Leverkusen Visit Union Berlin With Top-Four In Sight

The visitors arrive on a six-wins-in-seven run that includes a Europa League victory this week.

Overview

Union host the Saturday Bundesliga fixture still seeking a first league win of 2026 after a seven-match run without victory (D4, L3), including a 3-2 loss at Hamburg.
Leverkusen enter in strong form after a 4-0 league win over St. Pauli and a 2-0 Europa League first-leg win against Olympiacos.
Kasper Hjulmand’s side sit sixth in the Bundesliga, three points off the top four and the Champions League places.
Recent meetings favor Leverkusen, who have won four of the last five against Union, including a 2-0 victory in October; Union’s last win in the matchup came in January 2021.
The first goal looms large for Union, who have not won any of their 11 league games when conceding first this season (D4, L7), and they are without Diogo Leite, Tom Roth, Josip Juranović and Robert Skov, while Leverkusen miss goalkeeper Mark Flekken, Eliesse Ben Seghir and Nathan Tella.