Manchester City 0–2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen — UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Match Stats

UEFA Champions League · 2025Tue, 25 Nov 2025, 20:00 UTCEtihad Stadium

Manchester City

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0–2Historical match

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

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A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Bayer 04 Leverkusen won 0–2.

Shots: 197
Shots on target: 72
Expected goals: 1.780.51
Possession: 55%45%

Full time

What the match recorded

Bayer 04 Leverkusen beat Manchester City 2–0. Recorded in this match (Manchester City – Bayer 04 Leverkusen): shots 19–7, shots on target 7–2, expected goals 1.78–0.51, possession 55%–45%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

Pre-match record

What the data showed before kick-off. Kept for reference; it did not know the result.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen show a distinct attacking-volume record

moderate

Bayer 04 Leverkusen's shot volume and the opposing shot-allowance context sit below their competition baselines.

17.6 shots/match ▲ShotsManchester City · Bayer 04 Leverkusen9.8 shots/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Team shot volume is paired with the opponent's recorded shot allowance.

Window: season

Metric	Manchester City	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Baseline
Shots	17.6 shots/match	9.8 shots/match	13.4 shots/match
Shots against	7.8 shots/match	16.4 shots/match	13.3 shots/match

Caveat: Shot volume describes activity; it does not establish finishing quality or a match outcome.

The teams have contrasting possession records

moderate

Manchester City have recorded the higher season possession share.

63.2% ●PossessionManchester City · Bayer 04 Leverkusen46.2%

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: The recorded possession gap is 17.0 percentage points.

Window: season

Metric	Manchester City	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Baseline
Possession	63.2%	46.2%	49.4%

Caveat: Possession share does not show where possession occurred or how chances were created.

This match

Match statistics

Shots19 shots7 shotsManchester City 19 shots, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 7 shots
Shots on target7 shots2 shotsManchester City 7 shots, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2 shots
Expected goals1.78 xG0.51 xGManchester City 1.78 xG, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0.51 xG
Possession55%45%Manchester City 55%, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 45%
Corners9 corners3 cornersManchester City 9 corners, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3 corners
Fouls4 fouls8 foulsManchester City 4 fouls, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 8 fouls

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

off target
on target
goal
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size = xG

Manchester City: 19 shots, 7 on target, 1.80 xG. Bayer 04 Leverkusen: 7 shots, 2 on target, 0.51 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Manchester City 1.80 xG · Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0.51 xG.

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Manchester City favored in 9 of 11 directional metrics · Bayer 04 Leverkusen in 1 · 1 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Manchester City5 matchesBayer 04 Leverkusen5 matches

2 goals/match ▲Goals scored5/51.6 goals/match

1 goal/match ▲Goals allowed5/52 goals/match

1.8 xG/match ▲Expected goals5/51.36 xG/match

17.6 shots/match ▲Shots5/59.8 shots/match

7.6 shots/match ▲Shots on target5/53.2 shots/match

63.2% ●Possession5/546.2%

5.6 corners/match ●Corners5/53.6 corners/match

9.2 fouls/matchFouls5/59.2 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade B · Useful evidenceUseful evidence — limited

Season samples5 / 5home / away teams

Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

Evidence is usable but does not meet the strongest completeness threshold.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: cards.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Wed, 26 Nov 2025, 00:00 UTC · analysis-v4