Bayer 04 Leverkusen 5-2 TSG Hoffenheim: result and report
Bundesliga · Saturday 30 August 2008
Result
Bayer 04 Leverkusen 5-2 TSG Hoffenheim
Bundesliga · Saturday 30 August 2008, 13:30 UTC · half-time 3-1
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Bayer 04 Leverkusen 5-2 TSG Hoffenheim: match report
Bayer 04 Leverkusen defeated TSG Hoffenheim 5-2 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 30 August 2008. It was 3-1 at half-time.
Karim Haggui opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Bayer 04 Leverkusen's goals came from Karim Haggui (8'), Manuel Friedrich (17'), Stefan Kießling (36'), Tranquillo Barnetta (83') and Stefan Kießling (87'). TSG Hoffenheim scored through Vedad Ibišević (20') and Sejad Salihovic (58', penalty).
Discipline: Bayer 04 Leverkusen received no yellow cards; TSG Hoffenheim received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Bayer 04 Leverkusen were 8th on 3 points from 2 and TSG Hoffenheim 1st on 6 points from 2. Bayer 04 Leverkusen went on to finish that season 9th with 49 points, and TSG Hoffenheim 7th with 55.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and TSG Hoffenheim in a 4-3-1-2.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Karim Haggui
- 17'Goal · Manuel Friedrich
- 20'Goal · Vedad Ibišević
- 36'Goal · Stefan Kießling
- 58'Penalty goal · Sejad Salihovic
- 60'Yellow card · Luiz Gustavo
- 72'Yellow card · Selim Teber
- 83'Goal · Tranquillo Barnetta
- 87'Goal · Stefan Kießling
Team news
Bayer 04 Leverkusen line-up (4-3-1-2)
Benedikt Fernandez, Karim Haggui, Henrique, Manuel Friedrich, Tohouri Zahoui Constant Djakpa, Simon Rolfes, Tranquillo Barnetta, Renato Augusto, Arturo Vidal, Stefan Kießling, Patrick Helmes
TSG Hoffenheim line-up (4-3-1-2)
Ramazan Özcan, Marvin Compper, Per Nilsson, Matthias Jaissle, Tobias Weis, Luiz Gustavo, Sejad Salihovic, Carlos Eduardo, Demba Ba, Vedad Ibišević, Andreas Beck