The boss on the game: Florian Kohfeldt is expecting a very different Leverkusen side to the one Werder came up against earlier this season. “Counter-attacking isn’t their game anymore. I find their approach of playing football very attractive. They link up a lot and they understand each other well,” said Kohfeldt. What hasn’t changed from the previous game, however, is the speed of Leverkusen’s attacks: “They find the tempo quickly and they also have the players for it,” he added.
Squad news: Claudio Pizarro picked up an injury during the week and will be out for several weeks. Yuya Osako will also be out of the squad. “With Yuya, it’s not about him being injured anymore, it’s the fact that he was out for a long time,” said Kohfeldt. Apart from that, all the players are fit. Fin Bartels, who made his comeback last week, “has coped well with training and is definitely a candidate for the squad,” added the boss.