Gladbach vs Bayer Leverkusen Live Stream, Predictions

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Borussia Mönchengladbach

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Gladbach will be looking for another win after the 4-2 Bundesliga 1 victory over Borussia Dortmund.

In that game, Borussia Mönchengladbach managed 39% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. For Borussia Mönchengladbach, the goals were scored by Jonas Hofmann (4'), Ramy Bensebaïni (26'), Marcus Thuram (30') and Kouadio Koné (46'). Borussia Dortmund got 19 shots at goal with 10 on target. Julian Brandt (19') and Nico Schlotterbeck (40') scored for Borussia Dortmund.

Matches featuring Borussia Mönchengladbach have often been lively affairs recently with plenty of scoring being a real hallmark. Over their past 6 games alone, the sum of 23 goals have been scored for both teams combined (at an average of 3.83 goals per game) with 11 of these coming from Borussia Mönchengladbach. However, time will tell if that trend shall be maintained here in this game or not.

Pre-game facts show that Borussia Mönchengladbach:

• have not emerged victorious against Bayer Leverkusen in their previous 5 league matches.
• are undefeated in their last 2 home league matches.

Bayer Leverkusen

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Bayer Leverkusen will go into this game after a 2-0 Bundesliga 1 win in the defeat of Stuttgart in their most recent match.

In that game, Bayer Leverkusen managed 45% possession and 12 shots on goal with 3 on target. For Bayer Leverkusen, the goals were scored by Moussa Diaby (30') and Jonathan Tah (82'). Stuttgart got 7 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target.

Xabi Alonso's Bayer Leverkusen have converted a total of 11 times throughout their previous 6 matches. The number of goals that they have conceded during that period equals 5.

Coming into this fixture, Bayer Leverkusen remain undefeated by Borussia Mönchengladbach when having played them away from home in the previous 3 league matches.

↔️ Head to head

A review of their past head-to-head clashes stretching back to 02/11/2019 shows that Gladbach have won 1 of them & Bayer Leverkusen 5, with the number of drawn games being 0.

Loads of goals were seen in those games, too - 22 in total at an average of 3.67 goals per meeting.

The previous league game featuring these sides was Bundesliga 1 match day 19 on 15/01/2022 when the final score was Borussia Mönchengladbach 1-2 Bayer Leverkusen.

In that match, Borussia Mönchengladbach managed 55% possession and 17 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Nico Elvedi (81').

For their opponents, Bayer Leverkusen had 32 shots at goal with 11 of them on target. Robert Andrich (51') and Patrik Schick (74') scored.

The referee was Sascha Stegemann.

ℹ️ Team News: Gladbach

Marcus Thuram (Knee Problems) and Yvandro Borges Sanches (tendon irritation) won’t be playing for Gladbach manager Daniel Farke.

📰 Team News: Bayer Leverkusen

Due to a fully injury-free squad to choose from, the Bayer Leverkusen boss Xabi Alonso has no fitness concerns whatsoever ahead of this game.

🔮 Prediction

It seems to us that Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Mönchengladbach may well end up cancelling each other out here.

It’s looking like it could well end up as a draw but we do expect to see goals at each end. That is why we are leaning toward a really entertaining tussle with a 2-2 score draw at the end of the 90.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 01:37 18/01/2023