The penultimate match in the German Bundesliga this weekend takes place at Signal Iduna Park as Borussia Dortmund meet Borussia Monchengladbach. The hosts begin the weekend in second place on 56 points while the visitors are in 13th place on 26 points.
Borussia Dortmund come into the match on the back of a hugely disappointing 4-2 defeat at home in the Europa League against Glasgow Rangers.
Borussia Dortmund were 2-0 down at half-time and conceded a third shortly after the interval. Despite scoring two goals themselves, Borussia Dortmund have left themselves with a huge mountain to climb in the second leg in Scotland.
That result means Borussia Dortmund have won 2 of their last 5 matches in all competitions. The victories have come away from home against Hoffenheim and Union Berlin in the Bundesliga.
Two of the 3 defeats have come at home, one of which was in the Bundesliga against Bayer Leverkusen.
Trends show Borussia Dortmund are an entertaining team to watch when playing at home and they have seen over 3.5 goals in 5 of their last 6 home matches in all competitions.
There have been over 3.5 goals scored in their 4 most recent home Bundesliga fixtures and Borussia Dortmund have been productive in their last 15 home matches in the league, scoring 2 or more goals in each of them.
The problems have come at the back and Borussia Dortmund have kept only one clean sheet in their last 5 home Bundesliga games.
Borussia Monchengladbach make the trip to Signal Iduna Park having beat Augsburg 3-2 at home in the Bundesliga last weekend. It was an important victory for Borussia Monchengladbach, who had failed to win any of their previous 5 games in all competitions.
In fact, Borussia Monchengladbach have recorded only 2 wins from their 12 most recent fixtures in all competitions.
Form in the Bundesliga shows Borussia Monchengladbach have won just 1 of their 4 most recent games and only 2 of their last 10. However, they have not been easy to beat on the road and are undefeated in their last 3 away Bundesliga matches.
Nonetheless, winning away games has proved tough and Borussia Monchengladbach have recorded just 1 win from their last 7 away league matches.
Looking ahead to the team news and Borussia Dortmund are without the injured trio of Thomas Meunier, Erling Haaland, and Mateu Morey. They also have doubts over the fitness of Marius Wolf and Marcel Schmelzer.
Borussia Monchengladbach have two injury concerns with Mamadou Doucoure and Lars Stindl both likely to miss out.
Borussia Dortmund will want to give their fans something to cheer following the disappointment on Thursday night. They must improve defensively and this could be the game that sees them keep a rare clean sheet on their way to 3 important points in the title race.
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