Bayer Leverkusen vs Union Berlin - prediction, team news, lineups

Bayer Leverkusen indispensable bounce backmost from their opening nonaccomplishment of the Bundesliga run with a triumph connected Saturday against visitors Union Berlin astatine BayArena.

The hosts suffered a shock 3-2 decision to Elversberg past play and find themselves successful 12th spot with zero points, portion ninth-placed Union Berlin picked up a constituent aft drawing 3-3 with Eintracht Frankfurt connected August 29.

Match preview

Leverkusen fans would person hoped that the caller play would assistance the nine enactment the instability of 2025-26 down them, but their nonaccomplishment to newly-promoted Elversberg was alarming.

Die Werkself were trailing 3-0 earlier they netted their archetypal successful the 77th minute, and the information they conceded doubly wrong the archetypal 10 minutes of the crippled raised superior concerns.

Carles Martinez's broadside are present winless successful 3 Bundesliga matches - 2 losses and 1 stalemate - though the caput manager should beryllium afforded patience fixed helium was lone appointed successful June.

The hosts did look arsenic 4-0 victors against Wehen successful the DFB-Pokal's archetypal circular connected August 22, and they person present netted 2 oregon much goals successful 4 of their past six competitory contests.

Leverkusen volition anticipation to bask amended luck astatine BayArena up of their archetypal clash astatine the stadium successful 2026-27, particularly aft they ended the anterior run with 5 draws, 2 losses and conscionable 2 triumphs successful their last 9 games astatine the ground.

Union Berlin merit immense recognition aft coming backmost from a 3-1 shortage against Frankfurt to assertion a point, though they volition anticipation that Tim Skarke volition not person to people injury-time equalisers each week.

Die Eisernen are present unbeaten successful 5 games successful each competitions, winning 3 times, with their triumph this word a 4-2 occurrence against Braunschweig successful the DFB-Pokal connected August 23.

That was Union's 2nd consecutive distant win, but they were beaten successful six of their erstwhile 7 contests connected the road.

Boss Mauro Lustrinelli indispensable code his team's weaknesses connected their travels considering his broadside person conceded 13 goals successful their past 5 distant outings.

The visitors mislaid 2-0 to Leverkusen successful 2025-26's corresponding fixture, though they responded to that October 2025 effect with a 1-0 triumph astatine location successful February.

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Team News

Leverkusen person immoderate concerns astir the availability of Martin Terrier, but portion helium has not yet been ruled out, it whitethorn beryllium safer to deploy attackers Moussa Diaby, Ibrahim Maza and Afonso Moreira down centre-forward Patrik Schick.

Martinez's squad is different mostly fit, and helium could opt to commencement Aleix Garcia and Equi Fernandez contempt the midfielders playing poorly against Elversberg.

However, determination volition astir surely beryllium astatine slightest 1 alteration astatine the back, with Jarell Quansah apt to beryllium reinstated into defence successful spot of right-back Lucas Vazquez.

Union's wounded problems are somewhat much debilitating fixed astatine slightest 3 players are sidelined, with doubts existing astir the fittingness of respective stars specified arsenic striker Andrej Ilic.

Emmanuel Latte Lath and Marin Ljubicic partnered each different up beforehand against Frankfurt, but the 2 volition request enactment from midfielders Rani Khedira and Aljoscha Kemlein.

Bayer Leverkusen imaginable starting lineup:

Flekken; Quansah, Bade, Tapsoba, Gutierrez; Garcia, Fernandez; Diaby, Maza, Moreira; Schick

Union Berlin imaginable starting lineup:

Raab; Juranovic, Querfeld, Uduokhai, Rothe; Aebischer, Khedira, Kemlein, Schafer; Lath, Ljubicic

We say: Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 Union Berlin

Leverkusen started successful the worst imaginable mode successful matchweek one, and they indispensable debar starting sluggishly again if they privation to registry their archetypal points of the season.

Union Berlin proved to beryllium threatening against Frankfurt, but their weaknesses connected the roadworthy whitethorn yet beryllium costly astatine BayArena.

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