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

Fighting for Bundesliga survival, bottom-of-the-table Borussia Monchengladbach volition invited promoted broadside SC Paderborn to Borussia-Park connected Saturday.

Die Fohlen are hoping to physique connected their archetypal league win, portion the visitors are looking to bounce backmost from their midweek cupful exit.

Match preview

Gladbach person languished astatine the ft of the array for the bulk of the run to date, but they whitethorn person turned a country under Alexander Blessin.

The erstwhile St Pauli brag was appointed to regenerate Eugen Polanski successful precocious September, and fans saw advancement contempt the information helium fell to a 2-1 decision against FC Koln during his archetypal lucifer successful charge, and repeated that effect against Hoffenheim a week later.

Supporters were rewarded for trusting the process with a 3-2 triumph implicit Stuttgart connected October 23, a clash that showcased Die Fohlen's tone arsenic they came from down courtesy of goals from Joe Scally, Shuto Machino and 17-year-old Wael Mohya.

Gladbach volition beryllium keen to usage that archetypal triumph arsenic a springboard to occurrence this weekend, particularly successful airy of their 2-0 DFB-Pokal triumph against Karlsruher connected Tuesday, which has fixed everyone astatine the nine cautious optimism.

However, Blessin's broadside stay astatine the ft of the array - 18th with conscionable 3 points to their sanction - and different triumph would apt beryllium insufficient to assistance them retired of the relegation zone, considering their division-worst antiaircraft grounds has led them to accrue a goal-difference of -11.

Meanwhile, Ralf Kettemann's Paderborn were promoted from the 2. Bundesliga via the playoff, and portion they had initially struggled with the measurement up, the nine look to person recovered their feet.

Saturday's visitors failed to triumph immoderate of their archetypal 3 top-flight matches, drawing 0-0 with Mainz 05 successful their opener earlier falling to back-to-back defeats against Borussia Dortmund and high-flying Freiburg.

However, earning a 3-1 triumph implicit Hoffenheim connected September 20 sparked Kettemann's broadside into life, and aft beating Hamburger SV 1-0 past weekend, the squad person grown successful assurance and fostered a content that they tin vie astatine Bundesliga level.

Currently 13th with 8 points, Paderborn are 2 supra the relegation zone, and beryllium arsenic betwixt their chap promoted teams - two points up of Schalke 04 successful 16th and 2 down Elversberg successful eighth.

The NRW broadside are yet to triumph a league crippled connected the roadworthy this term, but they person proven resilient truthful far, lone losing erstwhile distant from location crossed each competitions.

Kettemann volition besides beryllium pleased with the combat his squad showed during their 1-0 DFB-Pokal elimination by Stuttgart connected Wednesday, fixed they were reduced to 10 men for the bulk of the contention yet held retired until the 90th minute.

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Team News

Gladbach volition beryllium lighter than perfect up beforehand without striker Tim Kleindienst (thigh), winger Franck Honorat (muscle) and attacking midfielder Hugo Bolin (muscle).

In their absence, Robin Hack and Wael Mohya could commencement down Shuto Machino, platformed by Florian Neuhaus and Zento Uno successful the centre of the park, with Fritz Fleck (muscle) and Enzo Leopold (anterior cruciate ligament) unavailable.

Elsewhere, Kevin Diks volition beryllium retired for idiosyncratic reasons, portion chap centre-back Jan Leszczynski is recovering from a genu injury, so Philipp Sander, Fabio Chiarodia and Daiki Hashioka are apt to signifier Blessin's three-man defence.

As for Paderborn, they are missing a fig of midfielders this weekend, including Oliver Batista Meier (ankle), Timur Gayret (knee), and Sebastian Klaas (hamstring), while Gabriel Vidovic (foot) is doubt.

If Vidovic is not acceptable to start, then Tom Baack could instrumentality his spot successful the XI alongside Laurin Ulrich and Santiago Castaneda, who volition run behind Steffen Tigges and Stefano Marino up apical with Sven Michel besides a doubt.

In defence, centre-backs Nyamekye Awortwie-Grant and Marcel Hoffmeier are retired owed to respective genu and thigh injuries, though Tjark Scheller, Mattes Hansen and Jano ter Horst should play.

Borussia Monchengladbach imaginable starting lineup:

Nicolas; Sander, Chiarodia, Hashioka; Scally, Neuhaus, Uno, Ullrich; Hack, Mohya; Machino

SC Paderborn imaginable starting lineup:

Noll; Ter Horst, Scheller, Hansen; Curda, Ulrich, Castaneda, Baack, Obermair; Tigges, Marino

We say: Borussia Monchengladbach 2-1 SC Paderborn

Gladbach person built momentum nether Blessin, and volition beryllium raring to spell this play aft successive wins successful the league and cup.

That being said, Paderborn are apt to find themselves connected the scoresheet against the apical flight's leakiest defence.

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