Bayer Leverkusen v RB Leipzig preview, visitors eye rare head-to-head win | OneFootball

RB Leipzig visit the BayArena on Sunday seeking only their second win in eight meetings with Bayer Leverkusen. The hosts did a league double last term, including a 4-1 home victory in May.

Leverkusen have three wins in five this season, though only one has come in the Bundesliga. They lost their opener to newly-promoted Elversberg, then thrashed Union Berlin 4-0.

At Augsburg, Christian Kofane struck early to put them ahead at half-time, but they ultimately needed Patrik Schick’s 89th-minute leveller to draw 1-1. That result left them seventh after three rounds.

A 2-0 Europa League win over Celje on Wednesday made it two straight home victories without conceding. Leverkusen will try to extend their perfect home start here.

Leipzig’s first five matches have produced 23 goals. They eased past Trier in the DFB-Pokal, then beat Borussia Mönchengladbach 3-0 in their Bundesliga opener. Defeats followed, 3-1 at Werder Bremen and 4-1 away to Como in the Champions League.

Martín Demichelis’ side responded by routing Hamburger SV 5-0, with Tidiam Gomis, Antonio Nusa, Willi Orbán, Christopher Nkunku and Rômulo Cardoso on target. Die Roten Bullen ended matchday three in fifth.

Their only victory in that run was a 3-2 success at the BayArena in August 2024.

Leverkusen are without Montrell Culbreath, Kennet Eichhorn, Guéla Doué and Nathan Tella, while Ibrahim Maza should return after illness. Leipzig miss Marc Guiu with a hamstring problem, along with Rocco Reitz, Viggo Gebel, Assan Ouédraogo and Christoph Baumgartner.

Source: BuLi News

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