Bundesliga duel: Close contest expected between Borussia Mönchengladbach and Bayer 04 Leverkusen

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 15.January
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion im BORUSSIA-PARK (54057 seats)

Bayer 04 Leverkusen will not bank on any favours from their host Borussia Mönchengladbach in this Bundesliga fixture. Here's your comprehensive guide!

Insights:
  • Borussia Mönchengladbach have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in Bundesliga
  • Bayer 04 Leverkusen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Borussia Mönchengladbach form and stats

The story so far in the Bundesliga for Borussia Mönchengladbach at their home stadium (Stadion im BORUSSIA-PARK) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. With Mönchengladbach having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager Hütter.

Mönchengladbach's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-3 versus Viktoria Koln.

In the game before, an away victory in the Bundesliga match versus Bayern München with a 2-1 scoreline.

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 Mönchengladbach have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won two, drawn zero and lost two.

Borussia Mönchengladbach are traveling soon after this match as the DFB Pokal match at Hannover 96 awaits in four days.

A decent goal production from Borussia Mönchengladbach in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 8 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Borussia Mönchengladbach defense is not exactly impregnable. 13 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Bayer 04 Leverkusen form and stats

4 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Bayer 04 Leverkusen playing as the away team in the Bundesliga this season. Leverkusen has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

There were no winners in Leverkusen's previous match, a Bundesliga home game that ended 2-2 vs FC Union Berlin (placed 6th). Tah, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.02. Tah scored one goal, hit two key passes and won 7 of 14 duels.

Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting SC Freiburg's place.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Bayer 04 Leverkusen in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Leverkusen, two draws and one defeat.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Leverkusen are regular goalscorers on their travels. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Bayer 04 Leverkusen have conceded 14 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is what happened when the contenders faced each other earlier this season; Bayer 04 Leverkusen - Mönchengladbach 4-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Mönchengladbach victories, zero draws and seven Bayer 04 Leverkusen wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Bayer 04 LeverkusenP. Schick
P. Schick
17 goals
Borussia MönchengladbachJ. Hofmann
J. Hofmann
7 goals
Bayer 04 LeverkusenF. Wirtz
F. Wirtz
5 goals

Borussia Mönchengladbach missing players

Bayer 04 Leverkusen missing players

Borussia Mönchengladbach Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 8 3 Played P 4 9 18
6 4 1 Won W 1 4 8
4 2 1 Drew D 2 3 5
8 2 1 Lost L 1 2 5
24 14 2 Scored S 8 21 42
33 13 7 Conceded C 9 14 30
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
83% 88% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 89%
61% 62% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 78% 72%
44% 50% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 67% 67%
22% 25% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 22% 28%
67% 62% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 89% 72%
11% 25% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 22%
22% 12% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 6%
 
4.9 5.8 3.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 5.1 5.8
4.7 3.2 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 4.2 4.1
2 2 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.3 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
15.4 18.2 14 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 11.1 12.6
5.2 5.9 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 4.7 5.6
26% 30% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 50% 42%
 
13.4 11.6 14 Shots against (avg) S A 16.8 14.3 14.9
5.2 4.4 5.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 4.8 5.6
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • All of Bayer 04 Leverkusen's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Bayer 04 Leverkusen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Bayer 04 Leverkusen have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Bayer 04 Leverkusen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Borussia Mönchengladbach have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Borussia Mönchengladbach have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in Bundesliga
  • Borussia Mönchengladbach 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 18 14 1 3 57 18 10 8 0 2 30 8 8 6 1 1 27 10 39 43
2 Borussia Dortmund 18 12 1 5 44 28 9 8 0 1 26 12 9 4 1 4 18 16 16 37
3 TSG Hoffenheim 18 9 4 5 38 27 9 6 2 1 21 9 9 3 2 4 17 18 11 31
4 SC Freiburg 18 8 6 4 30 18 9 4 3 2 15 11 9 4 3 2 15 7 12 30
5 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 18 8 5 5 42 30 9 4 2 3 21 16 9 4 3 2 21 14 12 29
6 FC Union Berlin 18 7 7 4 25 23 9 5 3 1 12 8 9 2 4 3 13 15 2 28
7 Eintracht Frankfurt 18 7 6 5 29 27 9 3 4 2 14 11 9 4 2 3 15 16 2 27
8 RB Leipzig 18 7 4 7 34 23 10 7 0 3 29 13 8 0 4 4 5 10 11 25
9 Köln 17 6 7 4 27 27 9 5 3 1 18 11 8 1 4 3 9 16 0 25
10 Mainz 05 18 7 3 8 26 21 9 5 3 1 18 5 9 2 0 7 8 16 5 24
11 Borussia Mönchengladbach 18 6 4 8 24 33 8 4 2 2 14 13 10 2 2 6 10 20 -9 22
12 Hertha BSC 17 6 3 8 20 35 8 4 2 2 12 9 9 2 1 6 8 26 -15 21
13 Bochum 17 6 2 9 16 26 8 4 2 2 10 6 9 2 0 7 6 20 -10 20
14 Wolfsburg 17 6 2 9 17 29 9 3 1 5 8 14 8 3 1 4 9 15 -12 20
15 VfB Stuttgart 18 4 6 8 22 31 9 3 2 4 16 18 9 1 4 4 6 13 -9 18
16 Augsburg 18 4 6 8 18 29 8 3 2 3 12 15 10 1 4 5 6 14 -11 18
17 Arminia Bielefeld 18 3 8 7 16 24 9 1 5 3 8 13 9 2 3 4 8 11 -8 17
18 Greuther Furth 18 1 3 14 13 49 9 1 3 5 7 15 9 0 0 9 6 34 -36 6

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