Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-1 Schalke 04: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 15 November 2008

Result

Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-1 Schalke 04

Bundesliga · Saturday 15 November 2008, 14:30 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-1 Schalke 04: match report

Bayer 04 Leverkusen beat Schalke 04 2-1 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 15 November 2008. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Stefan Kießling opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Bayer 04 Leverkusen's goals came from Stefan Kießling (30') and Patrick Helmes (41'). Schalke 04 scored through Kevin Kuranyi (85').

Discipline: Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Schalke 04 received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bayer 04 Leverkusen were 1st on 25 points from 12 and Schalke 04 6th on 20 points from 12. Bayer 04 Leverkusen went on to finish that season 9th with 49 points, and Schalke 04 8th with 50.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen wins, 2 draws and 1 for Schalke 04.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Goal · Stefan KießlingBayer 04 Leverkusen · 1-0
  • 41'Goal · Patrick HelmesBayer 04 Leverkusen · 2-0
  • 42'Yellow card · Tore André FloSchalke 04
  • 59'Yellow card · Gonzalo CastroBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 65'Yellow card · Marcelo BordonSchalke 04
  • 67'Second yellow · Gonzalo CastroBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 82'Yellow card · Orlando EngelaarSchalke 04
  • 84'Yellow card · Sascha DumBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 85'Goal · Kevin KuranyiSchalke 04 · 2-1

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3, draws 2, Schalke 04 1.

Team news

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

René Adler, Henrique, Manuel Friedrich, Michal Kadlec, Simon Rolfes, Tranquillo Barnetta, Renato Augusto, Arturo Vidal, Gonzalo Castro, Stefan Kießling, Patrick Helmes

Schalke 04 line-up (4-1-2-3)

Manuel Neuer, Heiko Westermann, Levan Kobiashvili, Marcelo Bordon, Tore André Flo, Fabian Ernst, Jermaine Jones, Halil Altıntop, Orlando Engelaar, Kevin Kuranyi, Jefferson Farfán