Hoffenheim host Bayer Leverkusen in Matchday 7 of the Bundesliga

1899 Hoffenheim host Bayer Leverkusen on 25 October 2026 at 17:30 Saudi time (the same as Damascus time), in Matchday 7 of the 2026/27 Bundesliga season, with the match broadcast on Shahid and MBC Action.

Bayer Leverkusen occupy fourth place in the table with 13 points from 6 matches, having recorded 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat, scoring 16 goals and conceding 9. In contrast, Hoffenheim sit 13th with 6 points from 6 matches, following 2 wins and 4 defeats, scoring 11 goals and conceding 14.

Hoffenheim's results in their last five matches were as follows: a 3-0 win over Lyon, an away win over Borussia Monchengladbach 2-1, a 2-3 defeat to Besiktas, a 2-3 defeat to Hamburg, and an away 1-3 defeat to Paderborn.

Bayer Leverkusen, meanwhile, played their last five matches with different results, winning away against VfL Wolfsburg 2-0, beating Freiburg 2-1, winning away against Lech Poznan 4-0, winning away against Mainz 4-3, and beating RB Leipzig 2-0.

In head-to-head meetings between the two sides, Hoffenheim beat Bayer Leverkusen 1-0 on 17 January 2026, while Hoffenheim beat Bayer Leverkusen 1-2 on 23 August 2025 when the latter were hosting, Bayer Leverkusen beat Hoffenheim 3-1 on 2 February 2025, Bayer Leverkusen beat Hoffenheim 1-4 on 14 September 2024 when Hoffenheim were hosting, and Bayer Leverkusen beat Hoffenheim 2-1 on 30 March 2024.

Hoffenheim will be without Patrick Wimmer, Albian Hajdari and Nathan De Cat through injury ahead of the match. Meanwhile, Bayer Leverkusen will be missing Ilyas Ben Seghir, Martin Albert Frederik Terrier, Gouela Mahou Louis Doue, Christian Kofane and M. Kulbreth through injury, in addition to K. Eichhorn due to illness.