Erik ten Hag's Leverkusen lost 2-1 at the BayArena as Hoffenheim won on the road. Jarell Quansah opened the scoring in the sixth minute with a header from Alejandro Grimaldo's free-kick on his Bundesliga debut. Fisnik Asllani levelled in the 25th minute after evading Quansah and finishing past Mark Flekken. Early in the second half Asllani capitalised on a long ball, laying it off for Tim Lemperle to strike into the bottom-left corner and give Hoffenheim the lead. Leverkusen pressed for an equaliser but Nathan Tella hit the side-netting. Hoffenheim made the most of limited chances and ended a five-match losing run against Leverkusen.
Leverkusen got off to a quick start, with Quansah scoring six minutes into his Bundesliga debut after connecting with Alejandro Grimaldo's free-kick and heading past Oliver Baumann. However, Quansah was caught cold at the other end when Asllani managed to evade him in the box before firing beyond Mark Flekken at the near post to equalise in the 25th minute.
Hoffenheim went into Saturday's encounter having lost their last five Bundesliga matches against Leverkusen. Asllani helped them turn the tables, though. The 23-year-old registered the most shots in the match (three), joint-most chances created (two), and completed the third-most passes in the final third for his side (eight). It was a game of few clear-cut chances, as demonstrated by expected goals (xG) figures of 0.65 for Leverkusen and 0.57 for Hoffenheim, but it was the visitors who made the most of their opportunities.
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