On Sat Mar 4th, Borussia M’gladbach hosts Freiburg at Stadion Im Borussia-park in a clash of these two closely matched Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 4 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. In their last match, 10th placed Borussia M’gladbach, recorded a 0-4 loss against Mainz 05. Jae-Sung Lee struck first for Mainz 05 in the 25th minute on a feed from Danny da Costa, then Marcus Ingvartsen added another in the 49th minute In the end, Borussia M’gladbach couldn’t muster any offence and Mainz 05 ran away with the shutout win. Borussia M’gladbach is looking for direction having 4 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches, while freiburg sits at 5th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Bayer Leverkusen. Vincenzo Grifo scored the first goal for Freiburg in the 28th minute, then Sardar Azmoun tied it up for Bayer Leverkusen in the 67th minute earning them at least the one point. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Freiburg should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match together, in Europa Park Stadium, Freiburg and Borussia M’gladbach battled to a 0-0 draw. Neither Freiburg nor Borussia M’gladbach could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 13 and 16 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,.
Vincenzo Grifo has been the most effective weapon for Freiburg lately. The Italian midfielder has netted 3 goals in his last five matches. Borussia M’gladbach’s top weapon lately has been Jonas Hofmann, who has three goals in the last five matches
Daniel Farke’s Borussia M’gladbach squad will be without Julian Weigl, Marcus Thuram and Tony Jantschke, while Daniel-Kofi Kyereh is unavailable to play for Freiburg.