Borussia Monchengladbach and FC Koln will be back in action this Saturday when they face each other in the 30th game week of the Bundesliga 1 at the Borussia-Park. Kickoffs at 19:30 EAT.
Monchengladbach used to be one of the best teams in the German top flight before. But somewhere along the campaign, their level kind of fell off, and thereafter they have been struggling to get into the top-most tier. Although Adi Hutter’s side were still struggling for the first handful of those fixtures, the last four have seen Die Fohlen pick up 10 points from the 12 available, which has lifted the club up to 11th place in the table.
Borussia will be hoping for more of the same after the 0-2 Bundesliga 1 triumph over Greuther Furth in their last outing. In that game, Mönchengladbach had 50% possession, 17 shots with six of them on target and goals scored by Marcus Thuram (18′) and Alassane Pléa (24′). SpVgg Greuther Fürth got 10 shots with only one of them on target.
Meanwhile FC Koln is placed eighth in the table with 43 points, and need a surplus of one point to climb level with the European cut-off. And they have five games remaining to make this happen. Koln might be facing some issues with form lately, but make no mistake that they are still a contender to secure a top-six finish and qualify for one of the European competitions next season. Koln have had struggles their travels with just three victories from 14 away trips in the league so far this season.
Koln gets into this fixture aiming for another victory following 3-2 Bundesliga 1 win over Mainz in their last fixture. In that game, Koln had 53% possession, 13 shots with five of them on target and goals scored by Ellyes Skhiri (60′), Dejan Ljubičić (78′) and Luca Kilian (82′). FSV Mainz 05 got 10 shots with six of them on target and goals by Jonathan Burkardt (14′) and Karim Onisiwo (55′).
Borussia Monchengladbach vs FC Koln head to head
Monchengladbach bears a better record in the history of this fixture claiming 25 victories out of the 43 meetings since 1992. Koln has won 11 times while seven matches ended in stalemate.
- FC Koln 4-1 M´gladbach 27/11/21
- M´gladbach 1-2 FC Koln 06/02/21
- FC Koln 1-3 M´gladbach 03/10/20
- M´gladbach 2-1 FC Koln 11/03/20
- FC Koln 0-1 M´gladbach 14/09/19
Home
- Greuther Furth 0-2 M´gladbach
- M´gladbach 1-1 Mainz
- Bochum ⓘ M´gladbach
- M´gladbach 2-0 Hertha
- Stuttgart 3-2 M´gladbach
Away
- FC Koln 3-2 Mainz
- Union Berlin 1-0 FC Koln
- FC Koln 1-1 Dortmund
- Leverkusen 0-1 FC Koln
- FC Koln 0-1 Hoffenheim
Borussia Monchengladbach team news
Luca Netz, Marvin Friedrich and Ramy Bensebaini are not available for for Gladbach manager Adi Hütter through injuries while Tony Jantschke is unavailable due to Corona Virus.
FC Koln team news
Sebastian Andersson will miss out this game due to illness while Kingsley Schindler is also unavailable due to personal reasons.
Prediction and odds
Monchengladbach is on a four-game unbeaten run in the league winning three and conceding just one goal while Koln’s latest result ended a run of back-to-back winless outings however they have won just three league games away from home this season.
- Borussia Monchengladbach Win
- Draw
- Both teams to score
