Germany: Bundesliga
★Gladbach⚽ M. Thuram (52)
Stadion im BORUSSIA-PARK1-3
★Leverkusen⚽ K. Havertz (7) , ⚽ K. Havertz (Pen. 58) , ⚽ S. Bender (81)
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Kevin Volland is back in team training, but Saturday's game comes too early for him
By Rune Gjerulff
Kevin Volland is back in team training, but will not be an option for Saturday.
| Kevin Volland (left) and Jonathan Tah (right). | Photo: Bayer 04 Leverkusen |
Bayer Leverkusen coach Peter Bosz has revealed that Kevin Volland is back in team training following a long spell on the sidelines.
But the 27-year-old will not be an option for Saturday's Bundesliga game against Gladbach as he still needs some time to work his way back to full fitness.
"Kevin Volland has been back in team training since this week, but tomorrow's game comes too early for him. We'll have to wait and see when he can be back," Bosz said at the pre-match press conference.
Lars Bender, who is still sidelined with a foot injury, is Leverkusen's only other absentee for the upcoming game at Borussia-Park.
| Gladbach | |
|---|---|
| (4-2-3-1) | |
| 1 | Yann Sommer (C) |
| 18 | Stefan Lainer |
| 28 | Matthias Ginter |
| 30 | Nico Elvedi |
| 25 | Ramy Bensebaini |
| 5 | Tobias Strobl ↩76 |
| 32 | Florian Neuhaus |
| 23 | Jonas Hofmann |
| 36 | Breel-Donald Embolo ↩12 |
| 10 | Marcus Thuram ⚽ ↩78 |
| 14 | Alassane Pléa |
| Bench | |
|---|---|
| 21 | Tobias Sippel |
| 7 | Patrick Herrmann |
| 11 | Raffael |
| 16 | Ibrahima Traoré |
| 17 | Oscar Wendt ↪78 |
| 24 | Tony Jantschke |
| 6 | Christoph Kramer |
| 13 | Lars Stindl ↪12 |
| 22 | László Bénes ↪76 |
| Leverkusen | |
|---|---|
| (3-4-3) | |
| 1 | Lukáš Hradecky |
| 12 | Edmond Tapsoba |
| 5 | Sven Bender ⚽ |
| 6 | Aleksandar Dragović ↩81 |
| 23 | Mitchell Weiser |
| 20 | Charles Aránguiz |
| 10 | Kerem Demirbay |
| 22 | Daley Sinkgraven |
| 38 | Karim Bellarabi ↩66 |
| 29 | Kai Havertz (C) ⚽⚽ |
| 19 | Moussa Diaby |
| Bench | |
|---|---|
| 28 | Ramazan Özcan |
| 36 | Niklas Lomb |
| 7 | Paulinho |
| 9 | Leon Bailey ↪66 |
| 13 | Lucas Alario |
| 18 | Wendell |
| 11 | Nadiem Amiri |
| 15 | Julian Baumgartlinger ↪81 |
| 27 | Florian Wirtz |