Both Borussias have had their ups and downs this season and the host of this duel is a current decline in form, who lost the previous three duels and did not score any goals. Dortmund has made three wins, two in the championship and the last in Europa League, though it is questionable whether this minimal victory will be enough in rematch. The team from Dortmund has no defeats in the second part of the season, M'gladbach has only one triumph. In the first part of the season, the hosts has celebrated in Dortmund with 6-1.
The new crisis for the team from M'gladbach and due to the small points difference, the three defeats were enough to slip even to the lower part of the table, though they were recently fifth. And in the first part of the championship this team has failed completely, and they lost some of the matches very convincingly, one in Dortmund, with the proviso that they would certainly give that one difficult defeat for the three previous ones that were not quite convincing but they did not won the points.
In the five rounds of the second half they lost four times, with one triumph, and in the previous three rounds they were defeated by Eintracht, Leipzig and Stuttgart. They have lost the previous two duels with 1-0, with the proviso that Leipzig defeated them in M'gladbach. It was a small comfort that they have missed a lot of opportunities against Leipzig, while they were better than Stuttgart in the last round. Hofmann was a refreshment in the last round, and we now expect Raffaell from the first minute on the field and Sommer to return to the goal.
Probable lineups Borussia M’gladbach: Sommer – Elvedi, Ginter, Vestergaard, Jantschke – Kramer, Zakaria – Hofmann, T.Hazard – Stindl, Raffael
Dortmund is without a defeat for the sixth match in a row and their series started with three draws at the start of the second part of the championship, while they made two victories and won in the first round of Europa League sixteenth finals. This triumph against Atalanta can easily prove to be inadequate, because they celebrated at home with 3-2 and are awaiting a difficult task in rematch, although they may be satisfied tha they have celebrated at all, because they were losing with 2-1 and came to triumph in the injury time.
The hero of Borussia was again their striker Batshuayi and almost everyone is already sorry for the departure of Aubameyang because his replacement is playing brilliantly since he arrived. He scored two goals as well as against Cologne, and he was the shooter against HSV in the last round, so it was a truly maestral effect. Coach Stoger has set Sokratis on the center-back position in the match with Atalanta, because the newcomer Akanji is out of action, but he now returns to the team, while we also expect M. Gotze and the recovered Schmelzer.
Probable lineups Borussia Dortmund: Burki – Piszczek, Sokratis, Akanji, Schmelzer – Weigl, M.Gotze – C.Pulisic, Reus, Schurrle – Batshuayi
The host is definitely in a worse form, but they cannot be defeated on their field, but Dortmund’s game does not suit them lately and that is why we believe that the guests will again leave M'gladbach undefetaed.
Pick: Draw 3.72 - 272/100
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