Borussia Monchengladbach vs Bayer Leverkusen

Borussia Monchengladbach and Bayer Leverkusen are set to trade tackles in a mouth-watering Bundesliga fixture at Borussia-Park.

Former Leverkusen manager Gerardo Seoane cannot be happy with his touchline debut at Borussia Monchengladbach after his side relinquished two separate two-goal leads in a goal-glutted 4-4 draw against Augsburg on the opening weekend. Despite producing the only stalemate on matchday one, Gladbach put on a show, delivering their highest-scoring opening-day contest in the club’s top-flight history. However, things may soon improve for ‘Die Fohlen’ if they can uphold an eye-catching record of one loss from their last eight Bundesliga outings at Borussia-Park (W4, D3). But if there’s a side capable of putting Gladbach’s resolve to the test, it’s Leverkusen, a side they’ve lost to in their last four top-flight H2Hs on home turf.

In the meantime, Xabi Alonso couldn’t lead Bayer Leverkusen to a top-four finish in his first season at the club, but he’s hellbent on achieving that feat this term. Following an 8-0 drubbing of Teutonia Ottensen in the opening DFB-Pokal round, ‘Die Werkself’ kicked things off in their new Bundesliga campaign with a dramatic 3-2 home victory over fierce rivals RB Leipzig. But after going winless on four consecutive league travels at the tail-end of last season (D3, L1), Leverkusen cannot take anything for granted here. Indeed, they failed to get on the scoresheet in three of those four matches, casting doubt on their quest to make it five consecutive Bundesliga wins at Borussia-Park.