Match Report
Werder Bremen, 15th on 32 points, faced a 27-point deficit to Bayer 04 Leverkusen (6th, 59). Scoring rates set the scale: Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2 scored and 1.38 conceded per game, Werder Bremen 1.09 and 1.76, with the league averaging 1.62.
Defeat had followed defeat for Bayer 04 Leverkusen — three in succession. Werder Bremen had gone 8 games without a win.
33 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Bayer 04 Leverkusen 12, draws 14, Werder Bremen 7, at 3.24 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 30% of the meetings went to the host. History points to goals: 64% of the meetings had three or more, and both sides scored in 67%.
The match was played at BayArena (capacity 30,210). Bayer 04 Leverkusen led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-0.
Goal scorers
Bayer 04 Leverkusen: Lucas Vázquez (37')
Key stats
Possession: Bayer 04 Leverkusen 50% · Werder Bremen 50% · Total shots: 13-17 · On target: 4-3 · Corners: 5-5