In this 24th week match, on Saturday Mar 11th, Borussia M’gladbach will travel to Leipzig to battle RB Leipzig in a clash of the Bundesliga. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 3 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. RB Leipzig is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Borussia Dortmund. Marco Reus struck first for Borussia Dortmund in the 21st minute on a penalty kick, then Emre Can added another in the 39th minute. RB Leipzig should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches, while borussia M’gladbach sits at 10th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Freiburg. Neither Borussia M’gladbach nor Freiburg could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 9 and 8 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Borussia M’gladbach is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Stadion Im Borussia-park, Borussia M’gladbach won by a score of 3 to 0 in front of just over 50000 spectators. Jonas Hofmann struck first for Borussia M’gladbach in the 10th minute, then Jonas Hofmann added another in the 35th minute on a feed from Marcus Thuram At the end of 90 a dissapointed RB Leipzig couldn’t manage to score, and Borussia M’gladbach took the shutout win.
Nico Elvedi and Marcus Thuram are the top scorers for Borussia M’gladbach in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. RB Leipzig’s top weapon lately has been Emil Forsberg, who has three goals in the last five matches
RB Leipzig will be without Daniel Olmo, Péter Gulácsi and Timo Schlieck, while Borussia M’gladbach will be without Julian Weigl, Tony Jantschke, Tobias Sippel and Jonas Omlin.