B Mönchengladbach & RB Leipzig meet on Match-day 32
The Borussia Park sees Monday action as Gladbach take on Leipzig – 8:30pm GMT.
Leipzig, remain in contention for Champion’s League qualification, sitting in fourth place and 10 places above fourteenth placed Gladbach, going into the clash.
B Mönchengladbach’s Bundesliga season, has so far seen them gain 35 points, going into this game
Gladbach’s pride is now at stake, as they will not wish for another successive poor result. They recently drew 3-3 away to SC Freiburg, which followed the loss to FC Köln. They will be eager to improve in this next fixture.
Also, Gladbach keep finding ways to win, having secured three victories in their last six games is astonishing this season. With a fourteenth position in the league and 11 wins, 13 losses and 8 draws, they currently have 35 points in the League having won 11 fixtures, drawn eight meetings, and lost 13 fixtures.
Playing at home, Gladbach have won six games, drawn four meetings, and lost five matches.
Victory for B Mönchengladbach would take their points tally to 38 so far this season.
Good Attacking Performance
This has been a good season so far for Gladbach, in terms of goals scored (48). This is largely down to the efforts of their stand-out attackers – Breel Embolo (6), Alassane Plea (5), and Marcus Thuram (3). Gladbach have shown a poor defensive performance so far, having conceded 59 goals in their previous games.
Adi Hutter will be forced to make changes to the plans for his squad, as injury or illness has depleted him of two of his Gladbach players.
RB Leipzig go into this meeting with 54 points secured
A loss to Union Berlin home, and then Bayer Leverkusen at away is not good enough to retain a credible run of form in the Bundesliga. Leipzig will see this as an opportunity to get their season back on track.
Also, Leipzig keep finding ways to win, having secured 10 victories in their last 14 meetings is astonishing this season, a form has placed them in clear contention for Champion’s League qualification. With 54 points (16W, 10L and 6D), they are established in fourth position in the League having won 16 matches, drawn six meetings, and lost 10 games.
Leipzig’s away record is remarkable and poses a significant threat to Gladbach. In the 15 games they’ve played on the road this season, they have so far won six matches, drawn four fixtures, and lost five fixtures.
RB Leipzig will have 57 points if they manage to secure a victory.
Good Attacking Performance
They have a good scoring average of 67 goals (66 from open play and one penalty). This is largely down to the efforts of their stand-out attackers – Christopher Nkunku (9), Dani Olmo (3), and Konrad Laimer (3). Leipzig have conceded 36 goals.
Leipzig are missing one players through injury or illness. This will affect Domenico Tedesco’s selection choices significantly.
B Mönchengladbach v RB Leipzig – Head-to-Heads.
Regarding their historical duels the recent form between these two sides has seen Leipzig with a greater number of wins. In the last 11 meetings, they have enjoyed seven wins, to Gladbach’s one win. Further, Leipzig have won seven out of 11 matches when visiting Gladbach. Their most recent encounter in this competition B Mönchengladbach delivered a 4-1 home win.
Performance Report
For Gladbach, Breel Embolo is a top performing player who has scoredsix goals in 31 League matches this Bundesliga Season, while Christopher Nkunku scorednine goals in 31 League games this campaign for Leipzig.
Other standout players for Gladbach are Breel Embolo and Alassane Plea with six goals each and for Leipzig are Dani Olmo and Konrad Laimer with three goals and three goals respectively.
