There is still plenty to play for in the Bundesliga this season as we head into the final two gameweeks of the season. Monchengladbach are one of the teams with things still on the line, as the Foals host Stuttgart on Saturday afternoon.
In truth, it seems unlikely that the seventh place Foals can bridge a five-point gap to sixth-place Bayer Leverkusen and claim a European spot with such few games left this season.
Finishing outside the European berths will be a poor end to Marco Rose’s tenure as Gladbach boss.
Rose’s team have struggled to find much consistency for much of the season. That inconsistency has continued in recent weeks, as they have won just two of their previous five league matches.
Last time out they suffered a humiliating 6-0 home defeat by champions Bayern Munich. The fact that they had won their previous game 5-0 against Arminia Bielefeld rather sums up the Foals form this season.
One thing that is guaranteed with Monchengladbach at the moment is goals, as there have been over 2.5 goals scored in their last eight Bundesliga outings.
Stuttgart are looking to end a solid return to the Bundesliga on a high note. Die Roten are just four points behind Monchengladbach and a top-half finish will now be their aim this season.
Pellegrino Matarazzo’s team may have challenged for the top-six if it were not for a poor recent run of results that saw the visitors lose four of their last five league games.
They got back to winning ways last time though with a 2-1 home win over Augsburg, with striker Sasa Kalajdzic scoring his 15th Bundesliga goal of the season.
Forebet predicts that Monchengladbach will record a victory in a high-scoring encounter, but the win may be too little too late for the Foals in the fight for a European spot this season.