Gladbach 2 – Hertha 0: The Colts see off visitors at the Borussia Park

B Mönchengladbach eased past Hertha in a 2-0 victory on Saturday at the Borussia Park. With each team arriving on the back of a league defeat, they were both keen to pick up points. Gladbach were looking forward to meeting again, following a previous defeat to Stuttgart. Hertha, on the other hand, lost 4-1 in the last match they played against Eintracht Frankfurt. As the table looks today, Gladbach and Hertha currently occupy 13th and 17th spots in the table, with 30 points and 23 points respectively after 26 matches.

It was an impressive opening from The Colts, with Alassane Plea finding the net at the 24 minute mark. They then managed to see out the first half 1-0.

Gladbach continued to pile on the pressure in the second and were rewarded, thanks to a goal from Matthias Ginter in the 59th minute, leaving the final score at 2-0.

For Gladbach, Christoph Kramer, Stefan Lainer and Lars Stindl, came on for Alassane Plea, Luca Netz and Marcus Thuram. Hertha brought on Suat Serdar, Anton, Jurgen Ekkelenkamp and Marco Richter, to replace Santiago Ascacibar, Peter Pekarik, Davie Selke and Vladimir Darida.

The referee booked Matthias Ginter, Joe Scally and Marcus Thuram for Gladbach.

Gladbach will next play Bochum away, with Hertha facing Hoffenheim at home.