Elversberg stun Leverkusen on Bundesliga debut

Five years after fourth-tier football, Elversberg made history with a 3-2 win over Leverkusen.

Competition

Bundesliga

Score

Elversberg 3-2 Leverkusen

Scorers

Lukas Petkov, Cole Campbell, plus one more

Venue

Elversberg home

What happened. Elversberg defeated Bayer Leverkusen 3-2 in their Bundesliga debut, coming from behind to win after racing to a two-goal lead.

Elversberg had a win probability of just 17.9 percent before kick-off.
Seven Bundesliga debutants started for Elversberg.
They became the quickest debutants to score their first two goals, breaking VfB Leipzig's 1993 record.

Elversberg's historic win signals a strong start to their top-flight campaign.

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