Holstein Kiel 0–2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
- Schick 9'
- Adli 45'
22 February 2025
The match in data
Bayer 04 Leverkusen beat Holstein Kiel 2–0 on 22 February 2025, on matchday 23 of the 2024-25 Bundesliga.
Player of the match: Granit Xhaka (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), rated 71, thanks above all to 11 final-third passes and 11 recoveries. Xhaka produced 1.3 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.5 times the cost.
It is their 7th time as player of the match this season.
For Holstein Kiel, the highest-rated player was Lewis Holtby, with 79.
Granit Xhaka
Bayer 04 Leverkusen · 90'
Produced 1.28× and cost 0.48× their position's average
- 11 final-third passes 2.2×
- 11 recoveries 2.8×
- 72 passes 1.6×
- 6 misplaced passes 0.8×
- 1 failed dribble 1.3×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis Holtby | Midfielder | 27 | 79 |
| Shuto Machino | Forward | 63 | 65 |
| Armin Gigovic | Midfielder | 75 | 56 |
| Nicolai Remberg | Midfielder | 90 | 55 |
| Magnus Knudsen | Midfielder | 63 | 55 |
| Dominik Javorcek | Midfielder | 78 | 54 |
| Marco Komenda | Defender | 90 | 49 |
| Marko Ivezic | Defender | 90 | 45 |
| Phil Harres | Forward | 90 | 43 |
| David Zec | Defender | 63 | 40 |
| Lasse Rosenboom | Defender | 90 | 37 |
| Timo Becker | Defender | 27 | 33 |
| Fiete Arp | Midfielder | 27 | 30 |
| Timon Weiner | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Andu Kelati | Midfielder | 15 | no rating |
| Max Geschwill | Defender | 12 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Tah | Defender | 90 | 75 |
| Emiliano Buendía | Forward | 20 | 73 |
| Granit Xhaka ★ | Midfielder | 90 | 71 |
| Patrik Schick | Forward | 83 | 69 |
| Piero Hincapié | Defender | 90 | 67 |
| Amine Adli | Forward | 70 | 66 |
| Robert Andrich | Midfielder | 90 | 61 |
| Edmond Tapsoba | Defender | 90 | 59 |
| Florian Wirtz | Midfielder | 90 | 55 |
| Alejandro Grimaldo | Defender | 90 | 49 |
| Jeremie Frimpong | Defender | 83 | 35 |
| Matej Kovar | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Nordi Mukiele | Defender | 7 | no rating |
| Victor Boniface | Forward | 7 | 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.