Nürnberg 1-2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: result and report
Bundesliga · Wednesday 26 September 2007
Result
Nürnberg 1-2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Bundesliga · Wednesday 26 September 2007, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Nürnberg 1-2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: match report
Nürnberg were beaten by Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1-2 in the Bundesliga on Wednesday 26 September 2007. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Stefan Kießling opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Nürnberg's goal came from Marek Mintal (73', penalty). Bayer 04 Leverkusen scored through Stefan Kießling (40') and Tranquillo Barnetta (76').
Discipline: Nürnberg received 1 yellow card; Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Nürnberg were 17th on 5 points from 6 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 5th on 11 points from 6. Nürnberg went on to finish that season 16th with 31 points, and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 7th with 51.
Nürnberg lined up in a 4-5-1 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Nürnberg win, 2 draws and 1 for Bayer 04 Leverkusen.
Going into the match Nürnberg's last five read L-D-D-L-W and Bayer 04 Leverkusen's W-W-D-W-L.
Key events
- 34'Yellow card · Sergej Barbarez
- 39'Yellow card · Javier Pinola
- 40'Goal · Stefan Kießling
- 57'Yellow card · A. Vidal
- 72'Yellow card · Stefan Kießling
- 73'Penalty goal · Marek Mintal
- 76'Goal · Tranquillo Barnetta
Head-to-head
Team news
Nürnberg line-up (4-5-1)
Jaromír Blazek, Michael Beauchamp, Matthew Špiranović, Tomas Galasek, Zvjezdan Misimović, Jan Dalgas Kristiansen, Peer Kluge, Angelos Charisteas, Marek Mintal, Javier Pinola, Dominik Reinhardt
Bayer 04 Leverkusen line-up (4-3-3)
René Adler, Karim Haggui, Manuel Friedrich, Vratislav Gresko, Simon Rolfes, Tranquillo Barnetta, Arturo Vidal, Gonzalo Castro, Stefan Kießling, S. Barbarez, Theofanis Gekas