The Nordkurve12 fan group has this year created the ‘Finally Red’ campaign for the end of this season. Werkself fans should come to the stadium to support the team wearing red for the final 04 games against Augsburg, in Freiburg, against Borussia Dortmund and in Mainz.
T-shirts and stickers can be purchased from 12.30pm today outside the stadium to help you with that red look.
As part of works to upgrade the Rheinbrücke, there was a full closure between the Leverkusen-West and Leverkusen motorway junctions from 10pm yesterday evening until 10am today. Restrictions should be lifted by that time. Nevertheless, all stadium visitors are advised to check before they travel to the BayArena and to give themselves plenty of time.
Bayer 04 have lost only two of their 27 Bundesliga meetings with Augsburg, who average only 0.48 points per game against the Werkself, which is their lowest total against any team they have faced more than once in the top flight. Leverkusen have won the last three in a row.
However, the Bavarians come to the BayArena in excellent form, having lost just one of their last 14 games in the league. With a total of 27 points in 2025, they are the third-best team in the Bundesliga this year and now face the team with the second-best record in Leverkusen (32 points). Only Bayern Munich have earned more this calendar year (36). But today’s game features the two best defences of this year, with Augsburg conceding only eight goals in 15 league outings in 2025, followed by Bayer 04 with 14.
The match also sees a reunion between Lukas Hradecky and Augsburg boss Jess Thorup. The pair worked together at Danish club Esbjerg between 2009 and 2013, where Thorup was assistant and then head coach.
The visitors are enjoying their best Bundesliga campaign to date after 30 rounds of fixtures with 43 points on the board, with their excellent run this year giving them hope of potentially making it into Europe, given the gap from 10th to sixth is only four points. “That would be something extraordinary for a club like Augsburg,” said coach Thorup of his side’s form. Goalkeeper Finn Dahmen added of Saturday’s fixture: “We’re going to Leverkusen, where anything’s possible given our form.” There is real confidence among the Bavarians right now. Find out more about them in our in-depth opposition profile.
There will be an information stand with the Frauenennotruf Leverkusen (Leverkusen Women's Emergency Helpline) in the area around the BayArena (east). Since January 2023, Bayer 04 has been offering ‘Luisa is here!’, a support service for women and girls in the event of any form of harassment at home matches in close cooperation with the Frauenennotruf, the Bayer 04 fan support service and the Leverkusen Fan Project. If necessary, affected persons can contact the BayArena staff (service staff, security staff, etc.) directly with the help phrase ‘Luisa is here!’ or otherwise and ask for help.
The German FA (DFB) have appointed Christian Dingert to oversee this match. The 44-year-old has taken charge of 19 previous Werkself fixtures in the Bundesliga (W11, D3, L5). His assistants are Denedikt Kempkes and Nikolai Kimmeyer; the VAR is Pascal Müller.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen have secured a new premium partner in the form of DRIVIO. DRIVIO, already part of the club’s partner portfolio as a reliable car subscription partner for Bayer 04, will continue to support the club in this capacity and, with immediate effect, also join the premium group of companies that cooperate closely with the Werkself. The premium and car subscription partnership between Bayer 04 Leverkusen and DRIVIO will initially run until 30 June 2027.
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Following last weekend’s big game against Wolfsburg, Bayer 04 Women face another exciting challenge as they visit Hoffenheim to kick off Matchday 3 in the Google Pixel Bundesliga on Friday (kick-off: 18:30 CEST).
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Under the slogan ‘Holidays without War’, 60 children from war-torn Ukraine took part in the summer camp organised by the German-Ukrainian association Blau-Gelbes Kreuz in Leverkusen and the surrounding area in August. The children aged between 10 and 14 – many of whom have lost their parents in the war – come from the Ukrainian twin towns of Leverkusen, Cologne and Monheim am Rhein: Nikopol, Dnipro and Volodymyr. Bayer 04, Bayer AG and TSV Bayer 04 supported the camp to mark its 10th anniversary, enabling even more children and young people than in previous years to spend a few carefree days’ holiday away from the war in the Rhineland.
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Midfielder Ruby Grant is leaving Bayer 04 Leverkusen and joining Portuguese runners-up Sporting CP a year before her contract expires. The 24-year-old has been at the Werkself since January 2025.
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New to Leverkusen and straight up onto the roof at the BayArena: Guéla Doué has arrived. In an interview with Werkself TV, the new right-back talks about his previous links with Bayer 04 and how much he’s looking forward to his first home match. Have a look!
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