
Leverkusen are unbeaten on their last three visits to SIGNAL IDUNA PARK. A Patrik Schick brace inside 11 minutes helped the Werkself to a 3-2 victory on Matchday 16 last season. And they've already tasted victory in the Ruhr region this season, Ibrahim Maza's goal sending the Black and Reds through to the quarter-finals of the DFB Cup. It appears unlikely there'll only be one goal again in this next encounter between the league's second-best (BVB, 60 goals) and third-best (B04, 58 goals) attacks.
On the subject of attack, no team in the German top flight have hit the back of the net more often than Bayer 04 over the last four matchdays (13 goals). One player who again has been crucial to that is Alejandro Grimaldo, who bagged his third brace of the campaign in the 6-3 win against VfL Wolfsburg on Easter weekend. The Spaniard would certainly like to add to his tally against second-placed Dortmund, a club he's never scored against.
However, Dortmund also demonstrated their attacking class in the last-gasp victory at Stuttgart. Niko Kovac's side are currently enjoying the third-best Bundesliga campaign in the club's history in terms of points and look set to take the runners-up spot, sitting nine points behind leaders FC Bayern Munich and 11 ahead of RB Leipzig and Stuttgart in third and fourth. The Black and Yellows have had problems against better opponents, though, and have already bowed out of the DFB Cup and UEFA Champions League. That makes a win at home to the Werkself even more important, but BVB will have to do without one of their main attacking players on Saturday as forward Karim Adeyemi is suspended following his fifth yellow card of the campaign. There's more on Dortmund's team news and form in our in-depth opposition profile.

The match will be overseen by experienced referee Deniz Aytekin. The Werkself have lost 15 of the 42 encounters involving the 47-year-old. Ayketin was previously in the middle for Leverkusen's first league win of the current campaign against Eintracht Frankfurt (3-1). The Nuremberg native will be assisted in Dortmund by Christian Leicher and Martin Thomsen on the sidelines, and Pascal Müller as VAR.

Werkself-TV shows the highlights of the Bayer 04 women's 4-0 win at SGS Essen on the 24th matchday of the Google Pixel Frauen-Bundesliga 2025/26.
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Bayer 04 put in a brilliant performance to beat RB Leipzig 4-1 on Bundesliga matchday 32 and are now fourth in a Champions League spot. The Black and Reds took control of the game right from the start and, with 75 per cent possession at one stage, took a 2-0 lead into the break through Patrik Schick (25’) and Nathan Tella (45+1’). The visitors initially tried to do more after the break, but the Werkself remained determined and Schick scored his second goal to increase the lead to 3-0 (76'). The Red Bulls pulled a goal back through Christoph Baumgartner (80'), but the disciplined Leverkusen side were not rattled - and certainly not Schick: The Czechia international crowned a brilliant display with his third goal shortly before the final whistle to make the final score 4-1.
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In the previous game against RB Leipzig in December last year, the Werkself turned came from behind to win 3-1 and further improved Leverkusen's already strong record against the Red Bulls. Montrell Culbreath stood out with his first goal on his debut for the Black and Reds. While the 18-year-old would certainly like to score a second goal against Leipzig on Saturday night, the attack-minded visitors come to the BayArena in confident mood after five Bundesliga victories in a row. The Nordkurve12 supporters group knows the Werkself will therefore once again be reliant on the vociferous support of the fans, and has once again called for the ‘Finally Red’ campaign in the run-in. Today’s matchday news.
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Video games manufacturer Electronic Arts (EA), together with the German Football League (DFL), announced the top male and female selections for the 2025/26 Bundesliga season this week. Bayer 04 striker Vanessa Fudalla is in the starting eleven of the women's "Team of the Season". Alejandro Grimaldo and Aleix Garcia have been selected as bench players in the men's team.
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