Do a good deed at the home game: Bayer 04 is calling for food donations at today's game for the Leverkusen Tafel e.V.. Donations will be received at the collection points in front of A Block (South East) as well as E and F Blocks (North West) from when the stadium opens at 13:30 CET to kick off at 15:30 CET.
To mark today's International Women's Day Bayer 04 yesterday posted an unmistakable message in a video on the club media channels: Today. Tomorrow. ALWAYS – diversity under the Cross. The video will also be screened today on the stadium TV channel.
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This home game against Werder Bremen in front of a full house at the BayArena is again a Bayer Sports Family matchday. There will numerous events on the concourses with the Bayer sports clubs and Bayer AG providing a special backdrop. The programme of events start when the stadium opens at 13:30 CET with a wide range of highlights on offer.
How happy are you with the stadium experience at the BayArena? In this survey we would like to find out how you perceive service quality on matchdays and what aspects are particularly important to you. Your feedback helps us to improve the stadium experience for all fans. The survey takes 5 to 10 minutes and is anonymous and your data will be handled in confidence. Anyone interested can take part HERE .
If you would like to take part in the competition (two VIP tickets to the home game against FC Augsburg or a training top signed by Jeremie Frimpong) you will be taken to a separate form at the end of the survey. There you can register for the draw with a tick.
The Werkself have only lost one of their last 15 games against Werder Bremen (seven wins, seven draws). However, the Black and Reds did not win at home in four out of the last five games against Werder. The only win was on 14 April 2024, an historic day for Bayer 04: The Werkself won 5-0 to secure the league title for the first time in the club's history.
Werder Bremen are the second weakest team in the Bundesliga Rückrunde to date above FC Heidenheim. The North Germans have only picked up four points in seven games. The 24 goals conceded by Werder are more than any other side in 2025.
Werder Bremen are currently going through a tricky phase. The Green and Whites have lost their last five games in succession. The team under coach Ole Werner did make a very promising start to the season and were seventh in the table two points behind Eintracht Frankfurt in third spot at the end of last year – thereby achieving their best points return since the 2011/12 season. Further information is available in the lowdown on our next opponents.
Anyone wanting to discover the latest information ahead of kick-off can take a look at the new Werkself Live. The matchday magazine, which includes key facts and stats on the match, is available at the BayArena. Alternatively it is available free online. HERE is the e-paper.
The German Football Association (DFB) has appointed Tobias Welz as today's referee. The 47-year-old match official has previously been in charge of 20 Bundesliga games involving the Werkself (seven wins, four draws and nine defeats). Welz' assistant referees today are Dr. Martin Thomsen and Arno Blos with Tobias Stieler in action as the VAR.
The game will be broadcast live on Sky. As ever, supporters unable to be at the match can follow the game on Werkself Radio. The audio broadcast starts 30 minutes before kick-off with commentary provided by Niko Hartmann and Cedric Pick. In addition, the live text update service will keep fans up-to-date. Both Werkself Radio and the live text update service are available at bayer04.de and on the Bayer 04 app.
Bayer 04 host Borussia Mönchengladbach at the BayArena on matchday 12 of the 2026/27 Bundesliga season. The schedule for the game remains to be confirmed. The latest information on ticket sales.
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Bayer 04 host Eintracht Frankfurt at the BayArena on matchday 14 of the 2026/27 Bundesliga season. The schedule for the game remains to be confirmed. The latest information on ticket sales.
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Werkself-TV shows the highlights of Bayer 04 Women's 0-1 loss at Bayern Munich in the round of 16 of the women's DFB-Pokal 2026/27
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“As far as mentality and determination are concerned, we have nothing to reproach ourselves for,” Robert Andrich said up after the first home defeat for the Werkself this term. In terms of their play, too, the Black and Reds put in a respectable performance for long stretches of this intense and physical match, outperforming VfB Stuttgart in most areas. It was only in terms of efficiency in front of goal that the Swabians had the edge over the Werkself. Head coach Carles Martínez wants to learn from this so that, in future, they can “win this sort of match too”. The Werkself review.
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Rüdiger Vollborn has been at the club for 40 years, he holds the record number of Bundesliga appearances for the club (401) and is the only Bayer 04 player to have won both the UEFA Cup (1988) and the DFB Pokal (1993). And the Berliner stayed with the Werkself after ending his impressive playing career working as a goalkeeping coach for the following nine years. Vollborn now works under the Bayer Cross as a fan liaison officer and club archivist. Since February 2021, the personal Black and Red lexicon takes Werkself fans under the heading of 'Rudi recounts...' on a brief trip through the history of Bayer 04 every month…
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