On Saturday Mar 20th, in week 26, Borussia M’gladbach will travel to Gelsenkirchen to battle Schalke 04 in a clash of these two mismatched Bundesliga teams. Schalke 04 is fresh off their 0-5 blowout loss against Wolfsburg. Shkodran Mustafi struck first for Wolfsburg on an own goal in the 32nd minute, then Wout Weghorst added another in the 51st minute In the end, Schalke 04 was frustrated by Wolfsburg’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Wolfsburg ended the match with the shutout victory. Schalke 04 looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10, while borussia M’gladbach is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Manchester City. Kevin De Bruyne scored the first goal for Manchester City in the 12th minute, then İlkay Gündoğan added another in the 18th minute on a feed from Phil Foden In the end, Borussia M’gladbach was frustrated by Manchester City’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Manchester City ended the match with the shutout victory. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Nov 28th, Borussia M’gladbach won by a score of 4 to 1 in front of an empty stadium. Florian Neuhaus scored the first goal for Borussia M’gladbach in the 15th minute, then Benito Raman got the equalizer for Schalke 04 in the 20th minute on a feed from Mark Uth.
Marcus Thuram and Jonas Hofmann are the top scorers for Borussia M’gladbach in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats.
Schalke 04 will be without Salif Sané, Omar Mascarell, Amine Harit, Ozan Kabak, Mark Uth, Steven Skrzybski, Ralf Fährmann, Nassim Boujellab, Frederik Rønnow, Matija Nastasić, Nabil Bentaleb and Kilian Ludewig, while Breel Embolo, Christoph Kramer, Jonas Hofmann, Julio Villalba, Lars Stindl, Tony Jantschke, Ramy Bensebaini and Quizera are unavailable to play for Borussia M’gladbach.