By Rune Gjerulff@runegjerulff

Sven Bender faces weeks on the sidelines

Sven Bender will be unavailable for weeks after he suffered a knee injury on Saturday.
Sven Bender.
Sven Bender.Photo: Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Bayer Leverkusen will have to manage without Sven Bender for a while after the 30-year-old was forced off with a knee injury in Saturday's 4-0 win over Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga.

According to a report from Kicker, the experienced defender will be out for at least four to six weeks.

Depending on the recovery process, which is hard to predict with an injury like this, Bender could be absent for up to 10 weeks, as per the report.

Sven Bender has featured in every Bundesliga game this season so far.

Bundesliga news

Table

Bundesliga

Regular Season

#TeamP
1 FC Bayern68
2 Leverkusen62
3 Frankfurt48
4 Mainz 0546
5 RB Leipzig45
6 Gladbach44
7 Freiburg42
8 Dortmund41
9 Stuttgart40
10 Bremen39
11 Augsburg39
12 Wolfsburg38
13 Union Berlin33
14 Hoffenheim27
15 St. Pauli26
16 Heidenheim22
17 Bochum20
18 Holstein Kiel18
View full table
Kickfieber

Match days

German Teams in Europe

DFB-Pokal

German National Team

Long reads

Exclusive interviews

Team News