Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4-1 Nürnberg: result and report

Bundesliga · Sunday 16 March 2008

Result

Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4-1 Nürnberg

Bundesliga · Sunday 16 March 2008, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4-1 Nürnberg: match report

Bayer 04 Leverkusen won against Nürnberg 4-1 in the Bundesliga on Sunday 16 March 2008. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Karim Haggui opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Bayer 04 Leverkusen's goals came from Karim Haggui (6'), an own goal by Gláuber (56'), Theofanis Gekas (59') and Stefan Kießling (82'). Nürnberg scored through Zvjezdan Misimović (12').

Discipline: Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 2 yellow cards; Nürnberg received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Bayer 04 Leverkusen were 4th on 41 points from 23 and Nürnberg 17th on 18 points from 23. Bayer 04 Leverkusen went on to finish that season 7th with 51 points, and Nürnberg 16th with 31.

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

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Karim HagguiBayer 04 Leverkusen · 1-0
  • 12'Goal · Zvjezdan MisimovićNürnberg · 1-1
  • 29'Yellow card · Vratislav GreskoBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 51'Yellow card · Gonzalo CastroBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 56'Own goal · GláuberBayer 04 Leverkusen · 2-1
  • 59'Goal · Theofanis GekasBayer 04 Leverkusen · 3-1
  • 82'Goal · Stefan KießlingBayer 04 Leverkusen · 4-1
  • 87'Yellow card · Jaouhar MnariNürnberg

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2, draws 2, Nürnberg 1.

Team news

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

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

Nürnberg line-up (4-2-3-1)

Daniel Klewer, Gláuber, Andreas Wolf, Zvjezdan Misimović, Ivan Saenko, Jan Dalgas Kristiansen, Peer Kluge, Jaouhar Mnari, Jan Koller, Róbert Vittek, Dominik Reinhardt