Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3-2 Hannover 96: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 12 May 2018

Result

Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3-2 Hannover 96

Bundesliga · Saturday 12 May 2018, 13:30 UTC · half-time 2-0

Bayer 04 Leverkusen · Hannover 96 · Bundesliga predictions

Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3-2 Hannover 96: match report

Bayer 04 Leverkusen defeated Hannover 96 3-2 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 12 May 2018. The half-time score was 2-0.

Lucas Alario opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Bayer 04 Leverkusen's goals came from Lucas Alario (3'), Lucas Alario (18') and Julian Brandt (55'). Hannover 96 scored through Niclas Füllkrug (90+1') and Martin Harnik (90+4').

Discipline: Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 2 yellow cards; Hannover 96 received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bayer 04 Leverkusen were 5th on 52 points from 33 and Hannover 96 13th on 39 points from 33. Bayer 04 Leverkusen went on to finish that season 5th with 55 points, and Hannover 96 13th with 39.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Hannover 96 in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Martin Harnik of Hannover 96 (8.5), ahead of Lars Bender (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Bayer 04 Leverkusen wins, 2 draws and 1 for Hannover 96.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Lucas AlarioBayer 04 Leverkusen · 1-0
  • 6'Missed penalty · WendellBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 14'Yellow card · Timo HübersHannover 96
  • 18'Goal · Lucas AlarioBayer 04 Leverkusen · 2-0
  • 34'Yellow card · Matthias OstrzolekHannover 96
  • 55'Goal · Julian BrandtBayer 04 Leverkusen · 3-0
  • 65'Yellow card · T. JedvajBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 79'Yellow card · Dominik KohrBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 90+1'Goal · Niclas FüllkrugHannover 96 · 3-1
  • 90+4'Goal · Martin HarnikHannover 96 · 3-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Bayer 04 Leverkusen 7, draws 2, Hannover 96 1.

Team news

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

Bernd Leno, Jonathan Tah, Lars Bender, Tin Jedvaj, Wendell, Leon Bailey, Julian Brandt, Julian Baumgartlinger, Charles Aránguiz, Kai Havertz, Lucas Alario

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

Michael Esser, Josip Elez, Timo Hübers, Salif Sané, Julian Korb, Marvin Bakalorz, Iver Fossum, Matthias Ostrzolek, Sebastian Maier, Martin Harnik, Niclas Füllkrug