Hannover 96 4-4 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: result and report

Bundesliga · Sunday 17 December 2017

Result

Hannover 96 4-4 Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Bundesliga · Sunday 17 December 2017, 14:30 UTC · half-time 3-2

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Hannover 96 4-4 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: match report

Hannover 96 drew with Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4-4 in the Bundesliga on Sunday 17 December 2017. It was 3-2 at half-time.

Julian Brandt opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Hannover 96's goals came from Ihlas Bebou (12'), Niclas Füllkrug (21', penalty), Felix Klaus (45') and Julian Korb (83'). Bayer 04 Leverkusen scored through Julian Brandt (11'), A. Mehmedi (25'), L. Bailey (47') and L. Bailey (67').

Discipline: Hannover 96 received no yellow cards; Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Hannover 96 were 10th on 22 points from 16 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 6th on 27 points from 16. Hannover 96 went on to finish that season 13th with 39 points, and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 5th with 55.

Hannover 96 lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Leon Bailey of Bayer 04 Leverkusen (8.8), ahead of Felix Klaus (8.5).

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Julian BrandtBayer 04 Leverkusen · 0-1
  • 12'Goal · Ihlas BebouHannover 96 · 1-1
  • 21'Penalty goal · Niclas FüllkrugHannover 96 · 2-1
  • 25'Goal · A. MehmediBayer 04 Leverkusen · 2-2
  • 45'Goal · Felix KlausHannover 96 · 3-2
  • 47'Goal · L. BaileyBayer 04 Leverkusen · 3-3
  • 54'Yellow card · A. MehmediBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 67'Goal · L. BaileyBayer 04 Leverkusen · 3-4
  • 83'Goal · Julian KorbHannover 96 · 4-4

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Hannover 96 1, draws 2, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 7.

Team news

Hannover 96 line-up (3-4-2-1)

Philipp Tschauner, Oliver Sorg, Salif Sané, Waldemar Anton, Julian Korb, Pirmin Schwegler, Iver Fossum, Matthias Ostrzolek, Felix Klaus, Ihlas Bebou, Niclas Füllkrug

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

Bernd Leno, Benjamin Henrichs, Jonathan Tah, Sven Bender, Panagiotis Retsos, Lars Bender, Kai Havertz, Karim Bellarabi, Admir Mehmedi, Julian Brandt, Lucas Alario