Leipzig-Borussia Monchengladbach is a Bundesliga match of the 24th day and is played on Saturday at 15:30: TV, line-ups, predictions.
Leipzig’s hopes of staying in the title race could be permanently dashed after their defeat in their direct clash with Borussia Dortmund.
Nets from Reus and Emre Can in the first half broke the legs of former yellow and red coach Marco Rose’s men. And Forsberg’s goal in the last quarter of an hour that reopened the game was late. The realistic goal of the Roten Bullen, who finished -7 from the top after the 2-1 win at Signal Iduna Park, is called qualification for the next Champions League. Yes, because the battle for one of the first four places is still wide open and involves several teams. Leipzig are momentarily fourth, but behind them are Freiburg and Eintracht Frankfurt, two contenders who will give Werner and his teammates a hard time. Rose, meanwhile, will have to revise something at defensive level: despite the presence in the squad of one of Europe’s strongest centre-backs in prospect, Croatian Josko Gvardiol, Leipzig have struggled to keep their goal unbeaten recently, conceding at least one goal in eight of their last ten matches between the various competitions. Numbers that the former Borussia Dortmund coach cannot help but look out for, especially ahead of the return leg in the Champions League with Manchester City.
Another night as an ex for Rose
Next week the Roten Bullen will be on the scene at the Etihad Stadium against Pep Guardiola’s side, who were held to a 1-1 draw in the first leg. Before that, however, there is a league fixture against Borussia Monchengladbach, another team coached by Rose.
Today Daniel Farke sits on the Fohlen bench but the results are not exciting: the risk is to stay out of Europe once again. Borussia Monchengladbach are tenth, have five points to make up on seventh place and have just come back from a scoreless draw against Freiburg. They have been on a rollercoaster ride in recent weeks, going from victory against Bayern Munich (4-2) to a humiliating 4-0 defeat at home to Mainz. An absolutely indecipherable performance.
The Prediction
The Leipzig victory can be assessed, as they want to redeem the defeat against Borussia Dortmund and consolidate fourth place. The Roten Bullen have only lost once at home in 14 matches since Rose’s arrival and, more generally, have never been beaten in front of their home crowd by Borussia Monchengladbach.
Leipzig-Borussia Monchengladbach’s likely line-up
- LIPSIA (4-4-2): Blaswich; Henrichs, Orban, Gvardiol, Raum; Szoboszlai, Laimer, Haidara, Forsberg; André Silva, Werner.
- BORUSSIA MONCHENGLADBACH (4-2-3-1): Sippel; Scally, Itakura, Elvedi, Netz; Kramer, Koné; Hofmann, Stindl, Plea; Thuram.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 2-1
