On Fri Jan 8th, Borussia M’gladbach will play host to Bayern München in a clash of these two mismatched Bundesliga teams. In their last match, 7th placed Borussia M’gladbach, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Arminia Bielefeld. Breel Embolo struck first for Borussia M’gladbach in the 58th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Arminia Bielefeld couldn’t muster any offence and Borussia M’gladbach ran away with the shutout win. Borussia M’gladbach is looking for direction having 4 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 1st placed Bayern München, recorded a 5-2 win against Mainz 05. Jonathan Burkardt struck first for Mainz 05 in the 32nd minute on a feed from Danny Latza, then Alexander Hack added another in the 44th minute on a feed from Daniel Brosinski Finally they completed the comback in the 70th minute on a goal by Niklas Süle to cap off a wild match. Bayern München looks to continue their winning ways, having won 7 of their last 10.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Robert Lewandowski has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, hes scored 7 goals for Bayern München. Borussia M’gladbach is glad to have Lars Stindl in top form. In the last five matches the midfielder has scored 5 goals
Borussia M’gladbach will be without Marcus Thuram, Jonas Hofmann, Ramy Bensebaini and Alassane Pléa, while Benjamin Pavard, Alphonso Davies, Leon Goretzka, Javi Martínez, Kingsley Coman and Joshua Zirkzee are unavailable to play for Hans-Dieter Flick’s team.