The Borussia Mönchengladbach vs Bayer Leverkusen football match will take place on Saturday, May 23, 2020, in the 27th round of the German championship, at the “Borussia-Park” stadium in Mönchengladbach.
Borussia Mönchengladbach climbed to 3rd place in the standings
Borussia Mönchengladbach won 3-1 (Alassane Pléa 1, Marcus Thuram 7, Ramy Bensebaini 73p – André Silva 81) in the away match against Eintracht Frankfurt, in the 26th round of the German championship, the first after a break for two months caused by the coronavirus pandemic. After 26 stages, the team coached by Marco Rose is on the 3rd place in the ranking, with 52 points. The balance of the team was 16 victories, 4 draws and 6 defeats, goal difference 52-31. The next match will be away with Werder Bremen. “Die Fohlen” took advantage of RB Leipzig’s draw with SC Freiburg and climbed the podium, where they are 6 points behind leaders Bayern Munich and 2 points behind Borussia Dortmund. The team’s top scorers are Alassane Pléa 9 goals, Breel Embolo 7 goals and Marcus Thuram 7 goals.
Bayer Leverkusen have won 16 points in the last 6 stages
Bayer Leverkusen won the away match with Werder Bremen without any problems, in the 26th round of the German championship. The goals of the “aspirins” were scored by Kai Havertz (28, 33), Mitchell Weiser (61) and Kerem Demirbay (78). The goal “Die Grün-Weißen” was scored by Theodor Gebre Selassie (30). After 26 stages, the team coached by Peter Bosz is on the 5th place in the ranking, with 50 points. The balance of the team was 15 victories, 5 draws and 6 defeats, goal difference 49-31. The next match will be at home with VfL Wolfsburg. “Die Werkself” have 5 successes and a draw in the last 6 stages held in the Bundesliga, where they are still in the 5th position, which is not in the Champions League, but with a victory at Mönchengladbach, they would climb to 3-4 places. The team’s top scorers are Kevin Volland 9 goals, Kai Havertz 8 goals and Lucas Alario 6 goals.
Borussia Mönchengladbach vs Bayer Leverkusen: Direct results (H2H)
Borussia Mönchengladbach vs Bayer Leverkusen have met 75 times in the Bundesliga, the balance being 22 victories of the hosts, 26 results of equality and 27 successes of the guests. The average goal was favorable to the hosts, 111 to 138. In the 37 matches played at Mönchengladbach, Borussia achieved 12 victories, Bayer Leverkusen 7 successes, while 18 matches ended in a draw. And this time the goal average was favorable to the hosts, 62 to 60.
Last 5 direct results
- 21.10.2017: Borussia Mönchengladbach vs Bayer Leverkusen 1-5 (Bundesliga)
- 10.03.2018: Bayer Leverkusen vs Borussia Mönchengladbach 2-0 (Bundesliga)
- 25.08.2018: Borussia Mönchengladbach vs Bayer Leverkusen 2-0 (Bundesliga)
- 19.01.2019: Bayer Leverkusen vs Borussia Mönchengladbach 0-1 (Bundesliga)
- 02.11.2019: Bayer Leverkusen vs Borussia Monchengladbach 1-2 (Bundesliga)
Borussia Mönchengladbach vs Bayer Leverkusen Picks
Borussia Mönchengladbach climbed the podium after the victory in Frankfurt, but is only 2 points away from the 5th place, which is not in the Champions League and which is … Bayer Leverkusen. With a success in Saturday’s match, “Die Fohlen” would make 55 points, could even climb to the 2nd position, but most importantly, it would have 5 points ahead of “aspirin”. “Die Borussen” has achieved 3 successes in the last 4 stages and has 8 in a row GG. In the matches played at home he had 9 victories, 2 draws, 2 failures, scored 16 goals and received 14. Bayer Leverkusen is just one point away from the 4th place, the last in the Champions League, on which RB Leipzig is located. “Die Werkself” have 5 wins in the last 6 rounds and 10 games in a row in the Bundesliga championship in which they have scored at least one goal. “Aspirinele” had 8 away matches, 1 draw and 4 defeats in the away matches, scored 24 goals and scored 18.
It should be noted that Borussia Mönchengladbach has at home 4 victories in the last 5 matches played with Bayer Leverkusen and that in the round they won on “Bayer Arena” with 2-1 or that last season they won both in the round and in the return. It will be a balanced match between two teams fighting for a Champions League place. I recommend you bet that at the break or at the end it will be equal.
Our Prediction: Draw
Odds: 1.85
