84
  • GKJordan Pickford80
Bench · 7
  • STMarcus Rashford82
  • STJamie Vardy82
  • CAMJesse Lingard80
  • CBGary Cahill78
  • CMRuben Loftus-Cheek76
  • LWBDanny Rose76
  • GKJack Butland76
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