On Sat Mar 12th, in week 26, Borussia M’gladbach will play host to Hertha BSC in a clash of these two closely matched Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Borussia M’gladbach is fresh off their 2-3 loss against Stuttgart. Alassane Pléa scored the first goal for Borussia M’gladbach in the 14th minute, then Marcus Thuram added another in the 35th minute on a feed from Alassane Pléa But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 83rd minute on a goal by Sasa Kalajdzic. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 16th placed Hertha BSC, recorded a 1-4 loss against Eintracht Frankfurt. Ansgar Knauff scored the first goal for Eintracht Frankfurt in the 17th minute, then Lucas Melo added another in the 48th minute on a feed from Evan N’Dicka. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 5 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Olympiastadion Berlin, Hertha BSC won by a score of 1 to 0. Marco Richter scored the first goal for Hertha BSC in the 40th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Borussia M’gladbach couldn’t muster any offence and Hertha BSC ran away with the shutout win.
Hertha BSC hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Ishak Belfodil and Gechter, and they each have 1 goal. Both Marcus Thuram and Alassane Pléa have been the hottest scorers for Borussia M’gladbach in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals
Adolf Hütter’s Borussia M’gladbach squad will be without Mamadou Doucouré and Lars Stindl, while Oliver Christensen, Marvin Plattenhardt, Dedryk Boyata, Niklas Stark, Rune Jarstein, Alexander Schwolow, Lukas Klünter, Marton Dardai, Nils-Jonathan Körber, Kelian Nsona Wa Saka, Lee Dong-Jun and Werthmuller are unavailable to play for Tayfun Korkut’s team.