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Borussia Dortmund

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Borussia Dortmund will be looking for another win after the 3-1 Champions League triumph vs Barcelona.

In that game, Borussia Dortmund had 46% possession and 18 attempts at goal with 11 of them on target. For Borussia Dortmund, the goals were scored by Serhou Guirassy (11', 49', 76') and Ramy Bensebaini (54' Own goal). At the other end, Barcelona got 7 shots on goal with 2 of them on target.

It has been seldom in recent times that Borussia Dortmund haven’t conceded. The reality is that Borussia Dortmund have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 games, shipping 10 goals on the way. Despite that, we must now wait to see if that pattern will be sustained in this upcoming game.

Coming into this clash, Borussia Dortmund have not lost a league tie with Borussia Mönchengladbach in their last 4 games.

Borussia Mönchengladbach

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Following on from tasting defeat last time out to Freiburg in Bundesliga action, Gladbach and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that match, Borussia Mönchengladbach managed 42% possession and 10 shots on goal with 1 of them on target. On the other side, Freiburg got 19 attempts at goal with 7 on target. Christian Günter (14' Own goal), Patrick Osterhage (16') and Johan Manzambi (90') scored for Freiburg.

Over the course of their previous 6 clashes, Borussia Mönchengladbach have helped themselves to a tally of 11 goals. Borussia Mönchengladbach have also scored in every single one of those games. In that time, their defenders have seen 8 goals go against them.

Analysis of their past results shows that Borussia Mönchengladbach:

• have not registered a win against Borussia Dortmund in games played away from home for the previous 10 league matches. It has been a terrible run on the road.
• are unbeaten in their previous 5 away league matches.

↔️ Head to head

A review of their prior head to head clashes dating back to 20/02/2022 shows that Borussia Dortmund have won 4 of these & Gladbach 1, with the tally of drawn results standing at 1.

A lot of goals were also scored during this period, 30 in all which averages out at 5 goals per meeting.

The last league contest featuring the two was Bundesliga match day 13 on 07/12/2024 when it finished Borussia Mönchengladbach 1-1 Borussia Dortmund.

That day, Borussia Mönchengladbach had 40% possession and 9 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Their only player to score was Kevin Stöger (71').

Borussia Dortmund got 15 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Jamie Gittens (65') scored.

The referee was Tobias Stieler.

📋 Team News: Borussia Dortmund

Emre Can (Adductor pain), Carney Chukwuemeka (minor knock), Marcel Sabitzer (Knee medial ligament tear) and Nico Schlotterbeck (Meniscus tear) are not available for Borussia Dortmund manager Niko Kovač.

In all likelihood, Dortmund should go for a 3-4-3 formation for this one, beginning the first half with Gregor Kobel, Niklas Suele, Waldemar Anton, Ramy Bensebaini, Yan Couto, Felix Nmecha, Pascal Gross, Daniel Svensson, Maximilian Beier, Serhou Guirassy and Karim Adeyemi.

📋 Team News: Gladbach

We reckon that Gladbach seem most likely to begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 formation, going with Jonas Omlin, Joseph Scally, Ko Itakura, Nico Elvedi, Lukas Ullrich, Rocco Reitz, Julian Weigl, Tomas Cvancara, Kevin Stoeger, Alassane Plea and Tim Kleindienst.

⚡ Prediction

We’re of the view that Borussia Mönchengladbach will manage to find the back of the net against this Borussia Dortmund side, but it possibly won’t be enough to prevent defeat.

We’re predicting a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 advantage for Borussia Dortmund at the end of the 90 minutes. Let’s see what happens here.

Victor Martins, 15:04 20/04/2025