Bayer Leverkusen vs VfL Bochum: here in the live ticker today

There’s a lot missing VfL Bochum no longer in the Bundesliga for the fourth season in a row. The team of interim coach Heiko Butscher is only one point away from being able to safely plan for another year in the first division. Relegation preferably takes place on Sunday evening (7:30 p.m., DAZN) against masters Bayer Leverkusen are placed in bags. However, the Werkself have not lost since their last meeting at the Ruhr Stadium last season – 49 competitive matches ago. “Something really happened there. It is clear that this will be an extremely difficult match for us,” said VfL coach Butscher.

After reaching the Europa League final against AS Roma, the guests and coach Xabi Alonso are looking to keep their clean slate in the competition and continue their unbeaten streak. They are two games away from finishing a full league season without defeat, and the Werkself are still four games away from the treble. “It’s unbelievable that it happens again and again,” Alonso said on Thursday after his team avoided another defeat against AS Roma until deep into injury time: “Normally on such a long journey there will be a defeat at some point .”

Live: Bochum challenges Leverkusen

After the away game in Bochum, Leverkusen will play the season final against FC Augsburg in the BayArena next Saturday (3:30 PM). Afterwards, captain Lukas Hradecky will also receive the championship trophy. Three days later, the Europa League final against Atalanta Bergamo is scheduled in Dublin. The season will finally end with the DFB Cup final on May 25 in the Olympic Stadium in Berlin against second division Kaiserslautern. After Leverkusen, Bochum has an away match at Werder Bremen next Saturday, where they want to celebrate that they remain in the competition.