Bayer Leverkusen's Spanish midfielder #24 Aleix Garcia (C) celebrates scoring the 3-0 goal with his teammates including Bayer Leverkusen's English midfielder #19 Nathan Tella (L) and Bayer Leverkusen's German defender #04 Jonathan Tah during the German Cup (DFB Pokal) 2nd round football match between Bayer 04 Leverkusen and SV Elversberg in Leverkusen, western Germany. AFP
Sunday’s draw also pitted Leipzig against Eintracht Frankfurt.
The highlight of the round will be Leverkusen’s visit to Munich on Dec. 3 or 4. The teams already played there in the Bundesliga in September, when Leverkusen was arguably fortunate to emerge with a 1-1 draw.
Leverkusen, which defeated Kaiserslautern in the final last season, finished 18 points ahead of Bayern in the Bundesliga as it claimed its first league and cup double last season.
The other third-round matches are: Cologne vs. Hertha Berlin; Arminia Bielefeld vs. Freiburg; Werder Bremen vs. Darmstadt; Karlsruher SC vs. Augsburg; Jahn Regensburg vs. Stuttgart; and Wolfsburg vs. Hoffenheim.
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