From leading the table in mid-December to fifth place in mid-June, Marco Rose's men were seemingly left to ponder what could have been.

However, successive wins against Wolfsburg and Paderborn has changed all that, with Leverkusen suffering a costly defeat at the hands of Hertha last week.

It means that the Foals' fate is in their own hands heading into Saturday, needing only to match Leverkusen's result against mid-table Mainz 05.

Thanks to their vastly superior goal difference, even a point should be enough for Gladbach in their push for a first Champions League campaign since 2016-17.

Hertha will certainly not make things easy for their opponents, though, especially given that it was they who inflicted that defeat on Bayer last weekend.

Matheus Cunha and Dodi Lukebakio were on target at the Olympiastadion as the Old Lady brought an end to a three match losing run.



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从12月中旬的榜首到6月中旬的第五名，马可·罗斯的队员们似乎被留给了思考。

然而，连续战胜沃尔夫斯堡和帕德伯恩改变了这一切，勒沃库森在上周输给赫塔的比赛中付出了沉重的代价。

这意味着马驹的命运掌握在他们自己的手中，直到周六，他们只需要赶上勒沃库森对中游联赛美因茨05的结果。

由于他们的净胜球非常高，即使是一分对格拉德巴赫来说也足够了，他们将在2016-17赛季以来首次打入欧冠。

不过，赫塔肯定不会让他们的对手轻松过关，尤其是考虑到上周末正是他们让拜耳输掉了比赛。

库尼亚和卢卡巴基奥在奥林匹亚球场的进球帮助老妇人结束了三场比赛的失利。