Borussia M’gladbach
On Sunday, Borussia interrupted a series of five matches without defeat and in this series they first celebrated four times, and then played a draw in the first match of the round of sixteen in Europa league with Schalke. They have suffered a defeat away by the “drowning” HSV with 2-1, after which they took the lead midway through the first half. Later, the hosts took the initiative and it must be said that they were better than a little tired Borussia, which was still pretty weakened. It should be noted that this was the first away defeat for Borussia in the second half of the season, or more precisely, since they were taken by coach Hecking.
It is interesting that they recently celebrated in Hamburg with the same result in the Cup and also won placement in the semi-finals of that competition, however, they now arrived without two of their best strikers Stindl and Raffael and without them they are quite harmless, while the only goal was scored by center-back A.Christensen after the break. Compared to the match against Schalke, right back Jantschke took a breather, so Elvedi played instead, while the mentioned A.Christensen returned after the suspension in Gelsenkirchen. Kramer also returned, and Dahouda was absent, so Drmic got a chance in attack. Raffael should be ready to perform now, Stindl is questionable, while Hazard will certainly not be in the team.
Probable lineups Borussia M’gladbach: Sommer – Jantschke, A.Christensen, Vestergaard, Wendt – Dahoud, Kramer – Herrmann, F.Johnsnon – Raffael, Stindl(Hahn)
Schalke 04
Schalke does not really have a very good result from the first match against Borussia and this match was the sixth in a series in which they did not win, but at least they managed to celebrate in the championship, the first after exactly one month and that was at home over Hoffenheim. They again managed to preserve their network intact, but they this time scored one goal more against Augsburg and won with 3-0. It was certainly one of the best games by Schalke this season and they really dominated totally, but the guests had a penalty when Schalke took the lead of 2-0, which goalkeeper Fahrmann managed to stop.
Immediately after that, Schalke scored three goals and all was practically solved in the first half hour of the game. G.Burgstaller was again the first name of the team from Gelsenkirchen, who since his arrival in January, relentlessly shakes the nets in all competitions and he was the top scorer of the goal in the first match against Borussia. Compared to the match against Augsburg, Stambouli was not in the team, as well as Schopf and Goretzka. Now all three should be back, which is for the last two games again in formation with four at the back and we do not expect any more changes.
Probable lineups Schalke 04: Fahrmann – Kehler, Howedes, Nastasic, Kolasinac – Geis, Stambouli – Schopf, Goretzka, D.Caligiuri – G.Burgstaller
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Borussia in the previous two mutual duels showed that they are currently better than Schalke, but this is a decisive match and Schalke has boosted its confidence a little bit after their championship victory and we believe that they did not say the last word and that they can threaten a little bit and score. Borussia has injury problems, especially in attack, however, they are always offensive at home and dangerous to their goalkeeper. Watch Live stream free Click Here | Link 2#
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