Werder Bremen 1-3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: result and report

Bundesliga · Wednesday 28 November 2012

Result

Werder Bremen 1-3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Bundesliga · Wednesday 28 November 2012, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Werder Bremen 1-3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: match report

Werder Bremen lost to Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1-3 in the Bundesliga on Wednesday 28 November 2012. The half-time score was 0-1.

Gonzalo Castro opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Werder Bremen's goal came from Nils Petersen (54'). Bayer 04 Leverkusen scored through Gonzalo Castro (31'), Gonzalo Castro (52'), Simon Rolfes (74') and Jens Hegeler (79').

Discipline: Werder Bremen received 5 yellow cards; Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Werder Bremen were 10th on 18 points from 13 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 5th on 24 points from 13. Werder Bremen went on to finish that season 14th with 34 points, and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2nd with 65.

Werder Bremen lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in a 4-3-2-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Werder Bremen wins, 6 draws and 2 for Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

Going into the match Werder Bremen's last five read D-W-L-W-D and Bayer 04 Leverkusen's W-W-L-W-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 31'Goal · Gonzalo CastroBayer 04 Leverkusen · 0-1
  • 41'Yellow card · Daniel CarvajalBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 48'Yellow card · Aleksandar IgnjovskiWerder Bremen
  • 52'Goal · Gonzalo CastroBayer 04 Leverkusen · 0-2
  • 54'Goal · Nils PetersenWerder Bremen · 1-2
  • 64'Yellow card · Zlatko JunuzovićWerder Bremen
  • 64'Yellow card · Zlatko JunuzovićWerder Bremen
  • 74'Goal · Simon RolfesBayer 04 Leverkusen · 1-3
  • 79'Goal · Jens HegelerBayer 04 Leverkusen · 1-4
  • 82'Yellow card · Clemens FritzWerder Bremen
  • 82'Yellow card · Clemens FritzWerder Bremen

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Werder Bremen 2, draws 6, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2.

Team news

Werder Bremen line-up (4-1-4-1)

Aaron Hunt, Zlatko Junuzović, Aleksandar Ignjovski, Sokratis, Theodor Gebre Selassie, Sebastian Mielitz, Kevin De Bruyne, Eljero Elia, Sebastian Prödl, Nils Petersen, Niclas Füllkrug

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

Philipp Wollscheid, Simon Rolfes, Lars Bender, Daniel Carvajal, Ömer Toprak, Bernd Leno, Stefan Reinartz, Andre Schürrle, Hajime Hosogai, Stefan Kießling, Gonzalo Castro