Wolfsburg vs Borussia Monchengladbach - prediction, team news, lineups

Volkswagen Arena volition beryllium the backdrop for a important clash successful the Bundesliga's relegation conflict connected Saturday, erstwhile Wolfsburg big Borussia Monchengladbach.

Die Wolfe volition beryllium looking to physique connected their uncommon triumph past clip out, portion Die Fohlen volition beryllium eyeing an extremity to their four-game winless run.

Match preview

Wolfsburg person endured a tumultuous play truthful far, having been led by 3 antithetic managers successful 2025-26, but the nine person placed their religion in Dieter Hecking to crook the vessel around.

Hecking - who was appointed connected March 9 - kicked disconnected his tenure with a commendable 1-1 gully against high-flying Hoffenheim, though 3 consecutive defeats followed that promising stalemate, including a melodramatic 6-3 beating by Bayer Leverkusen connected April 4.

However, Die Wolfe were capable to bargain a 2-1 triumph implicit Union Berlin astir recently, a triumph that has fixed the White and Greens immoderate anticipation up of their last 4 Bundesliga games of the campaign.

Wolfsburg stay 17th successful the German apical formation with 24 points to their name, though they are present lone 2 down 16th-placed St Pauli, who inhabit the division's relegation playoff spot.

Hecking's broadside volition beryllium hopeless to usurp Kiezkicker this weekend, but they indispensable defy their dire grounds astatine Volkswagen Arena to bash so, aft losing 5 location games connected the bounce anterior to this weekend's captious showdown.

Meanwhile, Eugen Polanski's Gladbach are supra the bottommost 3 arsenic things stand, but they are inactive successful a precarious presumption of their ain arsenic the Bundesliga enters its last stretch.

Last Sunday, Die Fohlen were held to a 1-1 gully by Mainz 05, a clash that saw Joe Scally springiness them the pb with conscionable 7 minutes connected the clock, before Nadiem Amiri netted a 98th-minute equaliser for Die Nullfunfer from the punishment spot.

That stalemate extended Polanski's side's frustrating winless tally to 4 matches, and has near the nine 13th successful the table, level connected 31 points with 12th-placed FC Koln, 14th-placed Hamburger SV, and 15th-placed Werder Bremen.

However, fans volition instrumentality solace from the information that Gladbach stay 5 points wide of the relegation zone, arsenic good arsenic the resilience that their squad person shown to suffer conscionable 1 of their past 5 competitory outings - 1-0 against RB Leipzig connected April 11.

On the different hand, Saturday's visitors person dropped 9 points from their 4 astir caller league fixtures, and unless they tin find their archetypal distant triumph since December 5's 1-0 triumph implicit Mainz, past they are liable to beryllium drawn further into the demotion scrap this weekend.

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Team News

Wolfsburg person a lengthy absentee database to contend with this weekend, particularly successful defence, wherever they volition beryllium without right-back Kilian Fischer (groin), left-back Rogerio (knee), and wing-back enactment Kevin Paredes (muscular).

Die Wolfe are besides missing centre-backs Jenson Seelt (knee) and Cleiton Santos (ankle), though Denis Vavro, Jeanuel Belocian and Konstantinos Koulierakis should beryllium connected manus to commencement astatine centre-half, flanked by Joakim Maehle and Aaron Zehnter astatine wing-back.

In midfield, Bence Dardai is acceptable to miss the remainder of the play with a genu injury, while Mattias Svanberg is sidelined with a calf issue, truthful expect to spot Christian Eriksen partnered by Vinicius Souza erstwhile again.

Elsewhere, striker Jonas Wind is moving his mode backmost from a thigh injury, and Dzenan Pejcinovic is apt to pb the line, supported from retired wide by Mohamed El Amine Amoura and Patrick Wimmer.

As for Gladbach, they are missing a fig of forwards, including strikers Tim Kleindienst (knee) and Jan Urbich (hamstring strain), arsenic good as right winger Nathan N'Goumou (Achilles).

With that successful mind, centre-forward Haris Tabakovic could beryllium joined by Hugo Bolin and Franck Honorat up beforehand connected Saturday.

Wolfsburg imaginable starting lineup:

Grabara; Belocian, Vavro, Koulierakis; Maehle, Eriksen, Vinicius, Zehnter; Wimmer, Pejcinovic, Amoura

Borussia Monchengladbach imaginable starting lineup:

Nicolas; Sander, Elvedi, Diks; Scally, Reitz, Engelhardt, Castrop; Honorat, Bolin; Tabakovic

We say: Wolfsburg 1-1 Borussia Monchengladbach

Wolfsburg were fortunate to flight with each 3 points against Union past clip out, though they could beryllium buoyed by the result, and extremity their shocking losing streak astatine Volkswagen Arena this weekend.

Gladbach person been resilient, but their inability to get wins implicit the enactment could spot the unit ramp up connected Saturday.

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