In October 2022, Xabi Alonso stepped into senior management for the first time with Bayer Leverkusen. What followed was extraordinary. Pulling the team immediately away from the relegation zone, Bayer finished sixth despite enduring their worst-ever start to a Bundesliga season.

After going without a win in three games in all competitions, the Die Schwarzroten have put together back-to-back victories, scoring 10 goals in the process

Bayer Leverkusen want to show that they have rediscovered their consistency with a win at Union Berlin on Saturday that would make it three victories in a row across all competitions for the German champions,

Union BerlinUnion are sitting in 10th position after winning four, drawing four and losing three of their 11 league matches. Die Eisernen are currently experiencing a poor run of form, having gone