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Bayer Leverkusen vs SC Freiburg 2-1
- Ibrahim Maza19'
- Patrik Schick76'
- Derry Lionel Scherhant14'
- Kick-off
- Sun, 18 Oct 2026 · 13:30 (UTC)
- Venue
- BayArena, Bayer Leverkusen
- Referee
- Florian Badstubner
Match timeline
- 89’Substitution
SC FreiburgVincenzo Grifo ONDerry Lionel Scherhant OFF - 84’Substitution
Bayer LeverkusenJonas Hofmann ONIbrahim Maza OFF - 77’SubstitutionSC FreiburgPatrick Osterhage ONYannick Engelhardt OFF
- 77’SubstitutionSC FreiburgCyriaque Irié ONJan-Niklas Beste OFF
- 76’Goal!Bayer LeverkusenPatrik SchickAssist: Ibrahim Maza2 – 1
- 73’SubstitutionBayer LeverkusenMalik Tillman ONMoussa Diaby OFF
- 65’SubstitutionSC FreiburgLucas Höler ONKeisuke Goto OFF
- 64’SubstitutionSC FreiburgLukas Kübler ONPhilipp Treu OFF
Show 4 earlier events
- 59’SubstitutionBayer LeverkusenNathan Tella ONAfonso Moreira OFF
- 39’Yellow cardSC FreiburgPhilipp Treu
- 19’Goal!Bayer LeverkusenIbrahim MazaAssist: Patrik Schick1 – 1
- 14’Goal!SC FreiburgDerry Lionel ScherhantAssist: Philipp Treu0 – 1
- 1’Kick-off
Key stats
Bayer LeverkusenSC Freiburg- 49%Possession51%
- 12Shots10
- 1.63xG0.86
- 5Shots on Target2
- 4Corners3
- 12Fouls5
- 1Offsides0
- 1Saves3
- 488Passes507
- 0Yellow Cards1
Lineups
Confirmed selections
Bayer Leverkusen4 - 2 - 3 - 1
Substitutions
- 59’↑23 N. Tella↓9 Afonso Moreira
- 73’↑10 M. Tillman↓19 M. Diaby
- 84’↑7 J. Hofmann↓30 I. Maza
Unused substitutes 8 R. Andrich, 28 J. Blaswich, 22 V. Boniface, 5 L. Badé, 17 Lucas Vázquez, 15 T. Oermann
Coach Carles Martínez
SC Freiburg4 - 2 - 3 - 1
- 1Backhaus
- 29Treu
- 28Ginter
- 3Lienhart
- 33Makengo
- 8Eggestein
- 16Engelhardt
- 19Beste
- 42Goto
- 7Scherhant
- 31Matanović
Substitutions
- 64’↑17 L. Kübler↓29 P. Treu
- 65’↑9 L. Höler↓42 K. Goto
- 77’↑6 P. Osterhage↓16 Y. Engelhardt
- 77’↑22 Cyriaque Kalou Irié↓19 J. Beste
- 89’↑32 V. Grifo↓7 D. Scherhant
Unused substitutes 30 C. Günter, 21 F. Müller, 37 M. Rosenfelder, 20 R. Yamamoto
Coach J. Schuster
Match facts
- Competition
- Bundesliga - Germany
- Round
- Matchday 6
- Date
- Sun, 18 Oct 2026
- Kick-off
- 13:30 (UTC)
- Venue
- BayArena, Bayer Leverkusen
- Referee
- Florian Badstubner
- Bayer Leverkusen coach
- Carles Martínez
- SC Freiburg coach
- J. Schuster
League table
Bundesliga - Germany
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Bayern München | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | +20 | 21 |
| 2 |  Borussia Dortmund | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | +9 | 21 |
| 3 |  RB Leipzig | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | +14 | 18 |
| 4 |  SC Freiburg | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | +8 | 16 |
| 5 |  Werder Bremen | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | +3 | 15 |
| 6 |  Bayer Leverkusen | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 13 |
Match related news
Player ratings
- 1
P. Schick8.7 - 2
I. Maza8.5 - 3
M. Flekken6.9 - 4
E. Tapsoba6.8 - 5
E. Fernández6.7 - 6
Aleix García6.7 - 7
Miguel Gutiérrez6.6 - 8
N. Tella6.6 - 9
J. Quansah6.5 - 10
F. Medina6.5 - 11
M. Diaby6.3 - 12
Afonso Moreira6.3 - 13
M. Tillman6.2 - 14
J. Hofmann6.2 - 15
T. Oermann0.0 - 16
Lucas Vázquez0.0 - 17
V. Boniface0.0 - 18
J. Blaswich0.0 - 19
L. Badé0.0 - 20
R. Andrich0.0
- 1
D. Scherhant8.1 - 2
P. Lienhart6.9 - 3
J. Makengo6.8 - 4
M. Backhaus6.8 - 5
P. Treu6.7 - 6
M. Ginter6.7 - 7
Cyriaque Kalou Irié6.6 - 8
M. Eggestein6.4 - 9
L. Höler6.3 - 10
J. Beste6.3 - 11
L. Kübler6.2 - 12
P. Osterhage6.1 - 13
I. Matanović6.1 - 14
V. Grifo6.0 - 15
Y. Engelhardt6.0 - 16
K. Goto5.8 - 17
C. Günter0.0 - 18
F. Müller0.0 - 19
M. Rosenfelder0.0 - 20
R. Yamamoto0.0
Match ratings from API-Football, out of 10.
MVP of the match
Rated 8.7, the best on the pitch — 1 goal and 1 assist in 90 minutes.
Team form comparison
Last 5 matches, all competitions
Bayer Leverkusen- W-D-L
- 4-1-0
- Scored / match
- 2.8
- Conceded / match
- 1.0
SC Freiburg- W-D-L
- 4-1-0
- Scored / match
- 2.6
- Conceded / match
- 1.0
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- Bayer LeverkusenResult0%
- SC Freiburg0%
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What happened
Match report
Bayer Leverkusen came from behind to beat SC Freiburg 2-1 at BayArena, with Patrik Schick's 76th-minute goal deciding it after the teams went in level at the break.
SC Freiburg struck first in the 14th minute when Derry Lionel Scherhant finished from Philipp Treu, but Bayer Leverkusen equalised five minutes later through Ibrahim Maza, who was set up by Patrik Schick. It was 1-1 at half-time.
The second half stayed tight until Leverkusen made the breakthrough on 76 minutes, when Schick scored from Maza's assist to make it 2-1. Bayer used their bench on 59 and 73 minutes, while Freiburg made two changes together on 77 minutes and another in the 89th minute, but the visitors could not get back level.
The numbers were close, with Freiburg edging possession 51% to 49% and passes 507 to 488, while Leverkusen had the better of the shooting, 12 attempts to 10 and 5 on target to 2. Leverkusen finished with more xG, 1.63 to 0.86, plus 4 corners to 3, while Freiburg made 3 saves to Leverkusen's 1.
Philipp Treu was booked in the 39th minute for Freiburg. No player was sent off.
Match record
- Competition
- Bundesliga - Germany
- Round
- Matchday 6
- Kick-off
- Venue
- BayArena, Bayer Leverkusen
- Referee
- Florian Badstubner
- Match ID
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12 events
- 14’Goal!SC FreiburgDerry Lionel ScherhantAssist: Philipp Treu0 – 1
- 19’Goal!Bayer LeverkusenIbrahim MazaAssist: Patrik Schick1 – 1
- 39’Yellow cardSC FreiburgPhilipp Treu
- 59’SubstitutionBayer LeverkusenNathan Tella ONAfonso Moreira OFF
- 64’SubstitutionSC FreiburgLukas Kübler ONPhilipp Treu OFF
- 65’SubstitutionSC FreiburgLucas Höler ONKeisuke Goto OFF
- 73’SubstitutionBayer LeverkusenMalik Tillman ONMoussa Diaby OFF
- 76’Goal!Bayer LeverkusenPatrik SchickAssist: Ibrahim Maza2 – 1
- 77’SubstitutionSC FreiburgPatrick Osterhage ONYannick Engelhardt OFF
- 77’SubstitutionSC FreiburgCyriaque Irié ONJan-Niklas Beste OFF
- 84’SubstitutionBayer LeverkusenJonas Hofmann ONIbrahim Maza OFF
- 89’SubstitutionSC FreiburgVincenzo Grifo ONDerry Lionel Scherhant OFF