Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3-2 Fortuna Düsseldorf: result and report
Bundesliga · Sunday 4 November 2012
Result
Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3-2 Fortuna Düsseldorf
Bundesliga · Sunday 4 November 2012, 14:30 UTC · half-time 2-1
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Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3-2 Fortuna Düsseldorf: match report
Bayer 04 Leverkusen defeated Fortuna Düsseldorf 3-2 in the Bundesliga on Sunday 4 November 2012. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Sidney Sam opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Bayer 04 Leverkusen's goals came from Sidney Sam (16'), Andre Schürrle (41') and Gonzalo Castro (66'). Fortuna Düsseldorf scored through Nando Rafael (40') and A. Bodzek (86').
Discipline: Bayer 04 Leverkusen received no yellow cards and 1 red card; Fortuna Düsseldorf received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Bayer 04 Leverkusen were 5th on 15 points from 9 and Fortuna Düsseldorf 15th on 10 points from 9. Bayer 04 Leverkusen went on to finish that season 2nd with 65 points, and Fortuna Düsseldorf 17th with 30.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen lined up in a 4-3-3 and Fortuna Düsseldorf in a 4-2-3-1.
Going into the match Bayer 04 Leverkusen's last five read W-D-D-W-W and Fortuna Düsseldorf's L-L-L-D-W.
Key events
- 16'Goal · Sidney Sam
- 40'Goal · Nando Rafael
- 41'Goal · Andre Schürrle
- 65'Red card · Simon Rolfes
- 66'Goal · Gonzalo Castro
- 84'Yellow card · Robbie Kruse
- 86'Goal · A. Bodzek
- 90+4'Yellow card · J. Langeneke
Team news
Bayer 04 Leverkusen line-up (4-3-3)
Michael Rensing, Manuel Friedrich, Daniel Carvajal, Ömer Toprak, Stefan Reinartz, Lars Bender, Andre Schürrle, Hajime Hosogai, Sidney Sam, Gonzalo Castro, Stefan Kießling
Fortuna Düsseldorf line-up (4-2-3-1)
Fabian Giefer, Juanan, Tobias Levels, Axel Bellinghausen, Adam Bodzek, Andreas Lambertz, Nando Rafael, D. Schahin, Robbie Kruse, J. Langeneke, Johannes van den Bergh