Week 16 features a match on Sunday Jan 22nd, where Borussia M’gladbach will host Bayer Leverkusen at Stadion Im Borussia-park in a meeting of these two Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 1 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. 8th placed Borussia M’gladbach is fresh off their 4-2 win against Borussia Dortmund. Jonas Hofmann scored the first goal for Borussia M’gladbach in the 4th minute, but Julian Brandt got the equalizer for Borussia Dortmund in the 19th minute , but luckily for Borussia M’gladbach it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn themselves the victory. Borussia M’gladbach is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while bayer Leverkusen sits at 12th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Stuttgart. Moussa Diaby struck first for Bayer Leverkusen in the 30th minute, then Jonathan Tah added another in the 82nd minute on a feed from Exequiel Palacios In the end, Stuttgart couldn’t muster any offence and Bayer Leverkusen ran away with the shutout win. Bayer Leverkusen is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season Bayer Leverkusen won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Amine Adli has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, hes scored 5 goals for Bayer Leverkusen. Both Patrick Herrmann and Ramy Bensebaini have been the hottest scorers for Borussia M’gladbach in the last five each having scored 2 goals
Hannes Wolf, Florian Neuhaus, Mamadou Doucouré, Tobias Sippel and Alassane Pléa are unavailable to play for Borussia M’gladbach, while Bayer Leverkusen will be without Charles Aránguiz, Patrik Schick and Florian Wirtz.