Match Report
Bayer 04 Leverkusen went into the game 1st in the table on 13 points; Rosenborg sat 3rd on 6 — a 7-point gap. Rosenborg ranked just 40th in the league on five-round form despite their 3rd table position. Per game in the league, Bayer 04 Leverkusen were scoring 1.5 and conceding 0.33, Rosenborg 1.17 and 1.67, against a competition average of 1.32 goals per team per game.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen had won three straight. Bayer 04 Leverkusen had banked 12 of the last 15 points on offer; Rosenborg, 6.
The match was played at BayArena in Leverkusen (capacity 30,210). With 21 matches recorded and 0.1 yellow cards per game, L. Trattos was the man in the middle. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 1-0 full-time score.