Match Centre: Bayer 04 Leverkusen vs Newcastle United
Guimarães 13′ (og)Grimaldo 88′
Gordon 51′ (p)Miley 74′
Player of the match Alejandro Grimaldo 8.3
GolVolt rating 9.4GolVolt rating
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Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Equaliser at 88′, Grimaldo rescued a point.
- Dramaweight 50% Equaliser at 88′.The result hung in the balance and big moments changed the game. Drama: 9.4 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Grimaldo rescued a point, keeper Ramsdale: 6 saves.Someone played a match to remember. Heroes: 8.1 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% It mattered for the table but settled nothing. Stakes: 5.8 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% Plenty of chances. Quality of play: 7.1 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 9.4more watchable than 94% of Champions League matches
The GolVolt rating comes from four pillars — drama, heroes, stakes and quality of play — measured against this league's matches of the last 12 months (model nap-v2).
Similar matches
A similar story: twists, the finish, chances. Same league, last 12 months.
How the match went
4 goals4 cards1 VAR
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 13' Goal: Bruno Guimarãesown goal · assist: Andrich1:0
- 21' Malick Thiawyellow card
- 21' Penalty cancelled
- Half-time · 1:0
- 46' SubstitutionKofane for Schick
- 47' Ernest Pokuyellow card
- 51' Goal: Anthony Gordonpenalty1:1
- 51' Aleix Garcíayellow card
- 60' SubstitutionMiley for Joelinton
- 71' SubstitutionTella for Poku
- 74' Goal: Lewis Mileyassist: Gordon1:2
- 78' SubstitutionMurphy for Barnes
- 82' Aaron Ramsdaleyellow card
- 85' SubstitutionEcheverri for Tillman
- 88' Goal: Alejandro Grimaldoassist: Maza2:2
- 90' SubstitutionBadé for Arthur
- 90+2' SubstitutionRamsey for Gordon
- 90+3' SubstitutionWissa for Woltemade
- Full-time · 2:2
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Newcastle United
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
- 28 Janis Blaswich GK —
- 36 Niklas Lomb GK —
- 5 Loïc Badé DEF on
- 16 Axel Tape DEF —
- 44 Jeanuël Belocian DEF —
- 9 Claudio Echeverri MID on
- 17 Eliesse Ben Seghir ATT —
- 23 Nathan Tella ATT on
- 35 Christian Kofane ATT on
Newcastle United
- 31 Max Thompson GK —
- 59 Adam Harrison GK —
- 5 Fabian Schär DEF —
- 37 Alex Murphy DEF —
- 23 Jacob Murphy MID on
- 28 Joe Willock MID —
- 41 Jacob Ramsey MID on
- 67 Lewis Miley MID on
- 9 Yoane Wissa ATT on
- 20 Anthony Elanga ATT —
Match sheet
- Stadium
- BayArena, Leverkusen
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Bayer 04 Leverkusen Alejandro Grimaldo
- 2. place · Newcastle United Anthony Gordon
- 3. place · Newcastle United Aaron Ramsdale
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