Bayer Leverkusen will be aiming to maintain their place at the top of the Bundsliga table when they host Borussia Dortmund on Sunday.
Dortmund returned to winning ways against Borussia Monchengladbach last weekend, but they head into this encounter 10 points behind their forthcoming opponents.
Jeremie Frimpong and Alex Grimaldo continued their sensational goalscoring form from the wing-back areas after Olivier Deman's early own goal had handed their side an early lead at Weserstadion. Leverkusen were completely dominant across the course of the match, restricting Werder Bremen to only two shots in total in their own stadium.
Die Werkself proceeded to secure their 18th win in 19 matches by dispatching Hacken 2-0 in Norway in the Europa League on Thursday, with strikers Victor Boniface and Patrik Schick both getting themselves on the scoresheet either side of half-time. As winners of Group H, Leverkusen will bypass the last-32 stage of Europe's secondary competition and head straight into the round-of-16 from March 2024 onwards.
As such, Alonso and his players have three months to focus on the domestic competitions, as they look to win the club's first trophy for over three decades. They have a winnable home tie against Paderborn in the third round of the DFB-Pokal on Tuesday, which is sandwiched by massive matches against fourth-placed Dortmund and third-placed Stuttgart in the Bundesliga.
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