Borussia Mönchengladbach vs Bayer Leverkusen

Borussia Mönchengladbach are winless in their last nine Bundesliga games against Bayer 04 Leverkusen (D2, L7), while they have only ever endured a longer winless run against them between 1994 and 2010 (26 BL matches). The Foals last beat the Werkself in November 2019 (2-1 A), while they last won at home against them on matchday 1 of 2018/19 (2-0).

Bayer 04 Leverkusen became the first team ever to go unbeaten across an entire Bundesliga campaign last season. In the league’s history, only two teams have enjoyed longer undefeated streaks across multiple campaigns: Hamburger SV (36 games from 1982 to 1983) and FC Bayern (53 games from 2012 to 2014).

The previous season’s Bundesliga champions have avoided defeat on the opening matchday in each of the last 22 campaigns (W17, D5) – the last team to beat the title-holders on matchday 1 was Borussia Mönchengladbach in 2001 (1-0 H against FC Bayern under Hans Meyer).

Bayer 04 Leverkusen didn’t drop a single point from a winning position last season, something only FC Bayern (2011/12) have otherwise managed in the history of the Bundesliga. Borussia Mönchengladbach, on the other hand, squandered a club record 31 points after taking the lead – only four teams have ever dropped more in the history of the Bundesliga.

Borussia Mönchengladbach picked up 34 points in the Bundesliga last season – they have only claimed fewer points on three occasions in the top flight (most recently in 2008/09 with 31). With just 14 points, Gladbach were the second-worst team in the second half of the season (behind Darmstadt on 7). The Foals have never recorded fewer victories in the second half of a Bundesliga campaign than in 2023/24 (2).