Eintracht Frankfurt 2-1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 17 September 2016

Result

Eintracht Frankfurt 2-1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Bundesliga · Saturday 17 September 2016, 13:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Eintracht Frankfurt 2-1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: match report

Eintracht Frankfurt beat Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-1 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 17 September 2016. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Alexander Meier opened the scoring in the 53rd minute. Eintracht Frankfurt's goals came from Alexander Meier (53') and Marco Fabián (79'). Bayer 04 Leverkusen scored through Chicharito (60').

Discipline: Eintracht Frankfurt received 3 yellow cards; Bayer 04 Leverkusen received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Eintracht Frankfurt were 8th on 3 points from 2 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 6th on 3 points from 2. Eintracht Frankfurt went on to finish that season 11th with 42 points, and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 12th with 41.

Eintracht Frankfurt lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Marco Fabián of Eintracht Frankfurt (8.6), ahead of Alexander Meier (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Eintracht Frankfurt wins, 1 draw and 6 for Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 53'Goal · Alexander MeierEintracht Frankfurt · 1-0
  • 60'Goal · ChicharitoBayer 04 Leverkusen · 1-1
  • 68'Yellow card · Alexander MeierEintracht Frankfurt
  • 73'Yellow card · Marco FabiánEintracht Frankfurt
  • 79'Goal · Marco FabiánEintracht Frankfurt · 2-1
  • 87'Yellow card · Timothy ChandlerEintracht Frankfurt
  • 88'Missed penalty · ChicharitoBayer 04 Leverkusen

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Eintracht Frankfurt 3, draws 1, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 6.

Team news

Eintracht Frankfurt line-up (4-2-3-1)

Lukas Hradecky, Timothy Chandler, David Abraham, Jesús Vallejo, Bastian Oczipka, Makoto Hasebe, Szabolcs Huszti, Haris Seferovic, Marco Fabián, Mijat Gacinovic, Alexander Meier

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

Bernd Leno, Tin Jedvaj, Jonathan Tah, Ömer Toprak, Benjamin Henrichs, Julian Baumgartlinger, Kevin Kampl, Julian Brandt, Charles Aránguiz, Admir Mehmedi, Javier Hernández Balcázar