The battle will continue in the 31st round of the 2024/25 Bundesliga season, and Leverkusen will face Augsburg at the BayArena. Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso said that they hope to end the season in a better way, but they need to get rid of the current negative emotions as soon as possible.

After a 0-0 draw with Union Berlin and a 1-1 draw with St. Pauli, Leverkusen currently ranks second in the standings with 64 points, 8 points behind first-placed Bayern Munich, and still has to deal with tough challenges in the championship race.

Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso said at a press conference: "After the draw against St. Pauli last week, the situation in the team has changed. We hope to end the season in the best way possible so that everyone feels more positive than now. There are many positives this season, but the current mood is obviously not the most ideal."

"We have to change the current mood. We wanted to continue to compete for the Bundesliga title, but the performance in the past two games was not ideal. Now we can only accept this result."

In addition, after a 0-0 draw with Frankfurt in the last round of the league, Augsburg is currently ranked 10th in the standings with 43 points, with 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss in the last 5 rounds.

Augsburg coach Torup said in an interview, "We got a point against the top three teams, which is well deserved. We played very well in the first half, the only thing missing was a goal. In the second half, our control of the game declined slightly, so we can accept this result."

In terms of head-to-head record, Augsburg has achieved 2 wins and 3 losses in the last 5 matches against Leverkusen, including this season's match, when Leverkusen scored with Martin Terrell and Wirtz, but Augsburg eventually lost 0-2 at home.

Speaking of the upcoming match against Leverkusen, Torup said, "We must of course prepare for this tough game, but we can go on the court with confidence because we have proved many times in the past few weeks that we are capable of competing with strong opponents."

"We will just focus on our strengths and bring that ambition to every game because we want to get as many points as possible."