Bayern vs Leverkusen | Bundesliga | Pre Match
Bayern vs Leverkusen
INSIGHTS
Pre Match
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Bayer 04 Leverkusen are unbeaten in their last three Bundesliga games against FC Bayern (W2, D1) – they have never managed a longer undefeated run against them in the top flight. Bayer 04’s Xabi Alonso could become the third coach in Bundesliga history after Kuno Klötzer and Ernst Happel to avoid defeat in each of his first four meetings with Bayern.
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FC Bayern will play a reigning Bundesliga champion for the first time since matchday 32 of 2012/13 (1-1 at Borussia Dortmund) – they haven’t won any of their last four such fixtures (all against Dortmund). Their last win against the current Bundesliga title holders was in February 2010 (3-1 at VfL Wolfsburg).
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FC Bayern, top of the league, will play host to second-place Bayer 04 Leverkusen. While sitting in first place, Bayern haven’t lost any of their last 16 Bundesliga games against a club in second (W11, D5), most recently suffering defeat in such a fixture in January 2015 at VfL Wolfsburg (4-1).
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With four wins from four games and a goal difference of +13 (16-3), FC Bayern have enjoyed the joint best start to a season in Bundesliga history – only Bayern themselves in 2016/17 and VfB Stuttgart in 1996/97 have ever matched this record.
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Bayer 04 Leverkusen have conceded nine goals across the opening four matchdays, their worst record at this stage since 2014/15 (also 9). The last reigning champion to let in as many goals in their first four games of the season was 1. FC Kaiserslautern in 1998/99, while FC Bayern most recently let in more (11 in 1974/75).
