VFL Bochum vs Leverkusen | Bundesliga | Pre Match
VFL Bochum vs Leverkusen
INSIGHTS
Pre Match
1
VfL Bochum only have more Bundesliga victories against Eintracht Frankfurt (25) and Borussia Mönchengladbach (20) than against Bayer 04 Leverkusen (17). Among the current Bundesliga teams, the Werkself only average fewer points per away game against Bayern (0.44), Dortmund (0.91) and Bremen (1.02), than against Bochum (1.07).
2
Bayer 04 Leverkusen are the first team to remain unbeaten in their first 32 games of a Bundesliga season (W26 D6); in the competition’s history, only Hamburger SV from 1982 to 1983 (36 games) and FC Bayern (53 games from 2012 to 2014) have recorded longer unbeaten runs overall. However, their last defeat came in an away Bundesliga match against VfL Bochum: 0-3 on the final matchday of last season.
3
With 84 points after 32 games, Bayer 04 Leverkusen have recorded the second-best points return at this stage of a campaign in Bundesliga history - only Bayern Munich can better that, who had one point more at the same stage of the 2012-13 campaign.
4
Bayer 04 Leverkusen already have 34 more points in this Bundesliga season (84) than at the end of the previous season (50) which is a joint-Bundesliga record; in the entire history of the competition, only VfB Stuttgart have improved so significantly from one season to the next, with that also ocurring this season (also 34).
5
Bayer 04 Leverkusen can become the third team in Bundesliga history to remain undefeated in each of their away games in a season (currently 16 games: W13 D3) - previously only FC Bayern achieved this in the 1986-87 and 2012-13 seasons (17 games each).
