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Borussia Monchengladbach vs Bayer: Prediction and Betting Odds 2.10
In the first round of the 62nd Bundesliga, Borussia will play the current champion Bayer on August 23. The home team did not impress in any way last season, but they have had an impeccable preparation for the start of the new championship, winning all seven friendly matches. The visitors have retained almost the entire championship team and have already managed to win the Super Cup. How will the game go and what reliable bets to choose? - the answer is in our expert's betting tip
Command Analysis
Borussia Moenchengladbach
GermanyCurrent form
The times when Borussia fought for places in European competitions seem to be long gone. Last season, the “foals” fought to keep their place and ended up in 14th place. This is the worst result since the 2010/2011 season, when they finished in 16th place. The team had obvious problems in defense, as evidenced by the 67 goals conceded. Once again, an anti-record – since the 1998/1999 season, there has not been such a terrible defense. Traditionally, Borussia played much better at home than away – 21 points against 13 away points.
Despite the obvious failure , Gerardo Seaone remained in his post, which is somewhat surprising. Christoph Kramer left the team in the off-season. The legendary Toni Jantschke and Patrick Herrmann ended their careers, both of whom played more than 700 matches for the club. Kevin Stoeger and Tim Kleindienst were acquired for the attack. At the same time, no significant transfers have been made to the most problematic line of defense.
Borussia shone in friendly matches – they won all seven friendlies, which deserves respect. In addition, they managed to start in the 1/32 finals of the German Cup with a 3:1 away victory over Erzgebirge Aue.
Disqualifications and injuries
Due to injuries, Hak, Olszowski and Borges will not be able to take to the field today.
Interesting trends for betting
- Borussia are on a six-match winless streak in the Bundesliga (three defeats and three draws).
- In the last five matches in the national championship, the “foals” have not won on their home field.
- Borussia Mönchengladbach have lost their last six matches on corners.
Probable line-up : Omlin - Scully, Elvedi, Itakura, Netz - Kone, Weigl - Honora, Stoeger, Plea - Kleindienst.
Bayer Leverkusen
GermanyCurrent form
Bayer had an outstanding season, which was somewhat marred only by the defeat in the Europa League final to Atalanta. They managed to win the title of national champion and the German Cup. Thus, Leverkusen became only the fifth team to complete the domestic double. It should be noted that Xabi Alonso and his team were the best in terms of defensive reliability – only 24 goals conceded.
The main achievement of the off-season was probably that https://www.bayer04.de/de-de" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bayer retained not only Xabi Alonso, but almost the entire core of the championship squad. Only Adam Glozek and Sardar Azmoun left the club. The team was joined by defender Januel Belosian, forward Martin Terrier (both from Rennes), and midfielder Aleixa Garcia from Girona.
In preparation for the new season, the "pharmacists" played four friendly matches, in which they achieved only one victory over the modest "Essen" (2:1). In addition, they managed to win the German Super Cup, beating "Stuttgart" in a penalty shootout. In that match, with the score 1:1 in the first half, "Bayer" was left with ten men after Terrier was sent off, but withstood the difficult test, winning back in the 88th minute thanks to a goal by Schick.
Disqualifications and injuries
Only Palacios, who missed the entire off-season, will not play today due to injury.
Interesting trends for betting
- Bayer did not suffer a single defeat in the Bundesliga last season (28 wins and six draws)
- In 13 of the previous 15 matches in the national championship, the team scored at least two goals.
- In their previous 13 matches, Bayer have lost on corners only once.
Estimated line-up: Hradecky – Tapsoba, Ta, Andrich – Frimpong, Xhaka, Garcia, Grimaldo – Hofmann, Wirtz – Boniface.
Trends
Bet Bayer to score in the first half
In three of the previous five matches, Bayer scored goals in the opening 45 minutes
1.35Bet Goals in both halves – yes
In three of the last four head-to-head matches, goals were scored in each half
1.42Bet Exact score 1:2
Bayer have won two of their last three victories with this score
8.00Bet Total corners under 10.5
The stake has played in five of Borussia's previous seven matches
1.87Bet 1st half: total over 1.5 goals
The bet has won in three of the last five head-to-head meetings
2.20Tip and bets
Borussia successfully played friendly matches, advanced to the 1/16 of the Cup, but the level of opponents was far from the most difficult, so that one could confidently bet on the hosts today. Bayer retained, and in some ways even strengthened its last year's lineup, Xabi Alonso is still at the helm, in the Super Cup they even managed to recoup with Stuttgart and win the trophy with ten men. We believe that the guests will start the new Bundesliga on a wave of success with a victory.
Our prediction is a victory for Bayer with a coefficient of 1.60
Bet on total
Borussia regularly failed in defense last season, there was no serious strengthening of this line in the off-season, it is unlikely that they will be able to withstand the pressure of Bayer's attack today. In five of the six previous face-to-face confrontations, at least three goals were scored. We expect in the betting tip that the team will please the fans in the first match of the new Bundesliga.
The second bet is total over three goals with odds of 1.75
Combined rate
Bayer's last four victories in head-to-head matches have been in high-scoring encounters where more than two goals were scored. It is highly likely that Xabi Alonso's men will win in the same style today.
Prediction - Bayer win and total over 2.5 goals with odds of 2.10
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