Bayer Leverkusen vs. Wolfsburg | Bundesliga | Pre Match
Bayer Leverkusen vs. Wolfsburg
INSIGHTS
Pre Match
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Bayer 04 Leverkusen are unbeaten in five Bundesliga games against VfL Wolfsburg (W3, D2) – they have never gone longer without defeat against the Wolves in the top flight. Leverkusen won both meetings last season (2-1 A, 2-0 H), celebrating their first home victory over VfL since 2016.
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Bayer 04 Leverkusen lost their first Bundesliga home game of the season 3-2 to RB Leipzig – no defending champion has ever failed to win at least one of their first two home games of the season. Leverkusen have only ever started with back-to-back home defeats in the top flight in 2022/23.
3
VfL Wolfsburg have lost two of their first three games of a Bundesliga campaign for the first time in 11 years – including last season, they have been beaten in four of their last five top-flight matches (W1 in Kiel). Prior to this run, they lost just two of their first six Bundesliga games under Ralph Hasenhüttl (W4).
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Bayer 04 Leverkusen have scored the second-most goals in the Bundesliga this season (9) after Bayern München (11) and found the net for the 18th top-flight game in a row last time out in their 4-1 win at Hoffenheim – they last enjoyed a longer goalscoring run between 2017 and 2018 (25 games). The Werkself have even scored at least twice in each of their last seven Bundesliga games.
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VfL Wolfsburg last beat a defending Bundesliga champion in January 2015 (4-1 H vs. FC Bayern), picking up just two points from 18 match-ups since (D2, L16). The Wolves’ last away win at the title holders was in December 2012 (3-2 in Dortmund).
