
The first encounter of the evening between #B04eSports player Marc ‘MARC_LDW23’ Landwehr and Schalke’s Julius ‘JULI’ Kühle in the youngsters' duel on PlayStation 5 ended in a 1-1 draw. The following Xbox 1-v-1 involving Fabian ‘B04_DUBZJE’ de Cae was the only game of the night that produced a winner. The Leverkusen player was on the wrong end of a 6-1 scoreline against the Schalke eSports player Serhat ‘SERHATINHO’ Öztürk. The following 2-v-2, with Paul ‘B04_PAUL’ Degner playing alongside Landwehr, ended all square at 0-0.
The games against Bochum followed later in the evening. Landwehr's 1-v-1 on PS5 ended with a 2-2 draw, da Cae’s game on Xbox and the final 2-v-2 encounter produced goalless draws.
After 15 matchdays, the #B04eSports team are now eighth in the North West division of the VBL Club Championship with a four-point gap to the top six.
Next Tuesday, 1 February, brings the games against Hannover 96 (from 18.00 CET) plus VfL Wolfsburg (20.00 CET). These fixtures will again be streamed live as usual on the Bayer 04 Twitch channel.

Bayer 04 picked up their first three points in the current Champions League campaign on matchday 4 in the league phase with a courageous and determined display in a 1-0 win at Benfica (1:0). "It was a hugely important win," said coach Kasper Hjulmand after the game, paying tribute to his players for their battling performance right to the end. The Werkself defended resolutely right to the end and kept out off shot after shot. Keeper Mark Flekken said: "We were determined to get these three points and gave everything we had on the pitch!" Read on for more reaction plus the facts and stats on the away win at the Portuguese record champions in the Werkself review.
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The second European away game takes the Werkself to the Portuguese capital Lisbon. Kasper Hjulmand's team will face record champions Benfica on Wednesday, 5 November (kick-off: 20:00 GMT, 21:00 CET) on matchday 4 in the league phase of the 2025/26 UEFA Champions League. As usual, we will take you along on the #aCROSSeurope journey and report from Lisbon. The times given are Central European Time.
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Werkself TV shows highlights of the 1-0 win for Bayer 04 at Benfica on matchday 4 in the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 league phase...
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The Werkself beat Benfica 1-0 on Matchday 4 of the 2025/26 UEFA Champions League league phase to seal three crucial points! Both teams had promising chances in the first half, but the contest was goalless at half-time. Substitute Patrik Schick headed in to score the only goal after the restart (65’). The home side went looking for an equaliser but Bayer 04 defended passionately to see out the storm.
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Werkself-TV shows the highlights of the Bayer 04 women's 2-1 win against Hamburger SV on the 9th matchday of the Google Pixel Frauen-Bundesliga 2025/26.
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