Bayer Leverkusen vs B. Monchengladbach prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2025-09-20 15:30.
[p]Two sides who have already dismissed managers following underwhelming starts to the season clash as Bayer Leverkusen take on Borussia Mönchengladbach.[/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]New Leverkusen head coach Kasper Hjulmand has settled in quickly, guiding his new side to their first league win of the season with a 3-1 triumph over Eintracht Frankfurt last weekend (D1, L1). The 2023/24 Bundesliga champions showed considerable resolve as they finished that game with nine men, and that was on display again when Die Werkself twice came from behind to draw 2-2 with Copenhagen in the UEFA Champions League on Thursday. Hjulmand now has another home game to look forward to as he starts work on improving their inconsistent recent league form at the BayArena (W3, D2, L3).[/p]
[p]Mönchengladbach sacked Gerardo Seoane earlier this week after making their joint-worst three-game start to a Bundesliga campaign since 2015/16 (D1, L2), forming part of a wider ten-match winless streak in the league (D3, L7). This is also just the second time that the Foals have failed to score in their first three games of a Bundesliga season, so they’ll be hoping an early-season managerial shake-up can give them a boost with Eugen Polanski in interim charge. He faces the tall order of trying to do something about their form on the road as Gladbach have lost their last four league away fixtures while conceding an average of 2.5 goals per game.[/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Leverkusen are unbeaten across the last 11 Bundesliga H2Hs (W9, D2) and haven’t lost any of the last five played here (W3, D2). Four of those games produced over 3.5 goals.[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Leverkusen have scored five set-piece goals this season, a league-high total after matchday three.[/p]
[p]Leverkusen opened the scoring in each of their last four home league fixtures (W2, L2).[/p]
[p]Mönchengladbach have won the corner count in four of their last five Bundesliga games.[/p]
[p]Mönchengladbach have been awarded exactly one yellow card in each of their last three away league fixtures (L3).[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Alejandro Grimaldo has been Flashscore’s man of the match in both of Leverkusen’s last two fixtures having scored three free-kicks in those games, two of them coming after the 80th minute. A return to form for Franck Honorat would be welcomed by Mönchengladbach as they only lost one of his five goalscoring appearances last term (W3, D1), with three of his five strikes arriving after the 60th minute.[/p]
[p]Robert Andrich and Ezequiel Fernández are the latest absentees for Leverkusen, both suspended following red cards last week. Tim Kleindienst remains on the sidelines for Mönchengladbach, with Nathan Ngoumou also doubtful.[/p]
[p]For all the latest team news, please check the Flashscore match centre.[/p]
[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]Leverkusen are unappealing short favourites to win this one, but there’s decent value in backing the hosts to win with a clean sheet given Mönchengladbach’s woes in front of goal.[/p]
[p][i]Author: John Pennington[/i][/p]