The next embarrassment - show of strength necessary

After the great start to the season, everything could have been good, but the last weeks after the international break did not show a good development of the Werkself. And also on Saturday in the home match against Wolfsburg, Bayer could not redeem themselves for the cup defeat against Karlsruhe. On the contrary, they lost 2:0 at home without any energy or energy.

Statisticians say that Bayer have now lost four home games against Wolfsburg in a row, but none of that counts. Interestingly, however, the Werkself still occupies fourth place in the table despite the recent disappointing games. It should not be forgotten, however, that another defeat next Sunday at Hertha BSC could quickly mean 10th place.

Before that, Real Betis Sevilla come to the BayArena on Thursday. Despite our home weaknesses, we want to keep the lead in our Europa League group and preferably even extend it. Weeks ago, we would have talked about ease, but today, we're expecting more of a show of strength that we'll have to overcome.