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Borussia Moenchengladbach takes on Freiburg in an attempt to further secure their 3rd spot placement in the Bundesliga.
Gladbach is involved in a dogfight for the last two Champions League places, being tied with Schalke and Augsburg for the 3-5 positions and just one point ahead of 6th placed Leverkusen. Needless to say that every game is like a final now for Borussia, especially these accessible home matches which need to be won if Gladbach wants a Champions League spot. It looks like the hosts know this and are pumped up not to let points slip – they won 1-0 at Stuttgart in the weekend, starting 2015 with a great result and a very clever performance.
Freiburg started the year with a great performance themselves, getting just their 3rd win of the season in an impressive 4-1 routing of Eintracht Frankfurt. Courtesy of the 3 points Freiburg managed to get out of the relegation zone and the visitors are now on the 14th place – however, there`s just 1 point separating them from the drop zone.
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Team news & lineups:
Gladbach only has Hahn unavailable, while Freiburg will have to do without Krmas, Kempf, Mitrovic and Mehmedi – all will be absent from the visitors’ lineup.
Gladbach: Sommer – Korb, Stranzl, Jantschke, Dominguez – Herrmann, Kramer, Xhaka, Hazard – Raffael – Kruse
Freiburg: Burki – Sorg, Torrejon, Hohn, Gunter – Schmid, Darida, Frantz, Klaus – Philipp, Petersen
Listen, Freiburg was surprisingly good at the weekend and they might be in for a solid second part of the season, but I can’t look past Gladbach in this game. They have been excellent so far in this campaign and started 2015 in great form, so they have not lost rhythm in the mid season break. Monchengladbach is always very strong at home so I really don`t see them losing these crucial three points against a team like Freiburg. My tip is Gladbach to win with a 1 goal asian handicap, as the hosts have the firepower needed to cover the spread. Prediction: Borussia Moenchengladbach – Freiburg 2-0.
Pick: Gladbach (-1 Asian Handicap)
Odds: 1.93 @ Bet365
Stake: 8
Possible profit: 7.44
Event date: 3 February
