Position5of 18
Points55in 34
Won, drawn, lost15-10-9
Goals58for, 44 against
FormWLLDW
Results
2017-18Sat 12 May
FT
Sat 5 May
FT
Sat 28 Apr
FT
Sat 21 Apr
FT
Sat 14 Apr
FT
Mon 9 Apr
FT
Sat 31 Mar
FT
Sun 18 Mar
FT
Sat 10 Mar
FT
Sat 3 Mar
FT
Sun 25 Feb
FT
Sat 17 Feb
FT
Sat 10 Feb
FT
Sat 3 Feb
FT
Sun 28 Jan
FT
Sat 20 Jan
FT
Fri 12 Jan
FT
Sun 17 Dec
FT
Wed 13 Dec
FT
Fri 8 Dec
FT
Sat 2 Dec
FT
Sat 25 Nov
FT
Sat 18 Nov
FT
Sat 4 Nov
FT
Sat 28 Oct
FT
Sat 21 Oct
FT
Sun 15 Oct
FT
Fri 29 Sep
FT
Sun 24 Sep
FT
Wed 20 Sep
FT
Sun 17 Sep
FT
Sat 9 Sep
FT
Sat 26 Aug
FT
Fri 18 Aug
FT
In numbers
- 15thof 98 teams of the five leagues by Vesta’s strength rating
- 2wins in a row, the longest run of 2017-18
- 2clean sheets in a row, the longest of 2017-18
- 24%of the team's league goals scored by Kevin Volland
- 50%of matches won since 2001-02
- 7–1Biggest win since 2001-02: Bayer Leverkusen 7–1 Greuther Fuerth
- 2–6Heaviest defeat: Borussia Dortmund 6–2 Bayer Leverkusen
In Europe
115 matches in the European cups since 2014-15Won, drawn, lost55-27-33
Goals199– 136
Finals1none won
Vesta and Bayer Leverkusen
310 league matches since 2017-18- 53%of Bayer Leverkusen's matches won by Vesta's favourite
- 141wins in 249 matches as Vesta's favourite
- 14%won with 14%: Bayern Munich 1–2 Bayer Leverkusen
- 18%won with 18%: Bayer Leverkusen 3–1 Bayern Munich
- 20%won with 20%: RasenBallsport Leipzig 1–3 Bayer Leverkusen
- 80%lost at 80%: Bayer Leverkusen 0–2 Werder Bremen
- 73%lost at 73%: Bayer Leverkusen 1–2 Augsburg
- 72%lost at 72%: Elversberg 3–2 Bayer Leverkusen
Vesta's forecasts reconstructed with each season hidden (how).
By the minute
2017-18, 34 matches| Goals | 1-15 | 16-30 | 31-45+ | 46-60 | 61-75 | 76-90+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| For | 3 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 11 |
| Against | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
- 0points won in the last five minutes and stoppage time
- 0points thrown away in the last five minutes and stoppage time
- 12points won after going behind
- 13points dropped after going ahead
Goal minutes. Quarters of an hour by the minute of the match reports; stoppage time counts in the last quarter of each half.
League position
2017-18Strength
Rating 1,595Vesta's rating before every match since 2014-15. 1,500 is an average team of these leagues.
Squad
Players used in 2017-18| Player | Apps | Min | G | A |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernd LenoGoalkeeper | 33 | 2,970 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin VollandForward | 31 | 2,607 | 14 | 2 |
| Jonathan TahCentre-back | 28 | 2,424 | 0 | 2 |
| Sven BenderCentre-back | 29 | 2,350 | 2 | 0 |
| Julian BrandtAttacking midfielder | 34 | 2,347 | 9 | 3 |
| Charles AránguizMidfielder | 27 | 2,316 | 1 | 3 |
| Leon BaileyRight winger | 30 | 2,224 | 9 | 6 |
| Kai HavertzForward | 30 | 2,131 | 3 | 8 |
| WendellLeft-back | 26 | 2,122 | 2 | 3 |
| Panagiotis RetsosCentre-back | 24 | 1,716 | 1 | 3 |
| Dominik KohrCentre-back | 28 | 1,664 | 1 | 1 |
| Lars BenderRight-back | 21 | 1,611 | 2 | 4 |
| Lucas AlarioForward | 23 | 1,542 | 9 | 4 |
| Julian BaumgartlingerDefensive midfielder | 22 | 1,393 | 1 | 0 |
| Benjamin HenrichsRight-back | 23 | 1,255 | 0 | 1 |
| Karim BellarabiRight winger | 24 | 1,129 | 1 | 3 |
| Admir MehmediForward | 12 | 705 | 2 | 3 |
| Tin JedvajCentre-back | 10 | 600 | 0 | 0 |
| Joel PohjanpaloForward | 7 | 101 | 1 | 0 |
| Ramazan ÖzcanGoalkeeper | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 |
| Stefan KießlingForward | 8 | 70 | 0 | 0 |
| Aleksandar DragovicCentre-back | 1 | 44 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin KamplMidfielder | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| André RamalhoCentre-back | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 |

