In this week 23 match, on Sun Feb 20th, Borussia Dortmund will host Borussia M’gladbach in a clash of the Bundesliga. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Borussia Dortmund sits at 2nd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Union Berlin. Marco Reus scored the first goal for Borussia Dortmund in the 18th minute, then Marco Reus added another in the 25th minute In the end, Union Berlin couldn’t muster any offence and Borussia Dortmund ran away with the shutout win. Borussia Dortmund should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 19 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Borussia M’gladbach recorded a 3-2 win against Augsburg. Kouadio Koné scored the first goal for Borussia M’gladbach in the 30th minute, then Jonas Hofmann added another in the 46th minute on a feed from Ramy Bensebaini. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10.
On the 25th of September, Borussia M’gladbach hosted Borussia Dortmund at the Stadion Im Borussia-park in their last match together. Borussia M’gladbach was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Denis Zakaria scored the first goal for Borussia M’gladbach in the 37th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Borussia Dortmund couldn’t muster any offence and Borussia M’gladbach ran away with the shutout win.
Borussia M’gladbach’s most prolific scorer has been Kouadio Koné. The French midfielder has netted two goals over the last five matches. Borussia Dortmund is fortunate enough to have Erling Braut Håland in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 4 goals
Erling Braut Håland, Mate Morey, Emre Can, Mats Hummels, Marcel Schmelzer, Manuel Akanji, Giovanni Reyna and Soumaula Coulibaly are unavailable to play for Borussia Dortmund, while Christoph Kramer, Mamadou Doucouré and Lars Stindl are unavailable to play for Borussia M’gladbach.