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New Bayer Leverkusen boss Kasper Hjulmand will begin his tenure against Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga

The sides have met 80 times in the Bundesliga without having played out a goalless draw, while Bayer Leverkusen have won the past five meetings.

Despite that, the sides have had completely different starts to the 2025-26 season.

Eintracht Frankfurt have won both their opening matches, scoring seven goals and only conceding two, whereas Leverkusen are yet to win in the Bundesliga this season and have already sacked former Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag.

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Bayer Leverkusen's Patrik Schick will be looking to add to his two goals this season - both coming against Werder Bremen before the international break to put his side 3-1 up before the game ended in a 3-3 draw.

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Jarell Quansah will be looking to stop Frankfurt's attack, a team that is scoring four goals a match on average in all competitions so far this season. The English centre-back and his Leverkusen team-mates only have one clean sheet this term, in the DFB-Pokal.

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Ritsu Doan was brought into Frankfurt's ranks from Freiburg earlier this summer for 21m euros. The Japanese right-winger impressed when he scored a brace and set up Frankfurt's third in their 3-1 win over Hoffenheim.

Frankfurt's Jean-Matteo Bahoya plays on the opposite flank to Doan, and like his counterpart has had a great start to the season. The Frenchman scored twice in Frankfurt's opening win against Werder Bremen and set up Doan's second last time out.

Friday 12th September- Bayer Leverkusen v Eintracht Frankfurt

Friday 19th September- VfB Stuttgart v St Pauli

Friday 26th September- Bayern Munich v Werder Breman

Friday 3rd October- Hoffenheim v Koln

Friday 17th October- Union Berlin v Borussia Monchengladbach

Friday 24th October- Werder Bremen v Union Berlin

Friday 31st October- Augsburg v Borussia Dortmund

Friday 7th November- Werder Bremen v Wolfsburg

Friday 21st November- Mainz 05 v Hoffenheim

Friday 28th November- Borussia Monchengladbach v RB Leipzig

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Erik ten Hag's 62-day reign as manager of Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen ranks as one of the shortest managerial stints in modern football.

The former Manchester United boss oversaw just three competitive matches with Leverkusen - winning one game, losing in his second, and drawing his final game.

Following his departure, Leverkusen manager director Simon Rolfes said: "Building a new and successful team with this set-up is not feasible."

Only one permanent Premier League manager has had a shorter permanent spell in charge of a club than Ten Hag's stay in Germany.

Les Reed's 40 days in charge of Charlton across November and December 2006 was the shortest. Reed picked up four points from his seven league matches.

Outside of the top-flight, there have been even shorter managerial spells.

In 2007, Leroy Rosenior spent 10 minutes in charge of Torquay United. Shortly after replacing Keith Curle as manager, the club was taken over by new owners and opted for a different manager to Rosenior.

In June 1984, Dave Bassett departed Wimbledon to manage Crystal Palace. Four days later, Bassett reversed his decision and returned to Plough Lane.

During their non-league days in July 2009, Cambridge United were managed by Martin Ling for eight days before he resigned following an argument with then chairman George Rolls.

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