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Leverkusen Beat Freiburg 2-1 as Schick Scores in Sixth Straight Match

Patrik Schick set up the equaliser and scored the winner as Bayer Leverkusen came from behind to beat Freiburg 2-1, ending the visitors' unbeaten start. Schick is the first Leverkusen player to score in each of the first six matches of a Bundesliga season.

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Leverkusen Beat Freiburg 2-1 as Schick Scores in Sixth Straight Match

Key points

  • Bayer Leverkusen came from a goal down to beat Freiburg 2-1 at the BayArena on Sunday, and Patrik Schick wrote his name into the club record book doing it.
  • Freiburg arrived as league leaders and scored first.
  • Neither side created much after halftime until Maza settled the game.

Bayer Leverkusen came from a goal down to beat Freiburg 2-1 at the BayArena on Sunday, and Patrik Schick wrote his name into the club record book doing it. Schick set up the equaliser in the 19th minute and scored the winner in the 76th, becoming the first Leverkusen player to score in each of the first six matches of a Bundesliga season.

Freiburg arrived as league leaders and scored first. Derry Scherhant put them ahead in the 14th minute, finishing a counterattack from Philipp Treu's flick, with Germany coach Jurgen Klopp watching from the stands. The lead lasted five minutes. Schick played a pass into Ibrahim Maza, who slammed in the equaliser.

Maza returns the favour

Neither side created much after halftime until Maza settled the game. With 14 minutes left he dribbled in from the right, shook off three markers near the corner and cut the ball back for Schick, who guided it home. Freiburg pressed late and Lucas Holer headed inches wide in stoppage time, but Leverkusen held on.

What it means at the top

Leverkusen move to 13 points and into the top four, sitting behind Freiburg on goal difference. Freiburg's defeat is their first of the season in all competitions. They had come into the game with a club record 13 points from their first five matches, and they face Bayern Munich next weekend. Bayern top the table on 14 points after beating RB Leipzig 6-1 on Saturday, with Borussia Dortmund second, also on 14.

Timeline

  1. Oct 18, 2026Scherhant puts Freiburg ahead in the 14th minute, and Maza equalises for Leverkusen five minutes later from a Schick pass.
  2. Oct 18, 2026Schick scores the winner in the 76th minute from Maza's cutback, and Leverkusen win 2-1 to end Freiburg's unbeaten start.

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