Leverkusen and Frankfurt have met 79 times before in the Bundesliga and are yet to play out a 0-0 draw. No other fixture in the league’s history has been played that often without at least one goalless encounter. In fact, none of the last 20 meetings have ended in a stalemate, producing 13 Werkself wins to seven for Eintracht.
The last four have all gone the way of Bayer 04, which is the team’s best ongoing winning streak against a current Bundesliga club. The reverse fixture was a 2-1 victory at the BayArena and one of just five defeats in the league this term for Frankfurt, who are enjoying their best season in several decades with 42 points from 23 games, just shy of their club record of 43 (using three points for a win) in both 1978/79 and 1989/90.
Frankfurt are in the midst of a run of big fixtures. Last weekend they were beaten 4-0 at Bayern Munich, today they welcome the champions, and next Thursday they go to Amsterdam for the first leg of their UEFA Europa League last-16 tie against Ajax. It’s a pivotal period on both the domestic and European front for an Eintracht side who have impressed this season with their attacking and high-speed football. They boast the third-best attack in the division after 23 matchdays with 49 goals scored, behind Bayern (69) and Leverkusen (51). That’s despite a number of changes in their front line this year. We go into more detail in our in-depth analysis HERE.
Some 5,200 fans are making the trip from Leverkusen to support the team in Frankfurt. The Bayer 04 Fan Liaison team have as usual put together information for all travelling supporters HERE.
The German FA (DFB) have appointed Felix Zwayer to oversee this game. The 43-year-old has previously taken charge of 35 fixtures involving the Werkself (W18, D8, L9). His assistants are Robert Kemper and Christian Dietz; the VAR is Bastian Dankert.
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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