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The situation on the league table after four rounds is giving us the wrong picture when it comes to the quality of these two teams. They are at least even, or the quality is on the side of the away team. Leverkusen recorded two wins and two defeats, wins over new Bundesliga clubs, Neckarsulmer (29-23) and Nellingen (33-26), convincing defeats against Leipzig (36-18) and Metzingen (31-22). Blomberg recorded all four defeats at the start of the season, if we take a better look, they played against the same rivals as Leverkusen, and they were competitive and close to points, except in the defeat to Necharsulmer, which we can say was a slip up (Metzingen 27-28, Leipzig 34-28). An advantage for Blomberg right now is the fact that they haven't changed their starting roster in two years. They acquired three new players in order to gain some width, Anna Monz, who is on the extended list for the European Championship in Sweden, is on the goal, backfield line is led by Alicia Stolle, and they are playing in complete roster. Unlike them, Leverkusen changed two thirds of the roster over the Summer, their long-time key offensive player, Kim Naidzinavicius, left to Beitingheim, a lot of the weight is now on the shoulders of several former and current member of the German junior national team. Leverkusen are missing three players for today's game, Jochin, Burkholder and Brown. The fact that Blomberg won all four of their head-to-heads in the last two seasons (33-24, 30-20; 30-20,33-29) is important, they are also on a five game winning run against today's rivals, if we count in the cup and last season. Offered margins on handicap are not a realistic reflection of the situation, Blomberg are coming here for the points and they have arguments to back that up.