Hamburger SV 3-2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: result and report

Europa League · Wednesday 12 March 2008

Result

Hamburger SV 3-2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Europa League · Wednesday 12 March 2008, 16:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

Hamburger SV · Bayer 04 Leverkusen · Europa League predictions

Hamburger SV 3-2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: match report

Hamburger SV beat Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3-2 in the Europa League on Wednesday 12 March 2008. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Sergej Barbarez opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Hamburger SV's goals came from Piotr Trochowski (53'), Paolo Guerrero (64') and Rafael van der Vaart (80'). Bayer 04 Leverkusen scored through Sergej Barbarez (18') and Theofanis Gekas (55').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Hamburger SV were 1st on 24 points from 11 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 9th on 19 points from 9. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Hamburger SV lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in a 4-2-3-1.

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

Going into the match Hamburger SV's last five read L-D-W-D-W and Bayer 04 Leverkusen's W-W-D-W-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Goal · Sergej BarbarezBayer 04 Leverkusen · 0-1
  • 53'Goal · Piotr TrochowskiHamburger SV · 1-1
  • 55'Goal · Theofanis GekasBayer 04 Leverkusen · 1-2
  • 64'Goal · Paolo GuerreroHamburger SV · 2-2
  • 80'Goal · Rafael van der VaartHamburger SV · 3-2

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Hamburger SV 3, draws 2, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2.

Team news

Hamburger SV expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Frank Rost, Joris Mathijsen, Jérôme Boateng, Guy Demel, Rafael van der Vaart, David Jarolím, Nigel de Jong, Piotr Trochowski, Ivica Olić, Paolo Guerrero, Bastian Reinhardt

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

René Adler, Manuel Friedrich, Karim Haggui, Vratislav Gresko, Gonzalo Castro, Simon Rolfes, Tranquillo Barnetta, Bernd Schneider, Stefan Kießling, S. Barbarez