Bayer Leverkusen 5–2 1. FC Nürnberg
Bayer Leverkusen
5–2HT 1–2
1. FC Nürnberg
Bayer Leverkusen played 1. FC Nürnberg in the DFB Pokal on 28 October 2026 at BayArena. The match finished 5–2.
Goals and cards
- 13'Rafael Lubach (assist by William Bøving)
- 30'Sigurd Haugen (assist by William Bøving)
- 41'Edmond Tapsoba (assist by Aleix García)
- 49'Edmond Tapsoba
- 70'Patrik Schick
- 73'Equi Fernández — Yellow card
- 78'Jonas Hofmann (assist by Aleix García)
- 81'Giannis Masouras — Yellow card
- 86'Lucas Vázquez — Yellow card
- 89'Lucas Vázquez
Line-ups
Bayer Leverkusen 4-2-3-1
- J. Blaswich
- Lucas Vázquez
- E. Tapsoba
- F. Medina
- Miguel Gutiérrez
- R. Andrich
- Aleix García
- J. Hofmann
- M. Tillman
- Afonso Moreira
- N. Tella
- SUBSTITUTES
- V. Boniface
- M. Culbreath
- K. Doganay
- E. Fernández
- M. Flekken
- I. Maza
- T. Oermann
- J. Quansah
- P. Schick
- COACHES: Carles Martínez
1. FC Nürnberg 4-2-2-2
- J. Reichert
- T. Janisch
- A. Kalogeropoulos
- F. Otto
- Andrea Ceresoli
- A. Marhiev
- J. Fernandez
- J. Justvan
- Rafael Lubach
- W. Bøving
- S. Haugen
- SUBSTITUTES
- R. Ghrieb
- Robin Lisewski
- G. Masouras
- S. Mkrtchyan
- Can Yaha Moustfa
- E. Porstner
- P. Scobel
- Marko Soldic
- M. Kornwachs Barjuan
- COACHES: M. Klose
Match statistics
| Bayer Leverkusen | 1. FC Nürnberg | |
|---|---|---|
| 534 | Accurate passes | 349 |
| 18 | Shots inside box | 2 |
| 6 | Shots outside box | 3 |
| 8 | Blocked shots | 2 |
| 7 | Free kicks | 10 |
| 10 | Shots on goal | 3 |
| 1 | Saves | 5 |
| 6 | Shots off goal | 0 |
| 2 | Offsides | 0 |
| 604 | Total passes | 423 |
| 24 | Total shots | 5 |
| 2 | Yellow cards | 1 |
| 13 | Corners | 3 |
| 10 | Fouls | 8 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 59% | Possession | 41% |
| 3.06 | Expected Goals (xG) | 1.02 |