Borussia Dortmund Aim to Keep Title Race Alive as They Host Borussia Monchengladbach in Bundesliga
Borussia Dortmund vs Mönchengladbach - 13/05/2023
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One of the biggest games taking place in Germany this weekend is the Borussen derby between Borussia Dortmund and Borussia Monchengladbach.
The match will be played on the 14th of May at Signal-Iduna-Park and the hosts begin the weekend second in the table on 64 points while the visitors are in 10th place on 39 points.
Borussia Dortmund come into the game on the back of a tremendous 6-0 home victory over Wolfsburg to keep themselves 1 point behind Bayern Munich in the title race.
It took Borussia Dortmund just 14 minutes to open the scoring and they were 3-0 up at half time. Borussia Dortmund did not take their foot off the gas in the second half and scored 3 more goals to seal a comfortable win.
The victory over Wolfsburg means Borussia Dortmund are undefeated in their 5 most recent fixtures, all of which have been played in the Bundesliga. There have been home wins over Union Berlin, Eintracht Frankfurt, and Wolfsburg plus draws at Stuttgart and Bochum.
In terms of the Bundesliga, Borussia Dortmund are undefeated in 15 of their last 16 games. Their home form has been excellent and Borussia Dortmund have won each of their last 10 home Bundesliga fixtures and are undefeated in their 13 most recent league games on home soil.
Trends show Borussia Dortmund have scored 2 or more goals in each of their last 11 home Bundesliga matches.
Borussia Monchengladbach travel to Signal-Iduna-Park having beat Bochum 2-0 at home in the Bundesliga last weekend. Borussia Monchengladbach opened the scoring 10 minutes before half time and added a second goal to seal maximum points at the end of the game.
The win over Bochum was the first victory in 4 attempts for Borussia Monchengladbach in the Bundesliga. There have been defeats at home against Union Berlin and away to Stuttgart plus a 1-1 draw at Eintracht Frankfurt.
Trends show Borussia Monchengladbach have been struggling to win games on the road and they have recorded only 4 wins from their last 25 away fixtures in all competitions.
Away form in the Bundesliga shows Borussia Monchengladbach have failed to win any of their last 6 games and have just 1 win from their 17 most recent away trips in the league.
Looking ahead to the team news and Borussia Dortmund are without the injured quartet of Soumaïla Coulibaly, Thomas Meunier, Julien Duranville, and Mateu Morey. They also have doubts over the fitness of Jamie Bynoe-Gittens.
Borussia Monchengladbach are without suspended striker Alassane Plea. Marcus Thuram and Yvandro Borges Sanches are injured and Jonas Omlin is a doubt due to a cold.
Borussia Dortmund know they must win this game if they want to keep the title race alive. Borussia Monchengladbach have been poor away from home and the hosts should score at least 2 goals on their way to victory in a match with over 2.5 goals scored in total.
Home team
Away team
Pred
Correct score
Avg. goals
Weather conditions
Coef.
Score
Live
coef.
De1
572319
1
2 - 1
3.36
19°
1.30
1.30
5.75
8.50
no
no
no
5 - 2(4 - 0)
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