Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-4 Borussia Dortmund: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 29 September 2018

Result

Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-4 Borussia Dortmund

Bundesliga · Saturday 29 September 2018, 16:30 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-4 Borussia Dortmund: match report

Bayer 04 Leverkusen were beaten by Borussia Dortmund 2-4 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 29 September 2018. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Mitchell Weiser opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Bayer 04 Leverkusen's goals came from Mitchell Weiser (9') and Jonathan Tah (39'). Borussia Dortmund scored through Jacob Bruun Larsen (65'), Marco Reus (69'), Paco Alcácer (85') and Paco Alcácer (90+4').

Discipline: Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 1 yellow card; Borussia Dortmund received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Bayer 04 Leverkusen were 12th on 6 points from 5 and Borussia Dortmund 3rd on 11 points from 5. Bayer 04 Leverkusen went on to finish that season 4th with 58 points, and Borussia Dortmund 2nd with 76.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Borussia Dortmund in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jadon Sancho of Borussia Dortmund (8.5), level with Paco Alcácer (8.5).

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Yellow card · Thomas DelaneyBorussia Dortmund
  • 9'Goal · Mitchell WeiserBayer 04 Leverkusen · 1-0
  • 39'Goal · Jonathan TahBayer 04 Leverkusen · 2-0
  • 65'Goal · Jacob Bruun LarsenBorussia Dortmund · 2-1
  • 69'Goal · Marco ReusBorussia Dortmund · 2-2
  • 85'Goal · Paco AlcácerBorussia Dortmund · 2-3
  • 88'Yellow card · WendellBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 90+4'Goal · Paco AlcácerBorussia Dortmund · 2-4

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3, draws 3, Borussia Dortmund 4.

Team news

Bayer 04 Leverkusen line-up (4-2-3-1)

Lukas Hradecky, Mitchell Weiser, Jonathan Tah, Sven Bender, Wendell, Dominik Kohr, Lars Bender, Kevin Volland, Kai Havertz, Julian Brandt, Lucas Alario

Borussia Dortmund line-up (4-2-3-1)

Roman Bürki, Achraf Hakimi, Manuel Akanji, Dan-Axel Zagadou, Abdou Diallo, Thomas Delaney, Axel Witsel, Christian Pulisic, Marco Reus, Jacob Bruun Larsen, Maximilian Philipp