Bayer Leverkusen Eye 'Immortality' As Union Berlin Fight For Final Day Survival

17.05.2024 - 06:47 sports.ndtv.com

Champions Bayer Leverkusen chase "immortality" in the shape of an undefeated Bundesliga season on Saturday as relegation-threatened Union Berlin face a last-day battle for survival.

Xabi Alonso's Leverkusen can become the first team in Bundesliga history to go through a campaign unbeaten by avoiding defeat against Augsburg.

Not even the greatest Bayern Munich sides have managed an invincible season. That Alonso's men have done it without losing in any competition -- a European record 50-game streak which includes runs to next week's German Cup and Europa League finals -- shows how incredible they have been.

A win against Augsburg would net Leverkusen 90 points from 34 games -- the equal second-highest tally in German football history.

Football Patrik Schick Granit Xhaka Bayer Leverkusen Xabi Alonso Lukas Hradecký Bayern München Germany county Union

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