Matchday 2 · Bundesliga 2026-27 · September 5, 2026
Goals only: this source has no shots, so the replay comes from each side's goals over the season.
Leverkusen 4–0 Union Berlin: lucky or expected?
Leverkusen beat Union Berlin 4–0, and the goals back it up: from both teams’ goals this season, Leverkusen win 7 of 10, 2 end level. Rated on this season’s goals, Leverkusen were expected to score 2.6 here and Union Berlin 1.0.
Full time
| Team | Goals |
|---|---|
 Bayer Leverkusen | 4 |
 Union Berlin | 0 |
What the goals say
Luck index +21 Leverkusen about even · −21 Union Berlin
Our source has this match’s goals but not its shots, so it is replayed from what each side’s goals over the season say: both teams rated on every goal scored and conceded, and the match played again 4,000 times from those ratings. How often does this result come out? How the goals-only replay works
Ten replays. Leverkusen win 7, 2 end level, Union Berlin win 1.
- 1 B04 1 FCU 0
- 2 B04 2 FCU 1
- 3 B04 2 FCU 0
- 4 B04 2 FCU 0
- 5 B04 5 FCU 2
- 6 B04 4 FCU 1
- 7 B04 5 FCU 0
- 8 B04 2 FCU 2
- 9 B04 0 FCU 0
- 10 B04 1 FCU 2
Our prediction before kickoff
We had Leverkusen 66% to win, 21% for a draw, Union Berlin 13%. Leverkusen won: the pick was right. The final margin was 2.7 goals from ours; 7% of matches like this end further from the forecast than that.
Before kickoff
Most of the distance between a forecast and a final score is luck: even with both clubs’ strength known exactly, a few shots decide a soccer match. This match was played before our forecasts went live, so this one was made afterwards, the same way, from only what was known before kickoff. How our predictions have done
The goals
Leverkusen’s chance of winning
Numbers mark the goals, listed below.
| Minute | Goal | Score | Win chance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. 1' | E. Fernández (Leverkusen) | 1–0 | +17% Leverkusen |
| 2. 28' | Facundo Medina (Leverkusen) | 2–0 | +11% Leverkusen |
| 3. 48' | P. Schick (Leverkusen) | 3–0 | +3% Leverkusen |
| 4. 66' | Ibrahim Maza (Leverkusen) | 4–0 | +0% Leverkusen |
Win chance: the scoring side’s chance of winning the moment before the goal against the moment after it, from the score and the minutes left. A draw counts half.
About these numbers
Scores and goals from openfootball (public domain), the newest also from OpenLigaDB (Open Database License). Neither has no shots, so there is no expected goals for this match and no finishing luck: the replay, the in-game win probability and the luck index are our own models, built from the season’s goals alone (methodology and validation). The luck index is how far the result was from what the goals say. Leverkusen win 79% of replays (a draw counted as half).
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