Mönchengladbach finished 14th in the Bundesliga last season, but played better than their results according to underlying xG-data.

In terms of play, Gerardo Seoane's crew focused on block defense and special situations instead of active pressing, resulting in the third most goals in the series. In the summer transfer window, the material has been strengthened with, among others, Heidenheim's number one Tim Kleindienst, Bochum's attacking midfielder Kevin Stöger and Holstein Kiel's anchor Philipp Sander. This season, Seoane's protégés are expected to fight for a top 10 ranking. They have actually played already games since the end of last season, won all of them, but they have chosen to face rather weak teams and it is not a good preparation to meet the Champions!

There are no major transfers at least not yet, no important team news either.

Reigning champions Leverkusen started this season where they left off last spring, when they beat Stuttgart last week in the German Super Cup. Regular time ended 2-2, and Leverkusen, playing underpowered, leveled the game as usual only a couple of minutes before the end. Captain Lukas Hradecky has lost a competitive game in Leverkusen for the last time in May 2023, which is an impressive record. Xabi Alonso's crew is among the championship candidates this season as well, so there are good chances for the streak to continue.

Leverkusen have played 5 times since the end of season 23-24, there is even one rare loss, but it is Arsenal away and I would not be too worried!

No major injury worries, but Leverkusen seem to be winners at transfermarkets, and knowing the abilities of Xabi Alonso I am pretty sure he got want he wanted.

Leverkusen goes into the away match with a little local charge as the big favorite and dominates the ball. Gladbach hopes that its defense will last as long as possible and that it will get chances to counterattack after the exploits. The special situations resulting from them are the hosts' seams to build a surprise.

Mönchengladbach上赛季在德甲排名第14位，但根据基本的xg数据，他们的表现比他们的结果要好。

在打法上，杰拉德·西恩的队员专注于防守和特殊情况，而不是主动施压，这使得他们的进球数在系列赛中排名第三。在夏季转会窗口，球队的材料得到了加强，其中包括海登海姆的头号球员蒂姆·克莱因登斯特，波鸿的攻击型中场凯文Stöger和荷尔斯泰因基尔的主力菲利普·桑德。本赛季，Seoane的protacimac有望争夺前10名的排名。自上赛季结束以来，他们实际上已经打了几场比赛，赢了所有的比赛，但他们选择面对相当弱的球队，这不是一个很好的准备迎接冠军!

没有重大的转会，至少现在没有，也没有重要的球队消息。

卫冕冠军勒沃库森在上周的德国超级杯上击败斯图加特，延续了他们去年春天结束的赛季。常规时间2:2结束，勒沃库森在比赛结束前几分钟就像往常一样扳平了比分。队长赫拉德基最后一次在勒沃库森的比赛中失利是在2023年5月，这是一个令人印象深刻的记录。哈维-阿隆索的车队也是本赛季的冠军争夺者之一，所以他们很有可能继续连胜。

勒沃库森自23-24赛季结束以来已经打了5场比赛，甚至有一次罕见的失利，但这是阿森纳的客场比赛，我不会太担心!

没有严重的伤病问题，但勒沃库森似乎是转会市场上的赢家，我知道哈维·阿隆索的能力，我很确定他得到了他想要的。

勒沃库森带着一点当地的压力进入了客场比赛，他们是最受欢迎的球队，并且控制着球权。格拉德巴赫希望它的防守能够持续尽可能长的时间，并且在取得胜利后它将获得反击的机会。由此产生的特殊情况是主人试图制造一个惊喜。