The final match to be played in the German Bundesliga this weekend takes place at the BayArena between Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Monchengladbach.
The hosts begin the weekend in 4th place on 12 points while the visitors are just one place behind them with 11 points to their name.
Bayer Leverkusen come into this game having picked up a 4-2 victory at Hapoel Be'er Sheva in the Europa League on Thursday night. It was their second successive 4-2 away win following the victory over Freiburg in the Bundesliga at last weekend.
The win over Freiburg means Bayer Leverkusen have won each of their last 3 Bundesliga games. The additional two victories came at Mainz 05 and at home over Augsburg. Having played 6 matches in the Bundesliga this season, Bayer Leverkusen remain undefeated, with 3 wins and 3 draws.
All 3 of the draws came in their opening 3 matches of the campaign and although it was not a great start it laid the platform for the 3 successive wins.
Trends show Bayer Leverkusen are unbeaten in 20 of their last 24 Bundesliga games and they have seen both teams score in 7 of their last 9 at home in all competitions. Of their last 16 home games in all competitions, Bayer Leverkusen have scored at least two goals on 12 occasions.
Borussia Monchengladbach were part of a successful week in Europe for German clubs as they defeated Shakhtar Donetsk 6-0 away from home. It was a tremendous result and leaves them top of their group above Real Madrid and Inter Milan.
Trends show Borussia Monchengladbach are on an unbeaten run of 8 games in all competitions. That run includes each of their last 4 away matches, two of which have come in the Bundesliga.
Both teams scored in 6 of Borussia Monchengladbach's last 8 games in all competitions plus they have seen over 2.5 goals scored in all 8 of their most recent away matches in all competitions.
Borussia Monchengladbach have scored exactly 3 goals in three of their last 4 away games in the Bundesliga.
Team news and Bayer Leverkusen will be without Charles Aranguiz, Patrik Schick, Paulinho, and Santiago Arias who are all injured.
Borussia Monchengladbach travel without the injured duo of Andreas Poulsen and Denis Zakaria. Every other player should be fit and available for the visitors.
While many fans are looking forward to the meeting of Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich, this match has the makings of being one of the games of this season. We expect to see both teams find the back of the net and over 2.5 goals scored. However, it is difficult to split them and it would not be a surprise to see this game and in a high scoring draw.