Borussia Mönchengladbach vs Bayer Leverkusen - Bundesliga

Borussia Mönchengladbach vs Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Bundesliga : 9th Round
Date : 15 October, 2011 - 15:30 CET
Stadium : Borussia Park, Mönchengladbach

On Saturday, 15th October at 15:30 CET, Borussia Mönchengladbach will host Bayer 04 Leverkusen at the Borussia Park for the 9th Bundesliga Round. Mönchengladbach is the surprising team in this season and at home still undefeated.

Borussia Mönchengladbach provides for the biggest surprise in this season. After 8 matchdays they are third of the table and the only team which defeated title favourite Bayern München (1:0). Currently Favre's side is three points behind leader Bayern. The last round brought a 0:1 defeat at SC Freiburg. However, Gladbach's home statistics is nearly perfect. Borussia Mönchengladbach is undefeated at home (3 wins, 1 draw). Manager Favre will have to pass on injured forward Igor de Camargo.

Last year's runner's up Bayer 04 Leverkusen faces table rank 9. However, they are only three points behind Werder Bremen (2.) and Borussia Mönchengladbach (3.). Bayer Leverkusen have won 4 of their 8 league games in this season (4 wins, 1 draw, 3 defeats), the previous two official matches before the international break brought two home wins - 2:0 in the Champions League against KRC Genk and 3:1 in the Bundesliga against VfL Wolfsburg.

Head to Head :
Last Meeting : 23.01.2011: Borussia M'gladbach - Bayer Leverkusen 1:3
Wins Borussia M'gladbach : 19
Wins Bayer 04 Leverkusen : 23
Draws : 22

Possible Line-Ups :
Borussia Mönchengladbach : Stegen - Jantschke, Stranzl, Dante, Daems - Nordtveit, Neustädter - Reus, Arango - Hanke, Bobadilla.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen : Leno - Balitsch, Reinartz, Toprak, Kadlec - L. Bender, Ballack - Castro, Kießling, Schürrle - Derdiyok.

Betting tip/Prediction :

Borussia Mönchengladbach haven't won a Bundesliga home match against Leverkusen since February 1989. However, at the moment Favre's side is in great form. Mönchengladbach will win against Leverkusen.