10.10.2022Bayer 04

Sardar Azmoun sidelined with muscle injury

Bayer 04 Leverkusen will have to manage without Sardar Azmoun for the time being. The Iran striker suffered a torn muscle in his right calf last Tuesday in the warm-up ahead of the 2-0 defeat to Porto in the Champions League.

The 27-year-old striker Azmoun is expected to be out of action for six to eight weeks.

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