Borussia Monchengladbach vs Borussia Dortmund Competition – German Bundesliga Stadium – Borussia-Park Date: 11th November 2022 Kick-off time – 19:30 GMT
Borussia Dortmund will play their last league game before the World Cup break when they travel to Borussia Park to face Borussia Monchengladbach this Friday. Borussia Monchengladbach come into this tie on the back of just one win in their last six league games (D1, L4). The hosts’ miserable form in the 2022/23 Bundesliga season continued with another poor showing at the weekend when they were beaten 2-1 by relegation-threatened Bochum. Daniel Farke’s side conceded both goals in the first 12 minutes of the game and could not snatch a point despite an improved second-half showing and a goal from Alassane Plea. After the game, the coach described his team as “lazy” and requiring “a different mindset” ahead of this must-win tie. With his team currently sitting in ninth place, six points behind Dortmund in the sixth position, Farke will hope that they can win this game and keep their hopes of a top-six finish alive ahead of the World Cup break. With just two points separating them and 12th-placed FC Koln, they could end the weekend outside of the top ten if they don’t win here. But given that they have won three of their last four outings (L1) in Borussia Park, they will fancy their chances of a win here. However, they have not kept a clean sheet in their last eight league games and might struggle to keep a Dortmund side that has struck 24 league goals this season at bay. In contrast, the visitors have struggled away from home having lost four of their last five away league games (W1). Edin Terzic’s inconsistent Borussia Dortmund side come into this tie on the back of another disappointing away outing as they were defeated 2-0 by Wolfsburg last time out. That result ended a run of six games without defeat for the visitors (W4, D2) and condemned them to their joint-worst points total after 14 games since 2017/18. They currently sit in sixth position, six points behind Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich and so must continue to win here to keep pace in the title race. But considering their form away from home, a win here looks like a big ask, even though Gladbach have been inconsistent too. Dortmund have lost four of their last five away league games (W1), meaning that they have taken 64% of their total league points this season at home. The last time Dortmund had more than their current four away losses after seven games was in 2014/15, a season that saw them finish in their lowest position in the last decade (7th). So Terzić will be extremely keen for his side to bounce back here and possibly get back to the top four. Other fixtures taking place this week in the German Bundesliga:
May 4, 2024
Borussia Dortmund
14:30
Augsburg 1907
Wolfsburg
14:30
Darmstadt
Werder Bremen
14:30
Borussia Mönchengladbach
Stuttgart
14:30
Bayern Munich
FC Cologne
17:30
SC Freiburg
May 5, 2024
Union Berlin
14:30
VFL Bochum
Eintracht Frankfurt
16:30
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Heidenheim
18:30
Mainz
May 10, 2024
Augsburg 1907
19:30
Stuttgart
May 11, 2024
RB Leipzig
14:30
Werder Bremen
SC Freiburg
14:30
Heidenheim
Borussia Mönchengladbach
14:30
Eintracht Frankfurt
FC Cologne
14:30
Union Berlin
Mainz
17:30
Borussia Dortmund
May 12, 2024
Darmstadt
14:30
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
Bayern Munich
16:30
Wolfsburg
VFL Bochum
18:30
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
German Bundesliga Table
#
Team
MP
W
D
L
F
A
G
P
1
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
31
25
6
0
77
22
+55
81
2
Bayern Munich
31
22
3
6
89
38
+51
69
3
Stuttgart
31
20
4
7
70
38
+32
64
4
RB Leipzig
32
19
6
7
74
36
+38
63
5
Borussia Dortmund
31
16
9
6
59
39
+20
57
6
Eintracht Frankfurt
31
11
12
8
47
42
+5
45
7
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
32
11
7
14
56
64
-8
40
8
SC Freiburg
31
11
7
13
43
55
-12
40
9
Augsburg 1907
31
10
9
12
48
52
-4
39
10
Heidenheim
31
9
10
12
44
52
-8
37
11
Werder Bremen
31
10
7
14
41
50
-9
37
12
Wolfsburg
31
9
7
15
37
51
-14
34
13
Borussia Mönchengladbach
31
7
11
13
53
60
-7
32
14
Union Berlin
31
8
6
17
26
50
-24
30
15
VFL Bochum
31
6
12
13
37
62
-25
30
16
Mainz
31
5
13
13
32
49
-17
28
17
FC Cologne
31
4
11
16
24
54
-30
23
18
Darmstadt
31
3
8
20
30
73
-43
17
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