Gladbach – Werder

Friday night Bundesliga football on offer, as Borussia Monchengladbach and Werder Bremen open up the 20th round of the German elite division.

Gladbach has struggled in the first two matches of 2016, losing 1-3 to Dortmund and 0-1 to Mainz. The poor results were a continuation of what happened both in preparation, where Gladbach played poorly and in the end of last year, when today`s hosts lost 3 of the last 4 matches in all competitions. Injuries have been a problem for Borussia lately and will be again today, but they need to find a way to get past them and get results. Gladbach is still just 2 points behind the 4th place, so playing Champions League football next year is very much a possibility.

Werder Bremen gained 4 points in the first two matches in 2016, beating Schalke 3-1 and drawing 3-3 with Hertha Berlin. However, despite these results, the visitors are still in the relegation mix, currently on the 16th place, a playout position. Defense has obviously been the Achilles heel for Werder this season and meeting Gladbach, who has the 3rd best offense in Bundesliga, does not sound like good news.

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Team news & lineups:

Dominguez (back), Jantschke, Herrmann, Schulz (all knee), Hahn (leg) and Xhaka (suspended) are out for Gladbach. Werder Bremen can’t count on Galvez, Sternberg (both ankle), Wolf (hip), Bargfrede (Achilles), Yildirim (knee), Johannsson (knee) and Garcia (suspended).

Borussia Monchengladbach: Sommer – Korb, Christensen, Hinteregger, Wendt – Traore, Nordtveid, Dahoud, Johnson – Raffael, Stindl

Werder Bremen: Wiedwald – Gebre Selassie, Vestergaard, Djilobodji, Garcia – Oztunali, Junuzovic, Fritz, Grillitsch – Ujah, Pizzaro

For all their recent struggles, the hosts still won 60% of their home matches this season and are one of the best sides in the league. They are only involved in the Bundesliga now, so they can focus 100% on trying to get a Top 4 spot. At the same time, Bremen has played much better on the road (4-2-4) than at home (1-2-6).

The hosts did not play horrible against Dortmund and Mainz, which are two very solid teams, so even a tiny bit of an improvement should be enough to see Gladbach take care of this Werder Bremen side at home. The visitors struggle with injuries and suspensions themselves, so this time around the home side will not be at a disadvantage from this point of view.

My tip is Gladbach to win and we get pretty good odds due to what happened in the first two rounds after the Winter break. Over 2,5 goals also looks good, but the odds are very low. Prediction: Borussia Monchengladbach – Werder Bremen 2-1.

Pick: Gladbach
Odds: 1.80 @ 1xBet
Stake: 7
Possible profit: 5.60
Event date: 5 February