In a weekend match on Saturday Feb 5th, in week 21, Arminia Bielefeld will host Borussia M’gladbach in a meeting of these two evenly matched Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 2 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Arminia Bielefeld is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Eintracht Frankfurt. Patrick Wimmer scored the first goal for Arminia Bielefeld in the 5th minute, then Alessandro Schöpf added another in the 27th minute In the end, Eintracht Frankfurt was frustrated by Arminia Bielefeld’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Arminia Bielefeld ended the match with the shutout victory. Arminia Bielefeld is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 12th placed Borussia M’gladbach, recorded a 1-2 loss against Union Berlin. Max Kruse scored the first goal for Union Berlin in the 18th minute on a penalty shot, then Kouadio Koné tied it up for Borussia M’gladbach in the 40th minute on a penalty shot. Borussia M’gladbach looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches.
On Sep 12th, Borussia M’gladbach hosted Arminia Bielefeld at the Stadion Im Borussia-park in their last match together. Borussia M’gladbach was victorious by a score of 3 to 1. Lars Stindl scored the first goal for Borussia M’gladbach in the 35th minute, then Masaya Okugawa tied it up for Arminia Bielefeld in the 2nd minute of the first half’s stoppage time.
Breel Embolo and Stefan Lainer are the top scorers for Borussia M’gladbach in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Arminia Bielefeld is glad to have Masaya Okugawa in top form. In the last five matches the midfielder has scored 4 goals
Frank Kramer’s squad will be without Nathan De Medina, while Christoph Kramer is unavailable to play for Borussia M’gladbach.