Werder Bremen 5-2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 15 December 2007

Result

Werder Bremen 5-2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Bundesliga · Saturday 15 December 2007, 14:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Werder Bremen 5-2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: match report

Werder Bremen defeated Bayer 04 Leverkusen 5-2 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 15 December 2007. The half-time score was 1-1.

Tranquillo Barnetta opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Werder Bremen's goals came from Ivan Klasnic (30'), Diego (50'), Clemens Fritz (57'), Ivan Klasnic (63') and Markus Rosenberg (69'). Bayer 04 Leverkusen scored through Tranquillo Barnetta (6') and Stefan Kießling (76').

Discipline: Werder Bremen received 3 yellow cards; Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Werder Bremen were 2nd on 33 points from 16 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4th on 30 points from 16. Werder Bremen went on to finish that season 2nd with 66 points, and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 7th with 51.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Werder Bremen wins, 1 draw and 0 for Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Tranquillo BarnettaBayer 04 Leverkusen · 0-1
  • 11'Yellow card · Karim HagguiBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 30'Goal · Ivan KlasnicWerder Bremen · 1-1
  • 42'Yellow card · Vratislav GreskoBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 42'Yellow card · Aaron HuntWerder Bremen
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Clemens FritzWerder Bremen
  • 49'Yellow card · Gonzalo CastroBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 50'Goal · DiegoWerder Bremen · 2-1
  • 57'Goal · Clemens FritzWerder Bremen · 3-1
  • 63'Goal · Ivan KlasnicWerder Bremen · 4-1
  • 69'Goal · Markus RosenbergWerder Bremen · 5-1
  • 71'Yellow card · Sergej BarbarezBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 76'Goal · Stefan KießlingBayer 04 Leverkusen · 5-2
  • 85'Yellow card · Leon AndreasenWerder Bremen

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Werder Bremen 3, draws 1, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0.

Team news

Werder Bremen line-up (4-4-2)

Tim Wiese, Petri Pasanen, Naldo, Per Mertesacker, Jurica Vranjes, Clemens Fritz, Mikkel Rygaard Jensen, Tim Borowski, Markus Rosenberg, Ivan Klasnic, Diego

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

René Adler, Karim Haggui, Manuel Friedrich, Hans Adu Sarpei, Vratislav Gresko, Simon Rolfes, Tranquillo Barnetta, Slawomir Freier, Gonzalo Castro, Stefan Kießling, S. Barbarez