Borussia Dortmund-Borussia Monchengladbach is a Bundesliga Week 12 match and is played on Saturday at 3:30pm: TV, predictions.
Before the break Borussia Dortmund cashed in their second defeat in a row after 0-4 in the Klassiker with Bayern Munich, losing 2-1 at home to surprising Stuttgart. Leading thanks to a goal by Fullkrug at the end of the first half, the yellow-and-whites were pegged back almost immediately by Undav and then even overturned by a penalty from the unleashed Guirassy with a handful of minutes left.
Edim Terzic’s team at the Mercedes-Benz Arena probably paid for the effort it took a few days earlier to beat Newcastle for the second consecutive time in the Champions League and secure the momentary first place in the so-called iron group with the English, AC Milan and Psg. In the Bundesliga, however, the situation now is not the best. Borussia Dortmund has in fact slipped to -10 from the top occupied by Bayer Leverkusen and risks finding itself already out of the title game: the fight for now is confined to Xabi Alonso’s Aspirins and the “usual” Bayern Munich, which on this day could stretch further. Therefore, the yellow-and-whites cannot afford any more breaks in order not to get left behind: they need to find the three points, which they have been missing in the league since the 1-0 loss to Werder Bremen a month ago.
Dortmund bewitched for the Fohlen
It will be the other Borussia side, Monchengladbach, that will pay a visit to Signal Iduna Park, a stadium in which the Fohlens have always lost in the last 9 previous matches, collecting 32 goals in total.
(Honorat del ‘Gladbach , TheVeggente.it (Ansa)
Swiss coach Gerardo Seoane, who has been at the helm of ‘Gladbach since this year, is hoping to turn things around: his men seem to have clicked into gear after a so-so start and are coming off a resounding success with Wolfsburg (4-0), their third straight result after a draw at home to Freiburg (3-3) and a win over newly promoted Heidenheim (2-1).
The prediction
Borussia Dortmund should return to success in a match that promises spectacle and goals. When the ‘Gladbach play away they see plenty of them (14 scored and as many conceded): only Hoffeheim and Bayern Munich have been more prolific than the Fohlen away from their home crowd.
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likely lineups.
BORUSSIA DORTMUND (4-2-3-1): Kobel; Süle, Hummels, Schlotterbeck, Ryerson; Sabitzer, Emre Can; Malen, Reus, Brandt; Füllkrug.
BORUSSIA MONCHENGLADBACH (3-5-2): Nicolas; Scally, Elvedi, Wöber; Honorat, Reitz, Weigl, Koné, Netz; Čvančara, Pléa.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 3-2
