Borussia Monchengladbach vs Borussia Dortmund - prediction, team news, lineups

Borussia Dortmund could unafraid 2nd spot successful the Bundesliga connected Sunday, but thing different than a triumph against hosts Borussia Monchengladbach astatine Borussia Park would not beryllium enough.

Second-placed Black and Yellow's tally of 67 points means they are 5 up of third-placed RB Leipzig with 3 games near to play, portion 11th-placed Gladbach person 32 points and whitethorn beryllium capable to warrant their information this weekend.

Match preview

Gladbach are six points up of the 16th-placed relegation playoff spot, but 2 of their last 3 matches travel against teams presently successful the apical five.

While Die Fohlen should inactive beryllium assured of top-flight survival, nonaccomplishment to assertion much than 2 points earlier the extremity of the run would permission the nine with either their lowest oregon associated lowest points tally successful 17 seasons.

The hosts were held to a goalless stalemate by Wolfsburg connected April 25, extending their winless streak to 5 games, with the nine losing once, conceding 7 times and scoring conscionable six goals successful that period.

Boss Eugen Polanski does merit immoderate recognition for overseeing an unbeaten streak of 5 matches astatine location heading into this weekend's contest, though they lone won doubly successful that clip and a gully connected Sunday would beryllium their 3rd successful a enactment astatine Borussia Park.

When Gladbach faced Dortmund successful the reverse fixture successful December 2025, they suffered a 2-0 loss, and that was their 5th decision successful six against their opponents.

BVB managed to comfortably spot past Freiburg 4-0 connected April 26, racing into a 3-0 pb aft conscionable 32 minutes of action, but that occurrence did thing to adjacent the 15-point spread to champions Bayern Munich.

A second-placed decorativeness would beryllium the club's eighth successful 14 seasons, though maximum points successful their last 3 fixtures would effect successful their highest points tally successful 7 campaigns.

Head manager Niko Kovac should beryllium praised for what helium accomplished astatine Dortmund considering his squad person earned the astir cleanable sheets successful the part this word (14).

It should beryllium noted that they person conceded 11 goals implicit their past 9 league outings, and they person besides conceded six times successful their past 5 clashes distant from home.

Dortmund were beaten 2-1 by Hoffeneheim connected April 18, but that was their archetypal decision connected the roadworthy successful the Bundesliga successful 11 matches, and a triumph connected the play would beryllium their 5th successful 7 distant league fixtures.

The visitors' wide signifier has been troubling lately fixed they person been defeated successful 2 of their 3 astir caller games, a agelong successful which they conceded 3 times and scored connected 5 occasions.

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Team News

Gladbach's squad is astir afloat available, though with wing-back Jens Castrop suspended, perhaps Lukas Ullrich volition beryllium chosen to play connected the near broadside of the team's backmost three.

Rocco Reitz, Yannik Engelhardt and Kevin Stoger started arsenic a trio successful the mediate of the transportation against Wolfsburg, and they whitethorn beryllium positioned down attackers Franck Honorat and Haris Tabakovic connected Sunday.

Dortmund centre-backs Niklas Sule and Emre Can volition play nary portion successful proceedings this weekend, and though determination is simply a tiny accidental that the erstwhile could instrumentality earlier the extremity of the season, the nine whitethorn not privation to hazard aggravating his genu injury.

Luca Reggiani could articulation Waldemar Anton and Nico Schlotterbeck successful a three-man defence, portion Marcel Sabitzer and Jobe Bellingham are candidates to look successful midfield.

Centre-forward Serhou Guirassy is simply a apt inclusion, and helium is acceptable to pb an attacking portion besides featuring Carney Chukwuemeka and Samuele Inacio.

Borussia Monchengladbach imaginable starting lineup:

Nicolas; Sander, Elvedi, Diks; Scally, Reitz, Engelhardt, Stoger, Ullrich; Honorat, Tabakovic

Borussia Dortmund imaginable starting lineup:

Kobel; Reggiani, Anton, Schlotterbeck; Ryerson, Sabitzer, Bellingham, Beier; Chukwuemeka, Inacio; Guirassy

We say: Borussia Monchengladbach 1-2 Borussia Dortmund

Gladbach person recovered wins hard to travel by of late, and their grounds against Black and Yellow is alarmingly poor.

Borussia Dortmund whitethorn person suffered much defeats than accustomed recently, but they managed to get backmost connected way past clip out, and they should beryllium assured of taking vantage of their struggling hosts.

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