Bayer Leverkusen stumble in the Bundesliga, relegation battle heats up 🔥 | OneFootball

Bayer Leverkusen drew 1-1 with Mainz and missed the chance to close in on the Bundesliga’s top four.

Leverkusen remains in sixth place with 40 points – Stuttgart, in fourth, has 43.

Meanwhile, Mainz picked up an important point in the fight against relegation – moving up to 14th, now with 23 points.

Fight against relegation

And it wasn’t just the draw between Mainz and Bayer Leverkusen that set the RELEGATION battle on FIRE.

Werder Bremen beat Heidenheim 2-0 at home and climbed to 16th place, with 22 points.

St. Pauli, meanwhile, beat Hoffenheim 1-0 away. With that, St. Pauli reached 23 points, in 15th position.

Finally, Borussia Mönchengladbach defeated Union Berlin 1-0 and jumped to 12th place, with 25 points.

Upcoming matches 🇩🇪

Matchday 24 will still have four games, with the highlight being Borussia Dortmund vs Bayern Munich, at 2:30 p.m. this Saturday (28).

In the middle of the week, Hamburg and Bayer Leverkusen will play a postponed match from Matchday 17, at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday (4).

Matchday 25 will be held between Friday (6) and Sunday (8) and will feature, among others, Bayern vs M'Gladbach, Freiburg vs Leverkusen, and Cologne vs Dortmund.

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

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