Arminia Bielefeld vs Bayern Leverkusen Bundesliga Match Preview or Key Statistics 📊
This will be the 29th Bundesliga meeting between Bielefeld and Leverkusen. Arminia have won eight of these games to Leverkusen’s 10 (D10). The last meeting between the sides ended in a draw in May 2009 (2-2 in Leverkusen).
Arminia have won five of their last nine Bundesliga games against Leverkusen, losing just one of these matches (D3). They suffered a 4-0 defeat in Leverkusen in 2007/08.
Bielefeld are unbeaten in their last six Bundesliga home games against Bayer 04 (W4, D2). They’ve kept a clean sheet in four of these games (aggregate scoreline: 7-3).
Arminia Bielefeld are the only side to have lost all of their last five Bundesliga games. They last had a longer losing run in the BL from November 1999 to February 2000 (10 consecutive defeats).
This is Bielefeld’s second-worst start to a Bundesliga season, with four points and a goal difference of –11. They’ve only been worse off at this stage in 1996/97 (3 points), however they managed to stay up back then.
Bielefeld have scored just four goals in the Bundesliga this season – a league low. They last netted as few goals after seven games in 1996/97, when they managed just three goals.
Arminia are the only Bundesliga side yet to score in the first half this season. They’ve conceded nine goals in the opening half (only Schalke have let in more with 10). They are also the only team yet to score from a set piece.
Leverkusen and Wolfsburg are the only undefeated sides left in the Bundesliga in 2020/21 (W4, D3). The Werkself have started the season with a seven-game unbeaten run four times, most recently in 2009/10 (first loss came in their 25th game).
Bayer 04 have won four Bundesliga games in a row for the first time since April/May. They last went on a longer winning run in March/April 2016 under Roger Schmidt (7).
Leverkusen’s Lucas Alario is the first Werkself player to score a brace in three consecutive Bundesliga games. In Bundesliga history, only Lothar Emmerich (1967 for Dortmund) and Tomislav Maric (2001 for Wolfsburg) have managed to do so in more games in a row (both 4).
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