Bayer Leverkusen vs. Holstein Kiel | Bundesliga | Pre Match
Bayer Leverkusen vs. Holstein Kiel
INSIGHTS
Pre Match
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Since the Bundesliga was founded, Bayer 04 Leverkusen and Holstein Kiel have only played each other three times in competitive football: twice in the 2. Liga Nord in 1978/79 (2x 2-1 wins for B04) and once in the first round of the DFB-Pokal in 2003/04 (Klaus Augenthaler’s Leverkusen won 3-1 in Kiel).
2
Bayer 04 Leverkusen are on 10 points after the first five matchdays, the worst start by a reigning Bundesliga champion in 12 years – Borussia Dortmund had just eight points after the first five games in 2012/13.
3
Holstein Kiel have collected just one point from the first five Bundesliga games in their club’s history. Excluding the first ever Bundesliga season in 1963/64, this is the worst start by any club in their debut campaign. The most recent debutant that failed to win any of their first five games was FC Augsburg in 2011/12 (won their 9th BL match).
4
Since 2008/09, Bayer 04 Leverkusen have only lost one of their eight maiden Bundesliga meetings with a debutant: 3-2 at home to RB Leipzig in 2016/17. Otherwise, the Werkself have won six of these eight such games (D1 against SC Paderborn in 2014/15).
5
Bayer 04 Leverkusen have conceded six goals in their last two Bundesliga home games, as many as they let in across their previous 12 home matches combined – only 1. FC Köln in 1964/65 have ever conceded as many goals in their first two home games as champions. With a total of 10 goals conceded from their first five games, Leverkusen have the worst defence of a reigning champion since Wolfsburg in 2009/10 (11).
