Schalke vs Borussia Monchengladbach – Bundesliga – Preview

Posted on March 18, 2016 by Sreya

Schalke 04 hosts Borussia Monchengladbach at the Veltins Arena on 18th March, Friday in a crucial Bundesliga fixture which could determine the German clubs’ UEFA Champions League qualification for next season. In spite of Bayern Munich’s dominance at the top of the table, this season’s Bundesliga has been closely fought on other aspects.

Borussia Monchengladbach are on the fourth position in league standings with forty two points from their thirteen wins while Schalkeh are on the fifth position with forty one points courtesy their twelve wins. Monchengladbach played out a 3-0 win against Eintracht Frankfurt in their last game, but Schalke lost 2-0 to Hertha Berlin.

Team News

Atsuto Uchida, Matija Nastatic, Benedict Howedes and Marco Hoger are sidelined through injuries while Leon Goretzka and Eric Maxim Choupo-Mating are doubtful for the hosts. Junior Caicara is suspended.

Oscar Wendt, Nico Schulz, Alvaro Dominguez, Tony Jantschke and Martin Stranzl have been ruled out for Borussia Monchengladbach.

Schalke 04 Possible Starting Lineup: Ralf Fahrmann, Sascha Riether, Joel Matip, Roman Neustadter, Dennis Aogo, Johannes Geis, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, Alessandro Schopf, Max Meyer, Younes Belhanda, Klaas Jan Huntelaar.

Borussia Monchengladbach Possible Starting Lineup: Yann Sommer, Nico Elvedi, Andreas Christensen, Havard Nordveidt, Martin Hinteregger, Thorgan Hazard, Mahmoud Dahoud, Granit Xhaka, Fabian Johnson, Lars Stindl, Raffael.

Contributor’s Pick

According to Head-2-Head statistics, five out of the previous six encounters between these two clubs have been won by Borussia Monchengladbach while Schalke have managed to win only once. However, Monchengladbach have failed to win any of their last six away matches in the Bundesliga, conceding at least two goals in five of them.

It should be a closely contested affair and a 1-1 draw seems the most probable result