On Fri Jan 22nd, in week 18, Borussia M’gladbach will play host to Borussia Dortmund in a meeting of these two Bundesliga teams. In their last match, 7th placed Borussia M’gladbach, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Werder Bremen. Nico Elvedi struck first for Borussia M’gladbach in the 66th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Werder Bremen couldn’t manage to score, and Borussia M’gladbach took the shutout win. Borussia M’gladbach is looking for direction having 3 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches, while borussia Dortmund is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Bayer Leverkusen. Moussa Diaby scored the first goal for Bayer Leverkusen in the 14th minute, then Julian Brandt tied it up for Borussia Dortmund in the 67th minute on a feed from Raphaël Guerreiro. Borussia Dortmund is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
Borussia M’gladbach and Borussia Dortmund last played eachother at the Signal-iduna-park on Sep 19th. Borussia Dortmund was victorious by a score of 3 to 0. Giovanni Reyna scored the first goal for Borussia Dortmund in the 35th minute, then Erling Braut Håland added another in the 54th minute from the penalty spot In the end, Borussia M’gladbach was frustrated by Borussia Dortmund’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Borussia Dortmund ended the match with the shutout victory.
Borussia Dortmund’s top weapon lately has been Jadon Sancho, who has three goals in the last five matches. Both Jonas Hofmann and Lars Stindl have been the hottest scorers for Borussia M’gladbach in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each
Breel Embolo, Marcus Thuram, Jonas Hofmann, Valentino Lazaro, Ramy Bensebaini, Alassane Pléa, Famana Quizera and Rocco Reitz are unavailable to play for Borussia M’gladbach, while Axel Witsel, Thorgan Hazard, Dan-Axel Zagadou, Marcel Schmelzer and Jude Bellingham are unavailable to play for Edin Terzic’s team.