Werder Bremen 2-6 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: result and report

Bundesliga · Sunday 28 October 2018

Result

Werder Bremen 2-6 Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Bundesliga · Sunday 28 October 2018, 17:00 UTC · half-time 0-3

Werder Bremen · Bayer 04 Leverkusen · Bundesliga predictions

Werder Bremen 2-6 Bayer 04 Leverkusen: match report

Werder Bremen were beaten by Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2-6 in the Bundesliga on Sunday 28 October 2018. It was 0-3 at half-time.

Kevin Volland opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Werder Bremen's goals came from Claudio Pizarro (60') and Yuya Osako (62'). Bayer 04 Leverkusen scored through Kevin Volland (8'), Julian Brandt (38'), Karim Bellarabi (45'), Kai Havertz (67'), Aleksandar Dragovic (72') and Kai Havertz (77').

Discipline: Werder Bremen received 2 yellow cards; Bayer 04 Leverkusen received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Werder Bremen were 4th on 17 points from 8 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 14th on 8 points from 8. Werder Bremen went on to finish that season 8th with 53 points, and Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4th with 58.

Werder Bremen lined up in a 3-5-2 and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Kevin Volland of Bayer 04 Leverkusen (9.2), ahead of Kai Havertz (8.8).

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Kevin VollandBayer 04 Leverkusen · 0-1
  • 24'Yellow card · Kevin VollandBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 38'Goal · Julian BrandtBayer 04 Leverkusen · 0-2
  • 42'Yellow card · Sebastian LangkampWerder Bremen
  • 45'Goal · Karim BellarabiBayer 04 Leverkusen · 0-3
  • 48'Yellow card · Jonathan TahBayer 04 Leverkusen
  • 60'Goal · Claudio PizarroWerder Bremen · 1-3
  • 61'Yellow card · Miloš VeljkovićWerder Bremen
  • 62'Goal · Yuya OsakoWerder Bremen · 2-3
  • 67'Goal · Kai HavertzBayer 04 Leverkusen · 2-4
  • 72'Goal · Aleksandar DragovicBayer 04 Leverkusen · 2-5
  • 77'Goal · Kai HavertzBayer 04 Leverkusen · 2-6

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Werder Bremen 4, draws 3, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3.

Team news

Werder Bremen line-up (3-5-2)

Jiri Pavlenka, Milos Veljkovic, Sebastian Langkamp, Marco Friedl, Theodor Gebre Selassie, Maximilian Eggestein, Nuri Şahin, Davy Klaassen, Ludwig Augustinsson, Yuya Osako, Zoran Zekic

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

Lukas Hradecky, Jonathan Tah, Sven Bender, Aleksandar Dragovic, Mitchell Weiser, Kai Havertz, Lars Bender, Wendell, Karim Bellarabi, Kevin Volland, Julian Brandt