Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4-1 RB Leipzig: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 2 May 2026

Result

Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4-1 RB Leipzig

Bundesliga · Saturday 2 May 2026, 16:30 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4-1 RB Leipzig: match report

Bayer 04 Leverkusen won against RB Leipzig 4-1 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 2 May 2026. The half-time score was 2-0.

Patrik Schick opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Bayer 04 Leverkusen's goals came from Patrik Schick (25'), Nathan Tella (45'), Patrik Schick (76') and Patrik Schick (89'). RB Leipzig scored through Christoph Baumgartner (80').

Discipline: Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 1 yellow card; RB Leipzig received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bayer 04 Leverkusen were 6th on 55 points from 31 and RB Leipzig 3rd on 62 points from 31. Bayer 04 Leverkusen went on to finish that season 6th with 59 points, and RB Leipzig 3rd with 65.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and RB Leipzig in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Alejandro Grimaldo of Bayer 04 Leverkusen (8.9), ahead of Nathan Tella (8.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Bayer 04 Leverkusen wins, 1 draw and 4 for RB Leipzig.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Yellow card · Max FinkgräfeRB Leipzig
  • 25'Goal · Patrik SchickBayer 04 Leverkusen · 1-0
  • 45'Goal · Nathan TellaBayer 04 Leverkusen · 2-0
  • 72'Yellow card · Xaver SchlagerRB Leipzig
  • 76'Goal · Patrik SchickBayer 04 Leverkusen · 3-0
  • 80'Goal · Christoph BaumgartnerRB Leipzig · 3-1
  • 84'Yellow card · Christoph BaumgartnerRB Leipzig
  • 86'Yellow card · Malik TillmanBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 89'Goal · Patrik SchickBayer 04 Leverkusen · 4-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bayer 04 Leverkusen 5, draws 1, RB Leipzig 4.

Team news

Bayer 04 Leverkusen line-up (3-4-2-1)

Mark Flekken, Jarell Quansah, Robert Andrich, Edmond Tapsoba, Montrell Culbreath, Aleix García, Exequiel Palacios, Alejandro Grimaldo, Ibrahim Maza, Nathan Tella, Patrik Schick

RB Leipzig line-up (4-3-3)

Maarten Vandevoordt, Ridle Baku, Willi Orbán, El Chadaille Bitshiabu, Max Finkgräfe, Xaver Schlager, Nicolas Seiwald, Christoph Baumgartner, Yan Diomande, Rômulo, Antonio Nusa