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Head-to-head record
Previous meetings: 103
Bayern wins: 61
Draws: 20
Leverkusen wins: 22
A win in the first leg of their Champions League last 16 tie saw Bayern Munich end a six-game winless streak against Bayer Leverkusen, with Harry Kane scoring two of the goals in a convincing 3-0 victory.
Die Werkself have also won at the Allianz this season though, knocking Bayern out of the DFB-Pokal thanks to Nathan Tella's solitary strike after Manuel Neuer had been sent off for Vincent Kompany's side.
Bayern struggled again on their trip to the BayArena in February, registering just two shots across the 90 minutes, but miraculously, they were still able to walk away with a 0-0 draw.
It was certainly a better outcome for Bayern compared to the humbling 3-0 defeat they suffered in Leverkusen a year earlier, when that result all but confirmed Bayer's first-ever Bundesliga title, with Bayern loanee Josip Stanisic among the scorers for Alonso's men.
Leverkusen have come a long way from the side that found themselves 5-0 down away to Bayern inside 37 minutes in 2021, and their record against the Bavarians remains hugely inferior, despite their fine recent streak.
In 46 trips to Bayern in the Bundesliga, Leverkusen have only won four, including just two in 35 since 1990, but the top scorer in this fixture's history was a Die Werkself player - Ulf Kirsten, who managed 11 goals against Bayern while donning the red and black.
Prior to their meeting in the last 16 of the Champions League, some of the most notable meetings between the two were in the Pokal, especially the final in 2020, when a Robert Lewandowski double helped Bayern to a 4-2 win.
Before their win in December, Leverkusen had only won one of the seven cup meetings with Bayern, also losing in semi-finals in 2003 and 2018, conceding nine goals over the two defeats.
Last 20 meetings
Mar 05, 2025: Bayern 3-0 Leverkusen (Champions League Last 16 First Leg)
Feb 15, 2025: Leverkusen 0-0 Bayern (Bundesliga)
Dec 03, 2024: Bayern 0-1 Leverkusen (DFB-Pokal Round of 16)
Sep 28, 2024: Bayern 1-1 Leverkusen (Bundesliga)
Feb 10, 2024: Leverkusen 3-0 Bayern (Bundesliga)
Sep 15, 2023: Bayern 2-2 Leverkusen (Bundesliga)
Mar 19, 2023: Leverkusen 2-1 Bayern (Bundesliga)
Sep 30, 2022: Bayern 4-0 Leverkusen (Bundesliga)
Mar 05, 2022: Bayern 1-1 Leverkusen (Bundesliga)
Oct 17, 2021: Leverkusen 1-5 Bayern (Bundesliga)
Apr 20, 2021: Bayern 2-0 Leverkusen (Bundesliga)
Dec 19, 2020: Leverkusen 1-2 Bayern (Bundesliga)
Jul 04, 2020: Leverkusen 2-4 Bayern (DFB-Pokal Final)
Jun 06, 2020: Leverkusen 2-4 Bayern (Bundesliga)
Nov 30, 2019: Bayern 1-2 Leverkusen (Bundesliga)
Feb 02, 2019: Leverkusen 3-1 Bayern (Bundesliga)
Sep 15, 2018: Bayern 3-1 Leverkusen (Bundesliga)
Apr 17, 2018: Leverkusen 2-6 Bayern (DFB-Pokal Semi-Finals)
Jan 12, 2018: Leverkusen 1-3 Bayern (Bundesliga)
Aug 18, 2017: Bayern 3-1 Leverkusen (Bundesliga)
Apr 15, 2017: Leverkusen 0-0 Bayern (Bundesliga)
Andrew Delaney
