The most recent meeting between these two teams came in the last 16 of the DFB Cup in the 2020/21 season, with Essen winning 2-1 after extra time. Lukas Hradecky, Niklas Lomb, Edmond Tapsoba, Jeremie Frimpong, Exequiel Palacios, Florian Wirtz and Patrik Schick remain from the Werkself's squad that day.
Some tickets will be available on the gate tonight. The ticket office opens one and a half hours before kick-off at 17:30.
The game will be streamed live in the Bayer 04 app as well as on the Bayer 04 YouTube channel and Werkself-TV. SPORT1 is also broadcasting the match live in Germany.
Bayer 04 midfielder Ibrahim Maza was honoured in Paris in the Best Algerian Young Player category at the Fennec d'Or awards for the Algerian Footballer of the Year, organised for the first time by the football journal La Gazette du Fennec. "It's an honour for me," said the 19-year-old, delighted with the award.
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On the back of two wins within four days, Bayer 04 Women round off an intensive Bundesliga week in the Black Forest. Roberto Pätzold's side have the chance to move back up to third place against SC Freiburg in the final fixture of Matchday 10 on Monday (18:00 CET) and draw level on points with second-placed VfL Wolfsburg.
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The last international break of this calendar year features the final qualifying matches for the 2026 World Cup in the USA, Canada and Mexico. An overview of who's playing where and when from a Leverkusen point of view.
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Never before have Bayer 04 led 4-0 so early in the Bundesliga, never before have they won a Bundesliga home match by a higher margin. Leverkusen's exhibition display against 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 produced many stories, records and debuts. While Kasper Hjulmand's side celebrated the rousing performance properly with the fans, Jonas Hofmann and Co aren't losing focus: "We have to be careful that we don't just praise ourselves. The games come thick and fast again after the international break." The Werkself Review has all the reaction and analysis of the 6-0 victory at the BayArena.
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