Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-3 Borussia Dortmund: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 16 August 2008

Result

Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-3 Borussia Dortmund

Bundesliga · Saturday 16 August 2008, 13:30 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-3 Borussia Dortmund: match report

Bayer 04 Leverkusen lost to Borussia Dortmund 2-3 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 16 August 2008. The half-time score was 1-2.

Nelson Valdez opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Bayer 04 Leverkusen's goals came from Patrick Helmes (21') and Stefan Kießling (83'). Borussia Dortmund scored through Nelson Valdez (4'), Florian Kringe (37') and Neven Subotić (49').

Discipline: Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 3 yellow cards; Borussia Dortmund received 2 yellow cards.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen went on to finish that season 9th with 49 points, and Borussia Dortmund 6th with 59.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen lined up in a 4-4-2 and Borussia Dortmund in a 4-3-1-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Bayer 04 Leverkusen wins, 1 draw and 1 for Borussia Dortmund.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Nelson ValdezBorussia Dortmund · 0-1
  • 10'Yellow card · Neven SubotićBorussia Dortmund
  • 21'Goal · Patrick HelmesBayer 04 Leverkusen · 1-1
  • 37'Goal · Florian KringeBorussia Dortmund · 1-2
  • 49'Goal · Neven SubotićBorussia Dortmund · 1-3
  • 55'Yellow card · Renato AugustoBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 74'Yellow card · Sebastian KehlBorussia Dortmund
  • 83'Goal · Stefan KießlingBayer 04 Leverkusen · 2-3
  • 87'Yellow card · C. DjakpaBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Manuel FriedrichBayer 04 Leverkusen

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4, draws 1, Borussia Dortmund 1.

Team news

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

Benedikt Fernandez, Henrique, Manuel Friedrich, Tohouri Zahoui Constant Djakpa, Simon Rolfes, Tranquillo Barnetta, Renato Augusto, Arturo Vidal, Gonzalo Castro, Stefan Kießling, Patrick Helmes

Borussia Dortmund expected line-up (4-3-1-2)

Marcel Höttecke, Robert Kovač, Dedé, Marc-Andre Kruska, Tinga, Florian Kringe, Giovanni Federico, Jakub Błaszczykowski, Mladen Petric, Alex Frei