Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-0 Hannover 96: result and report

Bundesliga · Sunday 9 March 2008

Result

Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-0 Hannover 96

Bundesliga · Sunday 9 March 2008, 16:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-0 Hannover 96: match report

Bayer 04 Leverkusen defeated Hannover 96 2-0 in the Bundesliga on Sunday 9 March 2008. The half-time score was 2-0.

Theofanis Gekas opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Bayer 04 Leverkusen's goals came from Theofanis Gekas (30') and Tranquillo Barnetta (39'). Hannover 96 did not score.

Discipline: Bayer 04 Leverkusen received no yellow cards; Hannover 96 received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Bayer 04 Leverkusen were 4th on 38 points from 22 and Hannover 96 10th on 32 points from 22. Bayer 04 Leverkusen went on to finish that season 7th with 51 points, and Hannover 96 8th with 49.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Hannover 96 in a 4-1-3-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen win, 3 draws and 1 for Hannover 96.

Going into the match Bayer 04 Leverkusen's last five read L-W-D-D-W and Hannover 96's W-L-L-D-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Goal · Theofanis GekasBayer 04 Leverkusen · 1-0
  • 39'Goal · Tranquillo BarnettaBayer 04 Leverkusen · 2-0
  • 51'Yellow card · Sérgio PintoHannover 96

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1, draws 3, Hannover 96 1.

Team news

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

René Adler, Karim Haggui, Manuel Friedrich, Vratislav Gresko, Simon Rolfes, Tranquillo Barnetta, Arturo Vidal, Bernd Schneider, Gonzalo Castro, Stefan Kießling, Theofanis Gekas

Hannover 96 line-up (4-1-3-2)

Robert Enke, Steven Cherundolo, Michael Tarnat, Sérgio Pinto, Szabolcs Huszti, Hanno Balitsch, Mike Hanke, Benjamin Lauth, Vinícius Bergantin, Valérien Ismaël, Christian Schulz