Featured Game – Bayer Leverkusen 4-0 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Although it is very much still early doors, the second round of fixtures in the Bundesliga can start to give an impression of how certain teams will perform in the season ahead. No side wants to fall behind, even at this stage, and it is easy to forget that three points are just as valuable in August as they are in May. It all counts the same in the final tally. However, for Leverkusen and Gladbach on Matchday 2, more than the victory was at stake, as a North-Western derby meant that local pride was also on the line for the clubs separated by fewer than 60 kilometres. For two of the Bundesliga’s biggest names, facing each other was not unfamiliar and they had served up a cracker of a game when they met in the previous campaign. This time around though, the contest was only ever going one way.