Borussia Dortmund vs Borussia Monchengladbach Preview: Team News & Prediction
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One of the more entertaining games in the Bundesliga, the final week of the first-half of this season sees begins with Borussia Dortmund facing Borussia Monchengladbach.
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How to watch on TV: UK – Not televised / US – ESPN
How to watch online: UK – BBC iPlayer & Bundesliga YouTube / US – ESPN+
Borussia Dortmund preview: Strong Dortmund
Borussia Dortmund begin this weekend’s round of fixtures sitting tucked inside the top three, behind RB Leipzig on goal difference, but still nine points adrift of Bayern Munich at the top-of-the-table after 14 matches of the campaign.
The Yellow and Blacks have been much-improved since the appointment of Niko Kovac at the start of this season but they were held to a 1-1 draw against Freiburg at the SC Stadion last week, having gone down to ten men early on in the second-half.
Borussia Monchengladbach preview: Improved Gladbach
Following the departure of former Bayer Leverkusen and Young Boys boss Gerardo Seoane and the subsequent appointment of Eugen Polanski, Borussia Monchengladbach have been impressive in the last couple of months.
However, The Foals, as they are nicknamed, do now head into this one on the back of a frustrating 3-1 loss to Wolfsburg at Borussia-Park last weekend due to a Patrick Wimmer brace as well as a Mohamed Amoura strike inside the opening half an hour of the game.
Borussia Dortmund team news: Jobe suspended
The man that was sent off for Dortmund was Jobe Bellingham and so he is now missing through suspension for this one, while key defenders Aaron Anselmino and Waldemar Anton are sidelined through injury.
Predicted XI (3-4-2-1): Kobel; Bensebaini, Can, Schlotterbeck; Couto, Gross, Nmecha, Ryerson; Silva, Brandt; Guirassy
Unavailable: Anselmino (Injured), Anton (Injured), Sabitzer (Injured), Bellingham (Suspended), Duranville (Injured)
Questionable:
Borussia Monchengladbach team news: Scally suspended
United States international full-back Joe Scally is now missing through suspension for the hosts with a few other injury absentees, too, such as Marvin Friedrich, a fresh issue, and Germany international duo Florian Neuhaus and Tim Kleindienst.
Predicted XI (3-4-2-1): Nicolas; Sander, Elvedi, Diks; Castrop, Reitz, Engelhardt, Netz; Machino, Reyna; Tabakovic
Unavailable: Chiarodia (Injured), Friedrich (Injured), Scally (Suspended), Neuhaus (Injured), Ngoumou (Injured), Hack (Injured), Kleindienst (Injured)
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Borussia Dortmund vs Borussia Monchengladbach prediction
That 1-1 draw with Freiburg last weekend, in which Dortmund were fairly unfortunate, now means that the home team have now suffered just one defeat in their last eight matches across all competitions. Borussia Monchengladbach have often been one of the more entertaining teams to watch in Germany and so they will fancy themselves to take the game to Dortmund here, albeit the hosts have to remain firm favourites on Friday evening.
Borussia Dortmund vs Borussia Monchengladbach tip: Borussia Dortmund to win & both teams to score
