Overview

• Leverkusen confirmed the Argentina international suffered a right adductor muscle–tendon injury and will undergo an operation next week, ruling him out until the start of next year.
• Palacios was injured early in the 3–1 win over Eintracht Frankfurt and was substituted in the 15th minute, with Aleix García coming on.
• For next Sunday’s home game against Borussia Mönchengladbach, Robert Andrich and Ezequiel Fernandez are suspended, leaving García as the only available central midfielder.
• Hjulmand’s successful debut now gives way to an immediate selection problem in the middle of the park.
• The 26-year-old had just made his first start of the season after missing the opening matches with a muscle issue and has had previous spells out in recent campaigns.