VfB Stuttgart 0-2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: result and report

Bundesliga · Saturday 23 August 2008

Result

VfB Stuttgart 0-2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Bundesliga · Saturday 23 August 2008, 13:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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VfB Stuttgart 0-2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: match report

VfB Stuttgart were beaten by Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0-2 in the Bundesliga on Saturday 23 August 2008. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Patrick Helmes opened the scoring in the 35th minute. VfB Stuttgart did not score. Bayer 04 Leverkusen scored through Patrick Helmes (35') and Theofanis Gekas (78').

Discipline: VfB Stuttgart received 1 yellow card; Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 4 yellow cards.

VfB Stuttgart went on to finish that season 3rd with 64 points, and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 9th with 49.

VfB Stuttgart lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in a 4-3-1-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 VfB Stuttgart wins, 1 draw and 3 for Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 35'Goal · Patrick HelmesBayer 04 Leverkusen · 0-1
  • 42'Yellow card · Simon RolfesBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 64'Yellow card · Pavel Pardo SeguraVfB Stuttgart
  • 67'Yellow card · C. DjakpaBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 71'Yellow card · Stefan KießlingBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 78'Goal · Theofanis GekasBayer 04 Leverkusen · 0-2
  • 81'Yellow card · Gonzalo CastroBayer 04 Leverkusen

Head-to-head

6 meetings: VfB Stuttgart 2, draws 1, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3.

Team news

VfB Stuttgart line-up (4-3-1-2)

Jens Lehmann, Ricardo Osorio, Serdar Taşçı, Arthur Boka, Matthieu Delpierre, Roberto Hilbert, Jan Simák, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Pavel Pardo Segura, Ciprian Marica, Mario Gómez

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

Benedikt Fernandez, Henrique, Manuel Friedrich, Tohouri Zahoui Constant Djakpa, Simon Rolfes, Tranquillo Barnetta, Renato Augusto, Arturo Vidal, Gonzalo Castro, Stefan Kießling, Patrick Helmes