RB Leipzig 1-3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: result and report
Bundesliga · Saturday 20 December 2025
Result
RB Leipzig 1-3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Bundesliga · Saturday 20 December 2025, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-2
RB Leipzig 1-3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: match report
RB Leipzig were beaten by Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1-3 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 20 December 2025. It was 1-2 at half-time.
Xaver Schlager opened the scoring in the 35th minute. RB Leipzig's goal came from Xaver Schlager (35'). Bayer 04 Leverkusen scored through Martin Terrier (40'), Patrik Schick (44') and Montrell Culbreath (90+7').
Discipline: RB Leipzig received 1 yellow card; Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game RB Leipzig were 3rd on 29 points from 14 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 5th on 26 points from 14. RB Leipzig went on to finish that season 3rd with 65 points, and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 6th with 59.
RB Leipzig lined up in a 4-3-3 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Mark Flekken of Bayer 04 Leverkusen (7.9), ahead of Christoph Baumgartner (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 RB Leipzig wins, 2 draws and 4 for Bayer 04 Leverkusen.
Key events
- 30'Yellow card · Arthur
- 35'Goal · Xaver Schlager
- 40'Goal · Martin Terrier
- 44'Goal · Patrik Schick
- 87'Yellow card · Axel Tape
- 90+7'Goal · Montrell Culbreath
- 90+11'Yellow card · Castello Lukeba
Head-to-head
Team news
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RB Leipzig line-up (4-3-3)
Péter Gulácsi, Kosta Nedeljkovic, Willi Orbán, Castello Lukeba, David Raum, Christoph Baumgartner, Nicolas Seiwald, Xaver Schlager, Conrad Harder, Rômulo, Tidiam Gomis
Bayer 04 Leverkusen line-up (3-4-2-1)
Mark Flekken, Robert Andrich, Loïc Badé, Jeanuël Belocian, Arthur, Aleix García, Malik Tillman, Nathan Tella, Jonas Hofmann, Martin Terrier, Patrik Schick