Werder Bremen 2-3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: result and report

Bundesliga · Sunday 12 March 2023

Result

Werder Bremen 2-3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Bundesliga · Sunday 12 March 2023, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Werder Bremen 2-3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: match report

Werder Bremen were beaten by Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-3 in the Bundesliga on Sunday 12 March 2023. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Marvin Ducksch opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Werder Bremen's goals came from Marvin Ducksch (30') and Niclas Füllkrug (86', penalty). Bayer 04 Leverkusen scored through M. Bakker (34'), J. Frimpong (56') and Adam Hlozek (83').

Discipline: Werder Bremen received 2 yellow cards; Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Werder Bremen were 11th on 30 points from 23 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 9th on 31 points from 23. Werder Bremen went on to finish that season 13th with 36 points, and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 6th with 50.

Werder Bremen lined up in a 3-5-2 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jeremie Frimpong of Bayer 04 Leverkusen (8.5), ahead of Niclas Füllkrug (8.4).

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 30'Goal · Marvin DuckschWerder Bremen · 1-0
  • 34'Goal · M. BakkerBayer 04 Leverkusen · 1-1
  • 56'Goal · J. FrimpongBayer 04 Leverkusen · 1-2
  • 76'Yellow card · Niklas StarkWerder Bremen
  • 79'Yellow card · Niklas SchmidtWerder Bremen
  • 83'Goal · Adam HlozekBayer 04 Leverkusen · 1-3
  • 86'Penalty goal · Niclas FüllkrugWerder Bremen · 2-3
  • 89'Yellow card · Odilon KossounouBayer 04 Leverkusen

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Werder Bremen 1, draws 6, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3.

Team news

Werder Bremen line-up (3-5-2)

Jiri Pavlenka, Amos Pieper, Milos Veljkovic, Niklas Stark, Ilia Gruev, Mitchell Weiser, Niklas Schmidt, Jens Stage, Anthony Jung, Niclas Füllkrug, Marvin Ducksch

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

Lukas Hradecky, Odilon Kossounou, Jonathan Tah, Piero Hincapié, Jeremie Frimpong, Exequiel Palacios, Robert Andrich, Mitchel Bakker, Moussa Diaby, Amine Adli, Adam Hlozek