In their last friendly game before the start of the season Leverkusen have lost to Chelsea 2-0. The game was a total dominance by Chelsea with ball possession of 70% and 24 shots on goal (9 on target) Vs. Leverkusen's only 4 shots (2 on target).
Judging by this game alone, things are not looking very bright for Ten Haag's team.
They further strengthened their squad in the recent days by completing acquisition of goalkeeper Janis Blaswich (Leipzig) and right winger Ernest Poku (AZ Alkmaar). We'll see if that will make any difference.
Tomorrow they are playing against SG Sonnenhof Großaspach (a Regional League club) in the first round of the DFB Pokal. Anything other than a convincing win by Bayer will be a red flag.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen team could not do brilliant in that match because they could not do any goal in this match and opponent team did back to back 2 goals which were required to that team. The shots of Bayer 04 Leverkusen football team were less in that match and these were 4 shots and only 2 shots were on target. The possession percentage of that team was also very low in that match which was 31 percent but the possession percentage of Chelsea football team was brilliant which was 69 and players if that team played with full confidence and stopped the ball when it was needed to the team.The passes of Bayer 04 Leverkusen football team were low in this match and these were only 305 and that was the reason they could not save this match.