Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1-2 Hertha BSC: result and report
Bundesliga · Sunday 4 December 2005
Result
Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1-2 Hertha BSC
Bundesliga · Sunday 4 December 2005, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1-2 Hertha BSC: match report
Bayer 04 Leverkusen lost to Hertha BSC 1-2 in the Bundesliga on Sunday 4 December 2005. The half-time score was 1-0.
Dimitar Berbatov opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Bayer 04 Leverkusen's goal came from Dimitar Berbatov (20'). Hertha BSC scored through Yildiray Basturk (58') and Marcelinho Paraíba (64').
Discipline: Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 2 yellow cards; Hertha BSC received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Bayer 04 Leverkusen were 11th on 17 points from 14 and Hertha BSC 5th on 22 points from 14. Bayer 04 Leverkusen went on to finish that season 5th with 52 points, and Hertha BSC 6th with 48.
Going into the match Bayer 04 Leverkusen's last five read L-D-W-D-D and Hertha BSC's D-L-W-D-W.
Key events
- 20'Goal · Dimitar Berbatov
- 30'Yellow card · J. Šimunić
- 45'Yellow card · Marko Babic
- 58'Goal · Yildiray Basturk
- 64'Goal · Marcelinho Paraíba
- 84'Yellow card · Dimitar Berbatov
Team news
Bayer 04 Leverkusen line-up
Hans-Jorg Butt, Juan, Simon Rolfes, Tranquillo Barnetta, Slawomir Freier, Clemens Fritz, Carsten Ramelow, Dimitar Berbatov, Andriy Voronin, Roque Júnior, Marko Babic
Hertha BSC line-up
Christian Fiedler, Arne Friedrich, Dick van Burik, Malik Fathi, Gilberto, Yildiray Basturk, Marcelinho Paraíba, Kevin-Prince Boateng, Marko Pantelic, Niko Kovač, Josip Simunic