Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia M'gladbach are both riding high in the Bundesliga with their 5th and 6th positions respectively. Expect a great game!
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Europa League. That game was an away game at Hapoel Be'er Sheva, so at least Leverkusen are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Bayer Leverkusen form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Bayer Leverkusen's two home games in the Bundesliga so far this season, having collected 4 points here at BayArena.
Leverkusen enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Hapoel Be'er Sheva's place. The match ended 4-2 with Leon Bailey (2) and Florian Wirtz scoring. A strong away win before that one, visiting Freiburg and winning 4-2.
As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Leverkusen have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found two matches with the results: Won zero, drawn one and lost one.
Bayer Leverkusen has scored 4 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Borussia M'gladbach form and stats
Borussia M'gladbach have six points from their first three away games in the Bundesliga, meaning two victories and a loss. M'gladbach love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.
M'gladbach play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 6-0 victory visiting Shakhtar Donetsk. That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus RB Leipzig in the Bundesliga.
As you can tell from the results above, Borussia M'gladbach was very dominant against Shakhtar Donetsk, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 6-0 (!) with Alassane Pléa (3), Ramy Bensebaini and Lars Stindl providing the goals. Alassane Pléa certainly enjoyed M'gladbach's last game versus Shakhtar Donetsk, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 6-0 victory.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by M'gladbach in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Borussia M'gladbach, zero draws and two defeats.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Borussia M'gladbach are regular goalscorers on their travels. M'gladbach have conceded 6 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Leverkusen five wins, zero draws and Borussia M'gladbach five victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Alario 5 goals |   L. Stindl 2 goals |  J. Hofmann 2 goals |
Bayer Leverkusen missing players
Borussia M'gladbach missing players
| Bayer Leverkusen | Borussia M'gladbach | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 67% | 33% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 17% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.3 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | 28 | 11 | Total Shots | T S | 9 | 46 | 78 |
| 33 | 12 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 21 | 32 |
| 30% | 33% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 29% | 28% |
- All of Bayer Leverkusen's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Borussia M'gladbach's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Bayer Leverkusen have not yet lost a game.
- Borussia M'gladbach haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bayern München | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 18 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 16 |
| 3 | Borussia Dortmund | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 15 |
| 4 | Union Berlin | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| 5 | Bayer Leverkusen | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 6 | Borussia M'gladbach | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | Stuttgart | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 8 | Werder Bremen | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 9 | Augsburg | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 10 |
| 10 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 10 |
| 11 | Wolfsburg | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 12 | Hertha BSC | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 13 | Hoffenheim | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 14 | Freiburg | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -8 | 6 |
| 15 | Arminia Bielefeld | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -11 | 4 |
| 16 | Köln | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -5 | 3 |
| 17 | Schalke 04 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 17 | -17 | 3 |
| 18 | Mainz 05 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -13 | 1 |