First huge shock: Bundesliga newcomers beat Bayer Leverkusen 😱 | OneFootball

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·29 August 2026

First huge shock: Bundesliga newcomers beat Bayer Leverkusen 😱

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Elversberg MADE HISTORY in German football this Saturday (29).

Playing in the Bundesliga for the first time ever, the club founded in 1907 beat Bayer Leverkusen 3-2.


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Elversberg also got off to a devastating start at the Waldstadion Kaiserlinde. Lukas Petkov opened the scoring after just 8 minutes.

And while the broadcast was still showing the replay, Cole Campbell took advantage of a defensive mistake and made it 2-0.

David Mokwa scored the home side’s third goal. Patrik Schick and Christian Kofane pulled two back late on.

With the result, Elversberg sit in THIRD PLACE, behind Bayern Munich and RB Leipzig on goal difference.

In the next round, Elversberg will visit Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Leverkusen, meanwhile, will look to bounce back against Union Berlin.

Both matches will be played next Saturday (5) at 10:30 a.m.


Other matches in 🇩🇪

Saturday morning (29) also featured four other Bundesliga matches.

RB Leipzig beat Borussia M'Gladbach 3-0 at home.

Cologne defeated Hoffenheim in a five-goal match: 3-2.

Union Berlin and Eintracht Frankfurt drew 3-3.

Mainz and Paderborn, meanwhile, played out the Bundesliga’s first 0-0 draw.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.


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