In this week 20 match, on Saturday Jan 22nd, Borussia M’gladbach plays host to Union Berlin in a meeting of these two Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 4 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. 12th placed Borussia M’gladbach is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Bayer Leverkusen. Robert Andrich scored the first goal for Bayer Leverkusen in the 51st minute, then Patrik Schick added another in the 74th minute. Borussia M’gladbach is looking for direction having 3 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 5th placed Union Berlin, recorded a 2-1 win against Hoffenheim. Christoph Baumgartner scored the first goal for Hoffenheim on an own goal in the 16th minute, but Andreas Voglsammer got the equalizer for Union Berlin in the 22nd minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 73rd minute on a goal by Grischa Prömel. Union Berlin is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
Union Berlin and Borussia M’gladbach last played eachother at the Stadion An Der Alten Försterei on the 29th of August. Union Berlin was victorious by a score of 2 to 1 in front of just over 11000 jubilant spectators. Niko Giesselmann struck first for Union Berlin in the 22nd minute on a feed from Genki Haraguchi, then Taiwo Awoniyi added another in the 41st minute.
Union Berlin’s most prolific scorer has been Grischa Prömel. He has netted three goals over the last five matches. For Borussia M’gladbach, their top scorers are Ramy Bensebaini and Florian Neuhaus, each having 2 goals in their last 5 matches
Denis Zakaria, Christoph Kramer, Jonas Hofmann, Mamadou Doucouré, Tony Jantschke, Nico Elvedi and Jordan Beyer are unavailable to play for Borussia M’gladbach, while Urs Fischer’s squad will be without Sheraldo Becker.