Surprise leaders Freiburg face toughest test yet at Bayer Leverkusen

· Bundesliga-Official

Sitting atop the Bundesliga table for already the second time this campaign, Julian Schuster’s Freiburg have enjoyed a record-breaking start to the 2026/27 season. However, standing in their way on Matchday 6 is a free-scoring Bayer Leverkusen side that has been steadily improving game by game under Carles Martínez.

Billed as a meeting between a team firmly established among Germany’s elite and a new‑look contender still discovering how high its ceiling really is, the prevailing question is whether Freiburg ’s superb early‑season form can withstand one of the toughest tests in German football: a trip to the BayArena.

Arriving in Leverkusen as league leaders may lead many to label Freiburg as nominal favourites on paper, but it’s important to recognise that this comes with its own caveats. Their dramatic 2–1 home victory over Schalke on Matchday 5 — in which Keisuke Gotō netted a late winner after Yuito Suzuki was sent off for the hosts — may have seen the Breisgauers rise to the Bundesliga summit , but this is a feat Freiburg have only managed four times before in their history.

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