Borussia Monchengladbach-Bayer Leverkusen is a match from the second day of the Bundesliga and is played on Saturday at 6:30pm: TV, predictions.
On the bench of Borussia Monchengladbach sits Gerardo Seoane, a Swiss coach who got right back on track after a disappointing experience with Bayer Leverkusen.
The former Young Boys coach was exonerated last fall at the end of a decidedly negative first half of the season, leaving the Aspirins mired in the lower reaches of the standings, on the edge of the relegation zone. Normal, then, that in the Rossoneri environment he did not leave a good memory. Especially in light of what his successor, Xabi Alonso, managed to do in just a few months. The Basque brought Bayer back to the top six and thanks to that comeback will play in Europe again this year. Not to mention that Werkself came close to a historic Europa League final, losing in the semifinals to Jose Mourinho’s Roma. The former Real Madrid and Bayern Munich midfielder is aiming to have a top season, and the start really bodes well: after the eight goals they scored against Teutonia in the German Cup (little more than a training session), his men scored a fine victory on their Bundesliga debut against Leipzig, fresh from their Super Cup triumph.
And while the BayArena saw a total of five goals – it ended 3-2 to Bayer – in the challenge featuring ‘Gladbach the total goals were as many as eight.
Seoane
The spectators at the WWK Arena, Augsburg’s stadium, were certainly not bored: if Seoane’s team managed to avoid defeat, it was thanks to the penalty scored by Cvancara (former Sparta Prague striker) in the midst of the recovery, which fixed the result at 4-4. Borussia Monchengladbach’s reaction was good, but a phase of non-possession of the ball that still needs to be revised raises some concerns. So many absences for the former Bayer coach to deal with, from Elvedi to Kramer, via Kone, Lainer and Wolf.
The prediction
We put our faith in a Bayer Leverkusen side that already appeared to be on a roll in the opener: Aspirins slightly favored in a match that promises excitement and spectacle.
The probable formations of Borussia Monchengladbach-Bayer Leverkusen
- BORUSSIA MONCHENGLADBACH (3-4-3): Omlin; Friedrich, Itakura, Wöber; Honorat, Weigl, Neuhaus, Scally; Ngoumou, Cvancara, Plea.
- BAYER LEVERKUSEN (3-4-2-1): Hradecky; Kossounou, Tah, Tapsoba; Frimpong, Palacios, Xhaka, Grimaldo; Hofmann, Wirtz; Boniface.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 2-3
