Schalke 04 1-2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: result and report

Bundesliga · Wednesday 19 December 2018

Result

Schalke 04 1-2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Bundesliga · Wednesday 19 December 2018, 17:30 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Schalke 04 1-2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: match report

Schalke 04 lost to Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1-2 in the Bundesliga on Wednesday 19 December 2018. The half-time score was 1-2.

Aleksandar Dragovic opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Schalke 04's goal came from Haji Wright (45+2'). Bayer 04 Leverkusen scored through Aleksandar Dragovic (26') and Lucas Alario (35').

Discipline: Schalke 04 received 4 yellow cards; Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Schalke 04 were 14th on 15 points from 15 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 11th on 18 points from 15. Schalke 04 went on to finish that season 14th with 33 points, and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4th with 58.

Schalke 04 lined up in a 4-4-2 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Weston McKennie of Schalke 04 (7.8), level with Aleksandar Dragovic (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Schalke 04 wins, 3 draws and 4 for Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Goal · Aleksandar DragovicBayer 04 Leverkusen · 0-1
  • 31'Yellow card · Amine HaritSchalke 04
  • 35'Goal · Lucas AlarioBayer 04 Leverkusen · 0-2
  • 45+2'Goal · Haji WrightSchalke 04 · 1-2
  • 53'Yellow card · Benjamin StambouliSchalke 04
  • 58'Yellow card · Suat SerdarSchalke 04
  • 63'Yellow card · Karim BellarabiBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 66'Yellow card · Julian BaumgartlingerBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 68'Yellow card · Lukas HradeckyBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 81'Yellow card · Weston McKennieSchalke 04
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Mitchell WeiserBayer 04 Leverkusen

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Schalke 04 3, draws 3, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4.

Team news

Schalke 04 line-up (4-4-2)

R. Fährmann, Daniel Caligiuri, Salif Sané, Matija Nastasić, Bastian Oczipka, Alessandro Schöpf, Benjamin Stambouli, Nabil Bentaleb, Amine Harit, Weston McKennie, Haji Wright

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

Lukas Hradecky, Mitchell Weiser, Jonathan Tah, Aleksandar Dragovic, Wendell, Dominik Kohr, Julian Baumgartlinger, Karim Bellarabi, Kai Havertz, Leon Bailey, Lucas Alario