Eintracht Frankfurt 2-1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: result and report

Bundesliga · Sunday 16 December 2018

Result

Eintracht Frankfurt 2-1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Bundesliga · Sunday 16 December 2018, 17:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Eintracht Frankfurt · Bayer 04 Leverkusen · Bundesliga predictions

Eintracht Frankfurt 2-1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: match report

Eintracht Frankfurt won against Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-1 in the Bundesliga on Sunday 16 December 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Danny da Costa opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Eintracht Frankfurt's goals came from Danny da Costa (28') and Filip Kostić (57'). Bayer 04 Leverkusen scored through Karim Bellarabi (65').

Discipline: Eintracht Frankfurt received 6 yellow cards; Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Eintracht Frankfurt were 5th on 23 points from 14 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 11th on 18 points from 14. Eintracht Frankfurt went on to finish that season 7th with 54 points, and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4th with 58.

Eintracht Frankfurt lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Filip Kostic of Eintracht Frankfurt (9.6), ahead of Danny da Costa (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Eintracht Frankfurt wins, 1 draw and 6 for Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Yellow card · Jetro WillemsEintracht Frankfurt
  • 28'Goal · Danny da CostaEintracht Frankfurt · 1-0
  • 30'Yellow card · Evan NdickaEintracht Frankfurt
  • 32'Yellow card · Sébastien HallerEintracht Frankfurt
  • 57'Goal · Filip KostićEintracht Frankfurt · 2-0
  • 65'Goal · Karim BellarabiBayer 04 Leverkusen · 2-1
  • 81'Yellow card · Carlos SalcedoEintracht Frankfurt
  • 84'Yellow card · Karim BellarabiBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 86'Yellow card · Lucas AlarioBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 86'Yellow card · Gelson FernandesEintracht Frankfurt
  • 89'Yellow card · Mijat GacinovicEintracht Frankfurt

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Eintracht Frankfurt 3, draws 1, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 6.

Team news

Eintracht Frankfurt line-up (3-4-1-2)

Kevin Trapp, Carlos Salcedo, Simon Falette, Evan Ndicka, Danny da Costa, Gelson Fernandes, Jetro Willems, Filip Kostic, Mijat Gacinovic, Sébastien Haller, Ante Rebić

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

Lukas Hradecky, Mitchell Weiser, Jonathan Tah, Aleksandar Dragovic, Tin Jedvaj, Dominik Kohr, Charles Aránguiz, Karim Bellarabi, Kai Havertz, Julian Brandt, Kevin Volland