Nürnberg 1-2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: result and report

Bundesliga · Wednesday 26 September 2007

Result

Nürnberg 1-2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Bundesliga · Wednesday 26 September 2007, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Nürnberg 1-2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: match report

Nürnberg were beaten by Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1-2 in the Bundesliga on Wednesday 26 September 2007. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Stefan Kießling opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Nürnberg's goal came from Marek Mintal (73', penalty). Bayer 04 Leverkusen scored through Stefan Kießling (40') and Tranquillo Barnetta (76').

Discipline: Nürnberg received 1 yellow card; Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Nürnberg were 17th on 5 points from 6 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 5th on 11 points from 6. Nürnberg went on to finish that season 16th with 31 points, and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 7th with 51.

Nürnberg lined up in a 4-5-1 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in a 4-3-3.

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 34'Yellow card · Sergej BarbarezBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 39'Yellow card · Javier PinolaNürnberg
  • 40'Goal · Stefan KießlingBayer 04 Leverkusen · 0-1
  • 57'Yellow card · A. VidalBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 72'Yellow card · Stefan KießlingBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 73'Penalty goal · Marek MintalNürnberg · 1-1
  • 76'Goal · Tranquillo BarnettaBayer 04 Leverkusen · 1-2

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Nürnberg line-up (4-5-1)

Jaromír Blazek, Michael Beauchamp, Matthew Špiranović, Tomas Galasek, Zvjezdan Misimović, Jan Dalgas Kristiansen, Peer Kluge, Angelos Charisteas, Marek Mintal, Javier Pinola, Dominik Reinhardt

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

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