§ Champions League · 2024-25 · League Stage 2

Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1–0 AC Milan

  • Boniface 51'

1 October 2024

The match in data

Bayer 04 Leverkusen got the better of AC Milan, 1–0, on 1 October 2024, in the 2024-25 Champions League (League Stage 2).

Player of the match: Alejandro Grimaldo (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), rated 77, thanks above all to 6 final-third passes and 7 recoveries. Grimaldo produced 1.1 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.1 times the cost.

It was also their best match of the season.

For AC Milan, the highest-rated player was Matteo Gabbia, with 71.

77
Player of the match

Alejandro Grimaldo

Bayer 04 Leverkusen · 89'

Produced 1.08× and cost 0.14× their position's average

Added
  • 6 final-third passes 1.2×
  • 7 recoveries 2.1×
  • 58 passes 1.2×
Took away
  • 2 duels lost 0.6×

Match ratings

Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen
PlayerPositionMinRating
Alejandro Grimaldo ★ Defender 89 77
Aleix García Midfielder 75 73
Victor Boniface Forward 75 70
Jonathan Tah Defender 90 62
Granit Xhaka Midfielder 90 59
Edmond Tapsoba Defender 90 56
Amine Adli Forward 82 54
Florian Wirtz Midfielder 89 45
Piero Hincapié Defender 90 30
Jeremie Frimpong Defender 90 27
Lukas Hradecky Goalkeeper 90 no rating
Martin Terrier Forward 15 no rating
Robert Andrich Midfielder 15 no rating
Exequiel Palacios Midfielder 8 no rating
Jeanuël Belocian Defender 1 no rating
Nathan Tella Forward 1 no rating
AC Milan
PlayerPositionMinRating
Matteo Gabbia Defender 90 71
Tijjani Reijnders Midfielder 90 59
Ruben Loftus-Cheek Midfielder 90 57
Theo Hernández Defender 90 57
Tammy Abraham Forward 62 56
Christian Pulisic Forward 79 54
Youssouf Fofana Midfielder 90 50
Álvaro Morata Forward 28 50
Fikayo Tomori Defender 90 48
Rafael Leão Forward 90 43
Emerson Royal Defender 90 36
Mike Maignan Goalkeeper 90 no rating
Samuel Chukwueze Forward 11 no rating

How is the rating calculated?

The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.

See the match in La Lente Line-ups on the pitch, what each player produced and cost, and the match line by line.