Borussia Monchengladbach vs Karlsruher SC - prediction, team news, lineups

Borussia Monchengladbach volition anticipation to physique connected their winning momentum by beating visitors Karlsruher SC successful the DFB-Pokal's 2nd circular connected Tuesday astatine Borussia Park.

Having emerged arsenic 5-0 victors successful the archetypal circular against Schott Mainz successful August, Gladbach volition judge that they tin get the amended of their 2. Bundesliga opponents.

Match preview

The hosts managed to beat Stuttgart 3-2 successful the Bundesliga connected Friday, coming backmost from a fifth-minute shortage to pb 3-1 by the 66th minute, though they are inactive past successful 18th with conscionable 3 points.

Gladbach's triumph ended a streak of six consecutive defeats, and caput manager Alexander Blessin volition cognize the value of maintaining winning momentum up of a hard festive period.

The manager has lone been successful complaint of 3 games having taken implicit from Eugen Polanski, and his broadside person conceded six goals and scored conscionable 5 times truthful acold during his tenure.

Die Fohlen person besides mislaid each 3 of their location matches this term, losing by an aggregate people of 10-7, but it should beryllium noted that 2 of those results were constrictive 4-3 defeats.

The hosts exited the 2nd circular of the DFB-Pokal successful 4 of their past 8 entries into the competition, and successful those 8 cupful campaigns, they were eliminated by lower-league absorption 3 times.

Karlsruher travel into their adjacent clash having suffered a damaging 6-1 decision against Magdeburg successful the 2. Bundesliga connected Saturday, with the effect leaving them 2nd past successful 17th with conscionable 8 points.

The visitors person present mislaid 5 of their past 7 matches, a play successful which they won conscionable once, and it would not beryllium astonishing is boss Maximilian Senft was nether pressure.

In those 7 fixtures, KSC failed to find the backmost of the nett connected 3 occasions, portion they conceded astatine slightest 2 goals 5 times.

A occurrence for Karlsruher would not lone extremity a winless streak of 4 games against Gladbach (W0, D1, L3), but it would besides beryllium their archetypal triumph against their hosts since the crook of the century.

Senft's broadside beat Preussen Munster 2-1 distant from location successful the archetypal circular of the DFB-Pokal successful precocious August, though they person since drawn 1 and been beaten successful 2 of 3 matches connected the road.

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Team News

Gladbach person an extended imaginable database of absentees for midweek, particularly successful defence, wherever Jan Leszczynski (meniscus) is sidelined, portion chap centre-backs Ko Itakura (muscle) and Kevin Diks (personal reasons) are doubts.

Likewise, the readiness of wing-back options Jens Castrop and Joe Scally is successful question fixed the duo are dealing with respective enarthrosis and thigh injuries, truthful Daiki Hashioka, Philipp Sander and Fabio Chiarodia could commencement successful Blessin's backmost three, flanked by Yukhym Konoplya and Lukas Ullrich.

At the other extremity of the pitch, strikers Tim Kleindienst (muscle) and Isac Lidberg (hamstring), arsenic good arsenic right-winger Nicolas-Gerrit Kuhn, are unavailable, with Franck Honorat (muscle) and Fritz Fleck (strain) doubts.

Should they stay absent, Shuto Machino volition beryllium connected manus to pb the enactment connected Tuesday, supported successful onslaught by Hugo Bolin and Wael Mohya, and platformed by Zento Uno and Florian Neuhaus successful the centre of the park, while midfielder Enzo Leopold continues rehabilitation from a cruciate ligament injury.

As for Karlsruher, they are missing centre-back Heliton, who has been dealing with carnal discomfort, arsenic good as striker Moritz Broschinski, who suffered an ankle injury.

With that successful mind, Shio Fukuda and Noel Eichinger whitethorn run successful a concern up top, with Christoph Kobald, Marcel Franke and Sandro Tremoulet protecting goalkeeper Hans Christian Bernat betwixt the posts.

Borussia Monchengladbach imaginable starting lineup:

Nicolas; Hashioka, Sander; Chiarodia; Konoplya, Uno, Neuhaus, Ullrich; Bolin, Mohya; Machino

Karlsruher SC imaginable starting lineup:

Bernat; Kobald, Franke, Tremoulet; Jung, Wiethaup, Vaananen, Bergh; Wanitzek; Fukuda, Eichinger

We say: Borussia Monchengladbach 3-1 Karlsruher SC

Karlsruher could instrumentality vantage of a susceptible Gladbach side, but they person themselves struggled considerably this term.

While some teams whitethorn brushwood difficulties, the visitors person not shown that they person capable resilience astatine the backmost to support their opponents quiet.

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