Further information on the 'Wear the shirt at Mainz' event can be found on the Nordkurve12 website. The Werkself can look forward to great support once again at today's match: A total of 3,400 travelling fans will support Leverkusen at the Mainz ground. The away section at the MEWA Arena is sold out. It also appears that additional fans have also acquired tickets for the match.
Bayer 04 have won nine out of 17 Bundesliga games at FSV Mainz 05. Since the team from Rheinhessen were first promoted to the Bundesliga in 2004, the Werkself have only won more away games at Borussia Mönchengladbach (ten).
The Werkself have made their equal best start to the season in the Bundesliga this term with 13 points from five games – that equals the starts in 1986/87 and 2009/10. Leverkusen have never picked up16 points after six league fixtures.
Mainz would definitely have imagined a different start to the season: The Rheinhessen club are bottom of the table with just one point and the worst goal difference (4 to 14). The only victory for Mainz this season came in the DFB Pokal with a 1-0 win against SV 07 Elversberg.
The difficult situation is also worsened by absence due to injury. As a response, Mainz signed Joshua Guilavogui a few days ago to bring more stability to the defence. Further information on personnel, problems and performers at Mainz can be found in our lowdown on the next opponents.
The German Football Association (DFB) has appointed Benjamin Brand as the referee for the game against Mainz. This will be the sixth time the 34-year-old has been involved in officiating a Werkself game. Brand will be assisted by Thomas Stein and Dr Martin Thomsen on the touchlines with Robert Schröder in action as the VAR official.
As usual, Werkself Radio is available for anybody unable to be at today's game. The audio broadcast begins 30 minutes before kick-off with commentary provided by Niko Hartmann and Cedric Pick. In addition, the live text update service will keep you up-to-date to ensure you don't miss any of the key events in the match against FC Bayern. Both Werkself Radio and the live text update service are available at bayer04.de and on the Bayer 04 app.
Bosnia U19 international Kerim Alajbegovic is moving from Bayer 04 Leverkusen's youth set-up to Red Bull Salzburg. The talented attacking midfielder has signed a long-term contract with the Austrian club. At the same time, the works club secured a buy-back option for the 17-year-old, who was one of the mainstays of the Leverkusen U19s.
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