Two of the German teams that were eliminated from the UEFA Champions League will fight against each other to climb back in the Bundesliga standings. Roger Schmidt's Bayer Leverkusen will host Borussia Mönchengladbach at BayArena, in what should end up being a very entertaining match for fans to witness.
While Die Werkself still have the chance to play the UEFA Europa League, Borussia will have to shift their focus to the domestic tournament, where they have performed superbly in recent weeks. In fact, the away team has not lost a single Bundesliga game since they named André Schubert as their coach back in September, so Bayer may have to work hard to snap their unbeaten streak.
Bayer Leverkusen
The home team needs to find some consistency after being able to win only one of their previous four games at BayArena. For this game, Roger Schmidt will not have Lars Bender available, since the midfielder hasn't recovered from an injury. Meanwhile, Sebastian Boenisch will have to sit this one out after picking up a red card last week against Hertha.
The good news for the Aspirins come from Mexico. Chicharito Hernández, who came to the club just hours away from the transfer deadline, has performed superbly for the team both in Europe and in the Bundesliga. The former Manchester United and Real Madrid striker is the team's goal scoring leader, netting seven goals in the domestic tournament and putting up some of the best number in his career.
8 - Hernandez (@CH14_) of @bayer04fussball scored in 8 of the last 10 competitive games and scored 11 goals in this timeframe. Striker.
— OptaFranz (@OptaFranz) December 5, 2015
Borussia M'Gladbach
Following a sloppy start of the year, which saw coach Lucien Favre resign from his job after five seasons, Die Fohlen haven't lost a single match since September, propelling them to the Bundesliga's third place. During that run, Gladbach has won eight of their last ten Bundesliga games, including last week's stunning victory against Bayern Munich. It would be wise to think that the away team has a good chance of winning, but coach André Schubert will have to work his magic to find a good lineup, since he will be missing five of his players due to injury. On the other hand, Raffael's form so far has been amazing. The former Dynamo Kiev striker has made a huge difference for Die Fohlen, and his goal scoring and assist stats speak for themselves. Borussia's chances of success will be linked closely to what the Brazilian ace can do.
8 - Raffael (@borussia) with his 8th assist. He now has the most assists in the @Bundesliga_EN, equalizing his personal record. Run.
— OptaFranz (@OptaFranz) December 5, 2015
Head to head
Bayer Leverkusen has made the most out of the last six meetings between these two teams. Die Werkself have won two of those games, drawing three more and losing the other one. Nevertheless, Gladbach took home all the points back in May with a 3-0 win. These teams are so levelled that both of them have scored ten goals against each other in their previous meetings, giving a hint of what fans may expect from them on Saturday.
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In the U.S., Fox Deportes, Fox Sports GO, Fox Soccer 2GO USA, Fox Sports 2 USA will be broadcasting this game at 12:30 EST.
In Germany, fans will have the following options to watch this game at 20:30 CET: Sky Bundesliga 1/HD, TeleClub Sport Live, Sport1.FM, Sky Go Deutschland
In Canada, fans can watch this game via Sportsnet World Now, Sportsnet World at 12:30 EST.
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