Have teams found the secret to beating Bayer Leverkusen?
After conceding just 24 goals en route to an unbeaten Bundesliga title last season, Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen have already let in nine goals in four games in the league this term. Have their domestic rivals finally unlocked the Leverkusen code?
If that doesn’t sound like much of a difference, try this: Leverkusen shipped an average of 0.70 goals per game in the Bundesliga in 2023/24. This season, it’s 2.25.
It certainly has Granit Xhaka worried enough to describe their latest goal-filled encounter – a rip-roaring 4-3 win over Wolfsburg on Saturday – as “a wake-up call for all of us”.
Watch: Leverkusen 4-3 Wolfsburg - highlights
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