Leverkusen and Frankfurt have met 79 times before in the Bundesliga and are yet to play out a 0-0 draw. No other fixture in the league’s history has been played that often without at least one goalless encounter. In fact, none of the last 20 meetings have ended in a stalemate, producing 13 Werkself wins to seven for Eintracht.
The last four have all gone the way of Bayer 04, which is the team’s best ongoing winning streak against a current Bundesliga club. The reverse fixture was a 2-1 victory at the BayArena and one of just five defeats in the league this term for Frankfurt, who are enjoying their best season in several decades with 42 points from 23 games, just shy of their club record of 43 (using three points for a win) in both 1978/79 and 1989/90.
Frankfurt are in the midst of a run of big fixtures. Last weekend they were beaten 4-0 at Bayern Munich, today they welcome the champions, and next Thursday they go to Amsterdam for the first leg of their UEFA Europa League last-16 tie against Ajax. It’s a pivotal period on both the domestic and European front for an Eintracht side who have impressed this season with their attacking and high-speed football. They boast the third-best attack in the division after 23 matchdays with 49 goals scored, behind Bayern (69) and Leverkusen (51). That’s despite a number of changes in their front line this year. We go into more detail in our in-depth analysis HERE.
Some 5,200 fans are making the trip from Leverkusen to support the team in Frankfurt. The Bayer 04 Fan Liaison team have as usual put together information for all travelling supporters HERE.
The German FA (DFB) have appointed Felix Zwayer to oversee this game. The 43-year-old has previously taken charge of 35 fixtures involving the Werkself (W18, D8, L9). His assistants are Robert Kemper and Christian Dietz; the VAR is Bastian Dankert.
Rüdiger Vollborn has been at the club for 40 years, he holds the record number of Bundesliga appearances for the club (401) and is the only Bayer 04 player to have won both the UEFA Cup (1988) and the DFB Pokal (1993). And the Berliner stayed with the Werkself after ending his impressive playing career as he worked as a goalkeeping coach for the following nine years. Vollborn now works under the Bayer Cross as a fan liaison officer and club archivist. Since February 2021, the personalised Black and Red lexicon takes Werkself fans under the heading of 'Rudi recounts...' on a brief trip through the history of Bayer 04 every month…
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Eintracht Frankfurt are having their best season in decades. The team lying third in the Bundesliga are on course for Champions League qualification and they have easily progressed to the Round of 16 in the UEFA Europa League. The side under coach Dino Toppmöller entertain the Werkself in the top match at the Deutsche Bank Park on Saturday, 1 March (kick-off: 18:30 CET). There have been a number of changes in personnel in the Eagles attack since the start of the year. The lowdown on our next opponents.
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Fernando Carro, Bayer 04 CEO, was a guest speaker at the Financial Times Business of Football Summit in London on Thursday, 27 February. Carro was joined at the high-level event by several club presidents and other decision-makers in football including CEOs and presidents from the top European leagues.
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On Women's Carnival Day, the Bayer 04 Women produced an impressive friendly win against Bundesliga rivals SGS Essen. Playing at home at the Kurtekotten Performance Centre, the team led by coach Roberto Pätzold came out on top against the team ninth in the Google Pixel Women's Bundesliga in a 2-0 victory with goals from Caroline Kehrer and Janou Levels.
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The Werkself are away to Bayern Munich in the first leg of the Round of 16 tie in the 2024/25 UEFA Champions League. The away game is at the Allianz Arena on Wednesday, 5 March (kick-off: 21:00 CET). Information on ticket sales for the game.
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