Wehen Wiesbaden vs Bayer Leverkusen - prediction, team news, lineups

Bayer Leverkusen volition anticipation to debar embarrassment connected Saturday, erstwhile they question to Wehen Wiesbaden's BRITA-Arena in the archetypal circular of the DFB-Pokal.

The hosts volition cognize they look a important situation connected the play fixed they are 2 divisions beneath Leverkusen, who volition anticipation for much stableness successful 2026-27.

Match preview

Wehen Wiesbaden are competing successful the 3. Liga successful Germany, with the existent run the sixth clip successful 7 seasons that they find themselves successful the 3rd tier.

After 2 matchweeks, the nine are past successful 20th spot with zero points, and they person already conceded 7 goals.

In the team's 14 DFB-Pokal entries since the crook of the century, they person been eliminated successful the archetypal circular 9 times, portion they person lone erstwhile made it past the 2nd round.

Boss Daniel Scherning's solitary lucifer astatine location this word was a 3-1 decision to Preussen Munster connected August 8, portion his broadside besides mislaid three, drew 1 and won conscionable 1 of their anterior 5 outings at Wehen Wiesbaden.

Bayer Leverkusen boast a beardown transportation to the DFB-Pokal successful caller seasons fixed they won the contention successful 2023-24, portion they managed to scope the semi-finals successful each of their consequent 2 campaigns.

Carles Martinez is yet to instrumentality complaint of a competitory lucifer arsenic caput manager of the club, but helium volition anticipation to past longer than some Erik 10 Hag and Kasper Hjulmand, with the brace sacked successful September 2025 and June 2026 respectively.

The visitors finished sixth successful the 2025-26 Bundesliga, securing Europa League football, but their instrumentality of 68 goals successful the apical formation was their worst tally successful 3 seasons.

Die Werkself person played 7 friendlies this summer, and they managed to triumph six of those contests, with their latest occurrence a 2-1 triumph distant to Newcastle United connected August 15.

Leverkusen proved hard to bushed domestically connected the roadworthy past term, particularly towards the extremity of the run fixed they won three, drew 2 and mislaid conscionable 1 of their last six distant fixtures.

Wehen Wiesbaden signifier (all competitions):

Bayer Leverkusen affable form:

Team News

Wehen Wiesbaden volition astir surely sanction a beardown XI, with the likes of Jordy Gillekens, Jakob Lewald and Justin Janitzek options to look successful a three-man defence.

Midfielders David Suarez and Tarik Gozusirin volition person to supply a unchangeable level for the team's beforehand three, which could beryllium led by fig 9 Moritz Flotho.

Bayer Leverkusen volition privation to commencement the play successful beardown fashion, truthful expect a premix of younker and experience, with regulars specified arsenic Edmond Tapsoba and Loic Bade imaginable inclusions successful defence.

In the mediate of the pitch, perhaps Aleix Garcia volition beryllium joined by teenager Kenan Doganay, who made a substitute quality against Newcastle.

Striker Christian Kofane could beryllium acceptable for a much salient relation crossed 2026-27, and helium whitethorn beryllium afforded a commencement connected Saturday.

Wehen Wiesbaden imaginable starting lineup:

Stritzel; Gillekens, Lewald, Janitzek; Hercher, Suarez, Gozusirin, Greilinger; Allah, Karweina; Flotho

Bayer Leverkusen imaginable starting lineup:

Schlich; Vazquez, Bade, Tapsoba, Hawighorst; Garcia, Doganay; Maza, Tillman, Moreira; Kofane

We say: Wehen Wiesbaden 1-4 Bayer Leverkusen

Wehen Wiesbaden volition nary uncertainty bash everything they tin to marque Saturday's crippled an uncomfortable lucifer for the visitors.

However, it is hard to foretell thing different than a Bayer Leverkusen triumph fixed the gulf successful prime and resources betwixt the 2 teams.

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