Bayer Leverkusen vs PSV Preview: Team News & Prediction | 2025-26 UEFA Champions League | League Phase

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German giants Bayer Leverkusen have had a tough start to the campaign as they welcome Dutch giants PSV Eindhoven to the BayArena, who are in need of a win.

Kick-off date/time: 1 October 2025 at 8:00 pm

How to watch on TV: UK – TNT Sports / US – Not televised

How to watch online: UK – discovery+ / US – Paramount+

Bayer Leverkusen team news

Predicted XI (3-4-3): Flekken; Quansah, Bade, Tapsoba; Vazquez, Palacios, Garcia, Grimaldo; Tillman, Ben Seghir; Maza

Unavailable: Schick (Injured)

Questionable: Andrich (Injured), Tella (Injured)

PSV team news

Predicted XI (4-3-3): Kovar; Junior, Flamingo, Gasiorowski, Salah-Eddine; Til, Saibari, Veerman; Wanner, Pepi, Perisic

Unavailable: Van Bommel (Injured), Boadu (Injured), Sildillia (Injured)

Questionable: 

Bayer Leverkusen vs PSV prediction

After a tough start to the campaign, Bayer Leverkusen decided to sack Erik ten Hag and replace him with former Denmark boss Kasper Hjulmand a couple of weeks ago. His reign has begun reasonably, but they put in a poor performance in the UEFA Champions League as they rescued a 2-2 draw against Copenhagen at the Parken.

PSV, under the management of Peter Bosz, are Dutch champions and remain one of the most entertaining teams to watch in European football, but they are in need of a performance here. That is because they began their UEFA Champions League campaign with a 3-1 defeat at home to Royale Union Saint-Gilloise a fortnight ago.

PSV are an entertaining team to watch and will likely play on the front foot in Germany, and that should mean the game bursts out into a thriller for the neutral this weekend.

Bayer Leverkusen vs PSV Tip: Both teams to score