Borussia Monchengladbach vs Werder Bremen Preview

Borussia Monchengladbach vs Werder Bremen

Competition – German Bundesliga

Stadium – Borussia-Park

Date: 2nd March 2018

Kick-off time – 19:30 GMT

Christoph Kramers winner last weekend ended a run of four consecutive losses for Borussia Monchengladbach and they will be looking to build on that win in this game.

They have gotten to within 4 points of a top six place and their European dream is still intact.

They still have some key absentees like Raffael, Fabian Johnson, and Oscar Wendt.

Gladbach are however struggling with goals and ahead of this match, they are the lowest scoring side in the top half and although they usually perform well at home, they have seen under 2.5 goals scored in 67% of their home games this season.

Thorgan Hazard has netted 3 times in his last 3 games against Bremen and with Bremen struggling for form, he could prove the difference here again.

Bremen also come into this game off the back of a priceless win over Hamburg in the North German derby.

Johannsson’s late winner has helped them in their bid to avoid relegation.

They currently have a six points cushion on the automatic relegation spot and a two points cushion on the relegation playoff spots.

They enter this game with just two wins and 6 losses from their last 8 games away from home.

They have lost heir last four meetings on the bounce against Gladbach.

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions

Borussia Monchengladbach

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
L Borussia Monchengladbach 0-1 Borussia Dortmund 18 Feb, 2018 German Bundesliga
L VfB Stuttgart 1-0 Borussia Monchengladbach 11 Feb, 2018 German Bundesliga
L Borussia Monchengladbach 0-1 RB Leipzig 3 Feb, 2018 German Bundesliga
L Eintracht Frankfurt 2-0 Borussia Monchengladbach 26 Jan, 2018 German Bundesliga
W Borussia Monchengladbach 2-0 FC Augsburg 20 Jan, 2018 German Bundesliga

Werder Bremen

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
L SC Freiburg 1-0 Werder Bremen 17 Feb, 2018 German Bundesliga
W Werder Bremen 3-1 VfL Wolfsburg 11 Feb, 2018 German Bundesliga
L Bayer Leverkusen 4-2 Werder Bremen 6 Feb, 2018 German DFB Pokal
W Schalke 04 1-2 Werder Bremen 3 Feb, 2018 German Bundesliga
D Werder Bremen 0-0 Hertha Berlin 27 Jan, 2018 German Bundesliga

H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION
Werder Bremen 0-2 Borussia Monchengladbach 15 Oct, 2017 German Bundesliga
Werder Bremen 0-1 Borussia Monchengladbach 11 Feb, 2017 German Bundesliga
Borussia Monchengladbach 4-1 Werder Bremen 17 Sep, 2016 German Bundesliga
Borussia Monchengladbach 5-1 Werder Bremen 5 Feb, 2016 German Bundesliga
Borussia Monchengladbach 3-4 Werder Bremen 15 Dec, 2015 German DFB Pokal


Other fixtures taking place this week in the German Bundesliga:

March 30, 2024
RB Leipzig 15:30 Mainz
Bayer 04 Leverkusen 15:30 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
Eintracht Frankfurt 15:30 Union Berlin
Borussia Mönchengladbach 15:30 SC Freiburg
Werder Bremen 15:30 Wolfsburg
Bayern Munich 18:30 Borussia Dortmund
March 31, 2024
Augsburg 1907 13:30 FC Cologne
Stuttgart 15:30 Heidenheim
VFL Bochum 17:30 Darmstadt
April 5, 2024
Eintracht Frankfurt 18:30 Werder Bremen
April 6, 2024
Union Berlin 13:30 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
SC Freiburg 13:30 RB Leipzig
Mainz 13:30 Darmstadt
FC Cologne 13:30 VFL Bochum
Heidenheim 13:30 Bayern Munich
Borussia Dortmund 16:30 Stuttgart
April 7, 2024
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 13:30 Augsburg 1907
Wolfsburg 15:30 Borussia Mönchengladbach
April 12, 2024
Augsburg 1907 18:30 Union Berlin

German Bundesliga Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 26 22 4 0 66 18 +48 70
2 Bayern Munich 26 19 3 4 78 31 +47 60
3 Stuttgart 26 18 2 6 60 31 +29 56
4 Borussia Dortmund 26 14 8 4 53 32 +21 50
5 RB Leipzig 26 15 4 7 60 32 +28 49
6 Eintracht Frankfurt 26 10 10 6 42 35 +7 40
7 Augsburg 1907 26 9 8 9 43 42 +1 35
8 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 26 9 6 11 44 50 -6 33
9 SC Freiburg 26 9 6 11 36 48 -12 33
10 Werder Bremen 26 8 6 12 35 41 -6 30
11 Heidenheim 26 7 8 11 35 44 -9 29
12 Borussia Mönchengladbach 26 6 10 10 46 50 -4 28
13 Union Berlin 26 8 4 14 25 42 -17 28
14 Wolfsburg 26 6 7 13 31 44 -13 25
15 VFL Bochum 26 5 10 11 30 54 -24 25
16 Mainz 26 3 10 13 22 46 -24 19
17 FC Cologne 26 3 9 14 20 47 -27 18
18 Darmstadt 26 2 7 17 26 65 -39 13

German Bundesliga Results

March 17, 2024
Borussia Dortmund 3 - 1 Eintracht Frankfurt
SC Freiburg 2 - 3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
March 16, 2024
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 0 - 3 Stuttgart
Darmstadt 2 - 5 Bayern Munich
Heidenheim 1 - 1 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Mainz 2 - 0 VFL Bochum
Wolfsburg 1 - 3 Augsburg 1907
Union Berlin 2 - 1 Werder Bremen
March 15, 2024
FC Cologne 1 - 5 RB Leipzig
March 10, 2024
Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2 - 0 Wolfsburg
Eintracht Frankfurt 3 - 1 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
VFL Bochum 1 - 2 SC Freiburg
March 9, 2024
Werder Bremen 1 - 2 Borussia Dortmund
Augsburg 1907 1 - 0 Heidenheim
Borussia Mönchengladbach 3 - 3 FC Cologne
RB Leipzig 2 - 0 Darmstadt
Bayern Munich 8 - 1 Mainz
March 8, 2024
Stuttgart 2 - 0 Union Berlin
March 3, 2024
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 2 - 1 Werder Bremen
FC Cologne 0 - 2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen

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