Hannover 96 2-1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: result and report

Bundesliga · Sunday 9 December 2012

Result

Hannover 96 2-1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Bundesliga · Sunday 9 December 2012, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Hannover 96 2-1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: match report

Hannover 96 won against Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-1 in the Bundesliga on Sunday 9 December 2012. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Gonzalo Castro opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Hannover 96's goals came from Szabolcs Huszti (20', penalty), Mame Diouf (57') and Szabolcs Huszti (69', penalty). Bayer 04 Leverkusen scored through Gonzalo Castro (2') and Stefan Kießling (58').

Discipline: Hannover 96 received no yellow cards; Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Hannover 96 were 12th on 20 points from 15 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2nd on 30 points from 15. Hannover 96 went on to finish that season 8th with 46 points, and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2nd with 65.

Hannover 96 lined up in a 4-4-2 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in a 4-3-2-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Hannover 96 win, 3 draws and 6 for Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Gonzalo CastroBayer 04 Leverkusen · 0-1
  • 20'Penalty goal · Szabolcs HusztiHannover 96 · 1-1
  • 41'Yellow card · Gonzalo CastroBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 57'Goal · Mame DioufHannover 96 · 2-1
  • 58'Goal · Stefan KießlingBayer 04 Leverkusen · 2-2
  • 68'Yellow card · Stefan ReinartzBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 69'Penalty goal · Szabolcs HusztiHannover 96 · 3-2
  • 89'Yellow card · Daniel CarvajalBayer 04 Leverkusen

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Hannover 96 1, draws 3, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 6.

Team news

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

Ron-Robert Zieler, Mario Eggimann, Steven Cherundolo, Christian Schulz, Sérgio Pinto, Manuel Schmiedebach, Szabolcs Huszti, Didier Ya Konan, Jan Schlaudraff, Mame Diouf, Konstantin Rausch

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

Bernd Leno, Philipp Wollscheid, Manuel Friedrich, Daniel Carvajal, Stefan Reinartz, Simon Rolfes, Lars Bender, Andre Schürrle, Hajime Hosogai, Gonzalo Castro, Stefan Kießling