On Apr 16th, Borussia M’gladbach hosts Köln at Stadion Im Borussia-park in a meeting of these two Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, which is great football weather. 11th placed Borussia M’gladbach is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Greuther Fürth. Marcus Thuram scored the first goal for Borussia M’gladbach in the 18th minute, then Alassane Pléa added another in the 24th minute on a penalty shot In the end, Greuther Fürth was frustrated by Borussia M’gladbach’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Borussia M’gladbach ended the match with the shutout victory. Borussia M’gladbach is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while köln sits at 8th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-2 win against Mainz 05. Jonathan Burkardt struck first for Mainz 05 in the 14th minute on a feed from Alexander Hack, then Karim Onisiwo added another in the 55th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 82nd minute on a goal by Luca Kilian. Köln is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
On the 27th of November, Köln hosted Borussia M’gladbach in their last match together. Köln won by a score of 4 to 1. Dejan Ljubičić scored the first goal for Köln in the 55th minute, then in the 74th minute, Patrick Herrmann sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Jonas Hofmann.
Köln hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Kingsley Schindler and Sebastian Andersson, and they each have 1 goal. Both Alassane Pléa and Marcus Thuram have been the hottest scorers for Borussia M’gladbach in the last five each having scored 3 goals
Marcus Thuram, Jonas Hofmann, Mamadou Doucouré, Patrick Herrmann, Tony Jantschke, Nico Elvedi and Sommer are unavailable to play for Borussia M’gladbach, while Steffen Baumgart’s squad will be without Benno Schmitz, Salih Özcan and Timo Horn.