All eyes will be on Borussia-Park when Borussia M’gladbach and Bayer Leverkusen face each other in the Bundesliga derby.
Die Fohlen experienced all sorts of problems at the back in a 3-2 loss to Leipzig, with the team dropping to 9th position in the standings.
Borussia M’gladbach are eager to keep their Europa League hopes alive, and we are positive that they will adopt an attack-minded approach in Saturday’s clash.
Given their attacking potential, we are positive that they will find the net against Bayer Leverkusen.
The visitors, on the other hand, aim to put an end to their three-game winless run.
Die Werkself are determined to stay in the Champions League race, and, taking everything into account, we believe that punters can find value in betting on both teams to score.
In the first half of the season Bayer Leverkusen recorded a thrilling 4-3 win over Borussia M’gladbach.
Monchengladbach vs Bayer Leverkusen Head-to-head (h2h)
Teams Borussia Moenchengladbach Bayer Leverkusen played so far 40 matches.
Borussia Moenchengladbach won 9 direct matches. Bayer Leverkusen won 20 matches. 11 matches ended in a draw. On average in direct matches both teams scored a 3.40 goals per Match.
Monchengladbach vs Leverkusen Prediction
Borussia Moenchengladbach in actual season average scored 2.24 goals per match. In 21 (91.30%) matches played at home was total goals (team and opponent) Over 1.5 goals. In 15 (65.22%) matches in season 2021 played at home was total goals (team and opponent) Over 2.5 goals.
Bayer Leverkusen average scored 2.27 goals per match in season 2021. In 12 (70.59%) matches played away was total goals (team and opponent) Over 1.5 goals. In 10 (58.82%) matches played away team was total goals (team and opponent) Over 2.5 goals.
Team News:
Gladbach will be without Lars Stindl after their top goalscorer picked up his fifth caution of the season during the defeat to Leipzig.
Tony Jantschke continues to be sidelined by a muscle injury, but otherwise Rose has a clean bill of health to select from.
Bosz could only wish for such fortune, with Timothy Fosu-Mensah and Julian Baumgartlinger both out for the foreseeable future with ACL injuries. Jeremie Frimpong, Sven Bender, Santiago Arias and Paulinho could return this month but not in time for the visit of Gladbach, while first-choice goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky is out until April with an Achilles tendon issue.
Twenty-two-year-old Lennart Grill came in between the sticks to make his debut against Freiburg and should retain his place, with the returning Moussa Diaby likely to replace Bailey after the Jamaica winger picked up his fifth booking of the season and a subsequent suspension last time out.
Borussia Monchengladbach possible starting lineup:
Sommer; Lainer, Ginter, Elvedi, Bensebaini; Kramer, Neuhaus, Zakaria; Plea, Embolo, Hofmann
Bayer Leverkusen possible starting lineup:
Grill; Dragovic, Tah, Tapsoba, Wendell; Demirbay, Aranguiz, Wirtz; Diaby, Schick, Gray