Werder Bremen 2-1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 15 October 2016

Result

Werder Bremen 2-1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Bundesliga · Saturday 15 October 2016, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Werder Bremen 2-1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: match report

Werder Bremen defeated Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-1 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 15 October 2016. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Zlatko Junuzović opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Werder Bremen's goals came from Zlatko Junuzović (13') and Ousman Manneh (59'). Bayer 04 Leverkusen scored through Hakan Calhanoglu (27').

Discipline: Werder Bremen received 2 yellow cards; Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Werder Bremen were 16th on 4 points from 6 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 9th on 10 points from 6. Werder Bremen went on to finish that season 8th with 45 points, and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 12th with 41.

Werder Bremen lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Kevin Kampl of Bayer 04 Leverkusen (7.8), level with Benjamin Henrichs (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Werder Bremen wins, 2 draws and 5 for Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Zlatko JunuzovićWerder Bremen · 1-0
  • 27'Goal · Hakan CalhanogluBayer 04 Leverkusen · 1-1
  • 52'Yellow card · Izet HajrovicWerder Bremen
  • 55'Yellow card · Charles AránguizBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 59'Goal · Ousman MannehWerder Bremen · 2-1
  • 69'Yellow card · WendellBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Ousman MannehWerder Bremen

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Werder Bremen 3, draws 2, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 5.

Team news

Werder Bremen line-up (4-1-4-1)

Felix Wiedwald, Theodor Gebre Selassie, Lamine Sané, Niklas Moisander, Santiago García, Florian Grillitsch, Izet Hajrovic, Clemens Fritz, Zlatko Junuzović, Serge Gnabry, Ousman Manneh

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

Bernd Leno, Benjamin Henrichs, Jonathan Tah, Ömer Toprak, Wendell, Julian Brandt, Charles Aránguiz, Kevin Kampl, Hakan Çalhanoğlu, Kevin Volland, Javier Hernández Balcázar