
The Werkself have played TSG Hoffenheim 28 times since they were promoted in 2008. The stats favour the team from Leverkusen: the Black and Reds have won 16 of those games. In addition, Bayer 04 have never lost to a team coached by the current TSG manager André Breitenreiter.
The German Football Association (DFB) have appointed Tobias Reichel as the referee for today's clash at the BayArena. The 37-year-old match official has previously refereed three Werkself games that ended with two wins and one draw. His assistants on the touchline are Lasse Koslowski and Christian Bandurski and Markus Schmidt is the VAR referee. Have a good game.
Werkself Radio is again on air as usual today. The audio broadcast starts half an hour before kick-off. You can also keep up-to-date via live text commentary to make sure you do not miss anything that happens in the match against TSG. Both the Werkself Radio and the live text updates can be found at bayer04.de as well as on the Bayer 04 app – tune in.
Anyone wanting to get in the picture before the start of the game against Hoffenheim can again find the important information on matchday three with the help of Werkself LIVE. The flyer, providing stats and facts on the game against the Breitenreiter team, is available at the BayArena. A free version is also available online. Click HERE for the e-paper.

There is traffic information for anybody travelling to the match against TSG by car or on public transport. From Friday 19 August (21.00 CEST) to Monday 22 August (05.00 CEST) the A1 Autobahn is closed in the direction of Dortmund between the Köln Nord and Leverkusen West motorway junctions. An alternative route is displayed on the overhead signs. This route is via the A1 to the Köln-West motorway intersection, the A4 to the Köln-Heumar intersection and the A3 to the Leverkusen intersection.
There are also great challenges after the game due to cancelled S Bahn traffic around Leverkusen Mitte station. Anybody travelling in the direction of Opladen can take one of the extra buses from the BayArena at Bismarckstraße.

BIOGENA is the new performance partner for the Bayer 04 Leverkusen Women’s team. Under a partnership initially set to run for three years, the club and the leading Austrian micronutrient company are pooling their expertise in the areas of health, fitness and top-level performance.
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100 children from the Bayer 04 Football Academy had the chance to gain exclusive insights: As part of the summer camp, the young footballers headed inside the BayArena at midday on Tuesday, 21 July, where they were due to meet Werkself keepers Janis Blaswich and Simeon Rapsch in the press conference room. The two players took plenty of time to answer every question from the inquisitive audience – whether it was about their own careers or their first impressions of the new head coach. Finally, there was even time left to sign autographs for the young fans.
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Alejo Sarco has left Bayer 04 Leverkusen to join Sporting Gijón in Spain’s second division. Bayer 04 have secured a buy-back clause for the 20-year-old Argentine striker, who spent the second half of last season on loan at Borussia Mönchengladbach.
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Bayer 04 Leverkusen have signed 16-year-old midfield prospect Gabriel Minutillo on a long-term contract. The Germany youth international will play for the U19s this season.
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