Hertha BSC 2-1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: result and report

Bundesliga · Wednesday 20 September 2017

Result

Hertha BSC 2-1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Bundesliga · Wednesday 20 September 2017, 18:30 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Hertha BSC 2-1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: match report

Hertha BSC defeated Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-1 in the Bundesliga on Wednesday 20 September 2017. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Mathew Leckie opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Hertha BSC's goals came from Mathew Leckie (16') and S. Kalou (24'). Bayer 04 Leverkusen scored through Julian Brandt (84').

Discipline: Hertha BSC received 1 yellow card; Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Hertha BSC were 12th on 5 points from 4 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 14th on 4 points from 4. Hertha BSC went on to finish that season 10th with 43 points, and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 5th with 55.

Hertha BSC lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Vedad Ibišević of Hertha BSC (7.8), ahead of Niklas Stark (7.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Hertha BSC win, 2 draws and 7 for Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · Mathew LeckieHertha BSC · 1-0
  • 24'Goal · S. KalouHertha BSC · 2-0
  • 44'Yellow card · Kevin VollandBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 55'Yellow card · Panagiotis RetsosBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 84'Goal · Julian BrandtBayer 04 Leverkusen · 2-1
  • 89'Yellow card · Rune JarsteinHertha BSC

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Hertha BSC 1, draws 2, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 7.

Team news

Hertha BSC line-up (4-2-3-1)

Rune Jarstein, Mitchell Weiser, Niklas Stark, Karim Rekik, Marvin Plattenhardt, Vladimír Darida, P. Skjelbred, Mathew Leckie, Ondrej Duda, Salomon Armand Magloire Kalou, Vedad Ibišević

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

Bernd Leno, Lars Bender, Panagiotis Retsos, Sven Bender, Wendell, Karim Bellarabi, Dominik Kohr, Charles Aránguiz, Julian Brandt, Kai Havertz, Kevin Volland