Bayer Leverkusen began their new DFB-Pokal campaign in emphatic fashion, cruising to a 4-0 victory away to Wehen Wiesbaden in the first round. The 2024 German Cup winners rarely looked troubled as they comfortably controlled the contest from start to finish.

2026-27, Germany - DFB Pokal

Wehen - Bayer 04 0:4 (0:1)
Goals: Schick, 43 (0:1); Vazquez L., 47 (0:2); Tella, 69 (0:3); Kofane, 79 (0:4)

Bayer 04: Blaswich; Gutiérrez M.; Badé L. (Medina F., 74); Tapsoba E.; Vazquez L. (Quansah, 65); Fernández Ez. (Tella, 65); Aleix Garcia; Moreira; Maza (Palacios Ex., 78); Tillman M.; Schick (Kofane, 67)
Substitution: Quansah (from 65); Tella (from 65); Kofane (from 67); Medina F. (from 74); Palacios Ex. (from 78)
Bench: Flekken; Hofmann; Belocian; Boniface