Reigning Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen host VfL Wolfsburg on Sunday 22 September at 15:30 CEST. The hosts have returned to winning ways after their 3-2 defeat to RB Leipzig on Matchday 2, cruising to a comfortable 4-1 victory at TSG Hoffenheim last Saturday before beating Feyenoord 4-0 in their first Champions League game of the season on Thursday. The Wolves, meanwhile, were beaten 2-1 at home to Eintracht Frankfurt in their last game.
More facts and figures on Sunday’s clash
- Most recent maiden title winners: Leverkusen (2024) and Wolfsburg (2009) are the last two teams to win the Bundesliga title for the first time.
- Top-flight outfits for 45 and 27 years respectively: Leverkusen were promoted in 1979, while the Wolves became a Bundesliga side in 1997. The two clubs have remained in the top flight ever since.
- Pace in abundance: Bayer and VfL have registered more sprints than any other Bundesliga team in the first three rounds of fixtures.
- Slim pickings against Bayer: The Wolves are without a win in their last five Bundesliga meetings with Leverkusen (D2 L3). They last beat the ‘Werkself’ on 30 October 2021, triumphing 2-0 in Leverkusen.
- Unbeaten run ended: Leverkusen’s 35-game unbeaten Bundesliga run came to an end in their last home game, when Leipzig beat them 3-2.
Recent results at a glance:
- Leverkusen – Wolfsburg: 2:0 (10.03.2024)
- Wolfsburg – Leverkusen: 1:2 (21.10.2023)
- Wolfsburg – Leverkusen: 0:0 (16.04.2023)
- Leverkusen – Wolfsburg: 2:2 (22.10.2022)
- Wolfsburg – Leverkusen: 0:2 (20.03.2022)
- Leverkusen – Wolfsburg: 0:2 (30.10.2021)
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