📊 Form Guide

Borussia Mönchengladbach

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Gladbach will be hoping to return to winning ways here after a 4-3 Bundesliga 1 loss in their previous game against Hoffenheim.

In that game, Borussia Mönchengladbach had 41% possession and 13 shots at goal with 7 on target. The only player to score for Borussia Mönchengladbach was Robin Hack (39', 78', 89'). 1899 Hoffenheim got 28 shots at goal with 9 on target. Wout Weghorst (36'), Grischa Prömel (58'), Ozan Kabak (66') and Anton Stach (91') scored for Hoffenheim.

Borussia Mönchengladbach have been conceding pretty frequently recently, although they’ve also found ways to hit the back of the net themselves. Analysis of their previous 6 games shows that Borussia Mönchengladbach have conceded in 6 of them in addition to getting on the scoresheet in 5 of those games.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Borussia Mönchengladbach:

• have not emerged victorious against Union Berlin in their previous 7 league matches.
• are without a home win in the past 3 league matches.

Union Berlin

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Since a loss in their previous game against Bayern Munich in Bundesliga 1 competition, Union Berlin will be aiming to make amends here.

In that game, Union Berlin managed 36% possession and 14 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. The scorer for Union Berlin was Yorbe Vertessen (90'). On the other side, Bayern Munich had 19 attempts at goal with 9 of them on target. Leon Goretzka (29'), Harry Kane (45'), Thomas Müller (53', 66') and Mathys Tel (61') scored for Bayern Munich.

The attacking players from Union Berlin have suffered from a lack of goals in their past six clashes, recording the poor return of only 3. In those fixtures, Union have also seen the collective goal tally of their opponents equal 11. Still, we must now wait to see if that trend will persist in this upcoming game.

Pre-game facts show that Union Berlin:

• have not been beaten by Borussia Mönchengladbach in games played away from home for the previous 3 matches in the league.
• are without a win away from home in their last 3 league games.

↔️ Head to head

Looking at their past head to head meetings stretching back to 30/01/2021 tells us that these fixtures have not been happy ones for Gladbach. They’ve not managed to get themselves any wins at all whereas Union Berlin have been dominant against them, finishing as winners in 83% of those matches.

16 goals were scored between them in this period, with 5 of them from Gladbach and 11 coming from Union. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.67.

The last league meeting featuring these clubs was Bundesliga 1 match day 14 on 09/12/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Union Berlin 3-1 Borussia Mönchengladbach.

On that occasion, Union Berlin managed 38% possession and 16 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. Goals were scored by Kevin Volland (23'), Benedict Hollerbach (50') and Mikkel Kaufmann (75').

On the other side, Borussia Mönchengladbach had 11 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Alassane Pléa (77') scored.

The match was refereed by Martin Petersen.

🗞️ Team News: Gladbach

Maximilian Brüll (unknown injury), Maximilian Wöber (Torn muscle fiber), Tony Jantschke (strain), Jordan (Hamstring injury), Jonas Omlin (Thigh problems), Manu Koné (Torn muscle fiber), Christoph Kramer (infection), Franck Honorat (Outer ligament problems), Grant-Leon Ranos (Ankle injury), Mamadou Doucouré (muscular problems) and Simon Walde (Syndesmotic ligament tear) won’t be able to feature for Gladbach gaffer Gerardo Seoane. Julian Weigl will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

It seems likely that Gladbach should use a 3-4-3 formation for the game featuring Moritz Nicolas, Marvin Friedrich, Nico Elvedi, Fabio Chiarodia, Stefan Lainer, Rocco Reitz, Ko Itakura, Joseph Scally, Tomas Cvancara, Alassane Plea and Robin Hack.

📰 Team News: Union Berlin

Due to a completely healthy squad available for selection, the Union Berlin boss Nenad Bjelica has zero fitness concerns to report ahead of this match.

From our viewpoint, Union will likely play in a 3-5-2 formation, going with Frederik Roennow, Danilho Doekhi, Kevin Vogt, Diogo Leite, Josip Juranovic, Brenden Aaronson, Rani Khedira, Lucas Tousart, Robin Gosens, Kevin Volland and Yorbe Vertessen.

🧠 Prediction

We envisage that Union Berlin certainly have the ability to score a goal against this Borussia Mönchengladbach team, however that is unlikely to be enough to prevent defeat.

We’re going for a 2-1 win for Borussia Mönchengladbach at the end of the 90 minutes. Should be a good one.

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Victor Martins, 13:03 28/04/2024