Bundesliga Open Thread: Matchday 32
LEVERKUSEN, GERMANY - MAY 02: General view inside the stadium prior to the Bundesliga match between Bayer 04 Leverkusen and RB Leipzig at BayArena on May 02, 2026 in Leverkusen, Germany. (Photo by Christof Koepsel/Getty Images) | Getty Images A little late getting the open thread out, but there was no Friday game and there’s plenty of exciting Bundesliga fixtures left to discuss. I was preoccupied by Naoyo Inoue vs Junto Nakatani at the Tokyo Dome earlier today.
It was an excellent fight. Can the Bundesliga offer anything of a similar level? Bayer Leverkusen vs RB Leipzig could be a lot of fun.
Leverkusen need the win to give themselves a good chance of qualifying for the Champions League, and with Hoffenheim and Stuttgart drawing 3-3, three points would see Die Werkself go into the top four on goal difference. Predicting Ball gives them the slight edge, with a 44. 4% win probability versus Leipzig’s 31.
6%. Here is the rest of this weekend’s Bundesliga schedule: Saturday: Bayern Munich 3-3 Heidenheim Eintracht Frankfurt 1-2 Hamburg Hoffenheim 3-3 VfB Stuttgart Union Berlin 2-2 FC Köln Werder Bremen 1-3 Augsburg Bayer Leverkusen vs RB Leipzig Sunday: St. Pauli vs Mainz Borussia Mönchengladbach vs Borussia Dortmund Freiburg vs Wolfsburg The same rules apply as the BVB match threads, though I’m hoping tempers are less likely to flare in these threads.
But as a reminder, here are the match thread rules: Exercise common sense. We allow profanity, adult humor, and other forms of crudeness within reason, but of course there are lines. Hateful language will not be tolerated.