#B04TSG: Leverkusen bottom of the pile for a second time

Did you know that …

…Leverkusen have made an unprecedentedly slow start?

Bayer 04 Leverkusen have lost their first three competitive games in a season for the first time in professional football. In addition to their two defeats in the Bundesliga against Dortmund (0-1) and Augsburg (1-2), the Werkself were knocked out in the first round of the DFB-Pokal in Elversberg (3-4).

…Bayer 04 are bottom of the table for only the second time?

Only for the second time since the three points for a win rule was introduced do Leverkusen go into a Bundesliga matchday in last place in the table. Previously, that was only the case before the fourth matchday of the 2018/19 season.

…it's a clash of the last two coaches to win the Swiss league?

André Breitenreiter joined TSG Hoffenheim from the reigning Swiss champions. Prior to his success with FC Zurich, current Leverkusen coach Gerardo Seoane lead Young Boys Bern to three consecutive championships.

…TSG have great comeback qualities?

Since the 2021/22 season, TSG has won seven Bundesliga games after going behind, as they did last week against VfL Bochum (3-2 win after going 2-0 down). No other Bundesliga team have turned around more than five games in the past 12 months.

…André Breitenreiter is still waiting for his first victory against Leverkusen?

So far, the current TSG coach has never managed to take three points against Bayer 04 Leverkusen. In seven games on the sidelines at Schalke, Paderborn and Hanover, the points were shared in four games, and in three games Leverkusen left the field as winners.

…the TSG coach was on the pitch in a historic match against Leverkusen?

On the other hand, André Breitenreiter was on the pitch as a player in a historic game: on Matchday 34 of the 1999/2000 season, a point in Unterhaching would have been enough for Leverkusen to win the league, but Breitenreiter and his teammates denied Leverkusen the title with a 2-0 victory.

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