Borussia Dortmund and Borussia Mönchengladbach will face on Sunday the 20th of February at 5:30 pm in the 23rd week of the Bundesliga. The match is going to be played in Dortmund at the Signal-Iduna-Park.
Borussia Dortmund sits in the 2nd position in the table with 46 points. It comes from a 0-3 win against FC Union Berlin in its last match in the Bundesliga. As of now, it has won 15 times, drawn once, and lost 6 times.
Borussia Mönchengladbach sits in the 13th place in the league with 26 points. It comes from a 3-2 win against FC Augsburg in its last match in the Bundesliga. Thus far, it has won 7 times, draw 5 times, and lost 10 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Borussia Dortmund
Borussia Dortmund has mostly adopted 2 line-ups: 4-3-3 and 4-2-3-1 (7 times or 31.82% each of them).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (7 times), 4-2-3-1 (7 times), 3-4-2-1 (3 times), 4-3-1-2 (2 times), 4-1-3-2 (once), 3-5-2 (once) and 4-3-2-1 (once).
Marco Rose is expected to play against Borussia Mönchengladbach with the following players: G. Kobel, D. Zagadou, R. Guerreiro, M. Hummels, M. Dahoud, A. Witsel, J. Bellingham, J. Brandt, M. Reus and D. Malen.
Suppose that this will be the line-up, the resulting average age of Borussia Dortmund would be 27.10.
There are doubts about the presence of M. Akanji.
Marco Rose will probably not be able to employ T. Meunier, M. Wolf and E. Håland because of injury.
M. Morey Bauzà and M. Schmelzer will definitely miss the match.
Borussia Mönchengladbach
Borussia Mönchengladbach has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (11 times or 50.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (11 times), 4-2-3-1 (6 times), 3-4-1-2 (2 times), 3-1-4-2 (once), 4-3-3 (once) and 3-5-2 (once).
Adolf Hütter is expected to play against Borussia Dortmund with the following players: Y. Sommer, M. Ginter, N. Elvedi, R. Bensebaini, K. Kone, S. Lainer, F. Neuhaus, A. Pléa, J. Hofmann and B. Embolo.
In case that the line up is confirmed as above, the resulting average age of Borussia Mönchengladbach would be 27.50.
Adolf Hütter will probably not be able to employ M. Doucouré because of injury.
L. Stindl will definitely miss the match.