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Saturday Football Tips: Back goals and Granit in 13/1 Borussia v Bayer Bet Builder

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Back Granit Xhaka to give away fouls for Bayer Leverkusen

After a nice winner on Friday night, Paul Higham is back in the Bundesliga and pushing the boat out with a huge 13/1 Bet Builder for Borussia Monchengladbach v Bayer Leverkusen.


We're back in the Bundesliga on Saturday night in a game that screams goals given how both Monchengladbach and Bayer Leverkusen got on in the opening weekend of the season.

Gladbach played out a humdinger of a 4-4 draw at Augsburg thanks to a 97th-minute penalty having been 2-0 and 3-1 up in the first half.

Leverkusen, meanwhile, beat RB Leipzig 3-2 at home in another belter of a Bundesliga opener so this one has all the ingredients to be another cracker.

Leg 1: Both teams to score in the first half

Let's go for broke right away and back both teams to find the net in the opening 45 minutes - which fits into how both sides like to make fast starts.

It's 23/103.30 for both teams to score in the first half as happened in both of their games last week - with Bayer leading 2-1 at the break and the Gladbach game going in 3-3 after a breathless first half.

Both sides have more going for them in attack than defence, and both of them had scored twice in the first half an hour or so last week.

Leg 2: Over 3.5 goals

It's not then much of a stretch if both sides score in the opening 45 minutes for there to be at least four total goals in the game.

A 3-2 win and 4-4 draw are certainly good starts to the season in terms of this bet, and with over 2.5 goals pretty short there's enough in these sides to take the 6/52.20 on over 3.5 goals.

Leg 3: to score

There should be plenty of options for goals, assists and shots, all a bit on the short side considering we're expecting goals, but the best value of the lot may come in the fouls market.

It's there where we find a familiar face in former Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka priced at 9/43.25 for 2+ fouls.

The Swiss midfielder gave away two fouls last week, which he also did 10 times last season, and was also fouled twice in the heat of the midfield battle.

That was at home, and he's away this week against another high-energy team that lacks to attack - oh and he's also back at his former home as he spent four seasons with Gladbach before moving to Arsenal.

Overall more than enough for us to pull the trigger on this one.

Back both teams to score & over 3.5 goals in Gladbach v Leverkusen & Xhaka 2+ fouls @ 13/114.00

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