Hamburg vs Borussia Monchengladbach Preview: Team News & Prediction

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Victory for Borussia Monchengladbach away at Hamburg would see them move off the bottom of the table and out of the automatic relegation places.

Kick-off date/time: 6 November 2026 at 7:30 pm

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Hamburg preview: Chance to build a cushion

Hamburg will be relieved to return home following consecutive defeats on the road. A narrow 1-0 loss at Paderborn was followed up by Eintracht Frankfurt beating them 3-1 at Deutsche Bank Park. Those two results leave Merlin Polzin’s side just above the dreaded bottom three with only two points separating them from Union Berlin in 16th place.

Shutting down the opposition has proven their biggest weakness, having shipped 19 goals over the course of eight Bundesliga fixtures. Only opponents Borussia Monchengladbach have conceded more however, which offers some light at the end of the tunnel.

Borussia Monchengladbach preview: Revival continues

Borussia Monchengladbach had lost six Bundesliga games in a row to begin the new campaign but have recently shown signs of life. A thrilling victory over Stuttgart was followed up by a point at home to Paderborn and after having been rooted to the bottom of the table, the visitors now have the chance to climb out of the automatic relegation spots.

While Gladbach have conceded more goals than any other club in the Bundesliga, they do boast four more goals scored than Hamburg over the course of the league campaign so far and are obviously in better recent form.

Hamburg team news: Poulsen could return

Hamburg will hope to have Yussuf Poulsen back following a hip problem, whilst Bornauw is expected to face a late fitness test to determine his involvement.

Predicted XI (3-5-2): Fernandes; Nandja, Bornauw, Omari; El Ouahdi, Adeline, Lokonga, Muheim, Moller Wolfe; Moffi, Gronbaek

Unavailable: Dickes (Injured), Nadir (Injured), Remberg (Injured), Vieira (Injured)

Questionable: Bornauw (Injured), Capaldo (Injured), Poulsen (Injured)

Borussia Monchengladbach team news: Nicolas close

Borussia Monchengladbach could have Nicolas available as he battles to recover from an injury, but the likes of Honorat, Kleindienst and Leopold remain out.

Predicted XI (3-4-3): Batz; Itakura, Sander, Chiarodia; Scally, Uno, Neuhaus, Ullrich; Mohya, Lidberg, Hack 

Unavailable: Bolin (Injured), Honorat (Injured), Kleindienst (Injured), Leopold (Injured), Leszczynski (Injured)

Questionable: Nicolas (Injured)

Key stats

• Hamburg are unbeaten in their last three Bundesliga meetings with Gladbach (W1 D2), and both games last season finished 0-0 (24 August 2025 in Mönchengladbach and 17 January 2026 in Hamburg).
• There is little to separate the sides over 42 Bundesliga meetings since 1995/96: Hamburg have won 16 and Gladbach 12, with 14 draws, and the aggregate score is 52-52.
• Hamburg have lost only three of their 21 home Bundesliga games against Gladbach since 1995/96 (W11 D7) and are unbeaten in the last five (W3 D2) since a 0-2 defeat on 2 November 2013.
• Hamburg are 15th with nine points coming into Matchweek 9 – one of six sides on nine points – and their goal difference of -12 is the joint-worst in the division, alongside Union Berlin.
• Hamburg have conceded 19 goals in eight games – only once in their 25 Bundesliga seasons since 1995/96 have they let in more at this stage (20 in 2011/12).
• Hamburg have won their last two home games, 2-1 vs Köln and 1-0 vs Stuttgart, after losing 0-5 to Mainz in their first home game of the season.
• Away from home, Hamburg have lost four of five games this season (W1), including the last two at Paderborn (0-1) and Frankfurt (1-3), and they have conceded in 12 consecutive Bundesliga away games since 20 February 2026.
• Gladbach are bottom with four points coming into Matchweek 9 – their joint-second-lowest total after eight games in 29 Bundesliga seasons since 1995/96 (three in 2025/26, also four in 2008/09).
• Gladbach's 22 goals conceded is the most in the Bundesliga and their second-highest after eight games since 1995/96 (23 in 2010/11), and their matches have averaged 4.13 goals this season.
• Gladbach lost their first six games of the season but are unbeaten in two since (3-2 at Stuttgart and 0-0 vs Paderborn) – last weekend's goalless draw was their first clean sheet of the season.
• Gladbach have one point from four home games (D1 L3), the joint-fewest in the division with Mainz, and the win at Stuttgart on 23 October is their only victory in their last ten away games (D2 L7).
• Gladbach have won only nine of their 54 Bundesliga away games on a Friday since 1995/96 (D12 L33), although that win at Stuttgart came on a Friday.
• Gladbach have won only four of their 16 Bundesliga games refereed by Sven Jablonski since 2017/18 (D5 L7) and have lost their last four with him, all away from home and all without scoring.
• Hamburg's only previous Bundesliga game with Jablonski in charge was a 0-4 defeat at Stuttgart on 12 April 2026.

‘Key stats’ are Bundesliga only (not all competitions)

Hamburg vs Borussia Monchengladbach prediction

Two of the leakiest backlines in the German top flight lock horns and with three points worth their weight in gold for both sides, we could be in for an extremely fun affair at the Volksparkstadion. With home advantage in their favour, Hamburg are expected to go for it from an attacking perspective, while Borussia Monchengladbach will be in confident mood following recent results and should push bodies forwards themselves.

The outcome could go either way, although the visitors have every right to be optimistic with them being in much better form. However, regardless of who comes out on top, it’s worth backing a high volume of goals to be scored between these two. 

Hamburg vs Borussia Monchengladbach tip: Over 3.5 goals