Borussia Mönchengladbach v RB Leipzig preview: Below-fire Rose returns to Borussia Park
Borussia Mönchengladbach
A fourth-placed end within the Bundesliga and getting previous the Champions League group stage forward of Inter: Marco Rose’s keep at Gladbach was a powerful success. That was till the early information of a contractual settlement with Borussia Dortmund ruined the tip of their 2020-21 season, nonetheless.
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Since then, Gerardo Seoane is the primary coach on the membership to remain past a season. Regardless of an underwhelming 14th-placed end, Roland Virkus and co. determined to go for stability forward of this season.
Though it appears to be getting in an identical route in the beginning, the previous Leverkusen coach is now effectively settled at Borussia Park. Whereas German worldwide Tim Kleindienst is the primary man for Gladbach’s resurgence, Alassane Pléa was their star earlier than the worldwide break after his second hat-trick at Weserstadion.
Gladbach can go previous fifth-placed Leipzig with a win on Saturday. They nonetheless must play away at Dortmund and Bayern, however the hole between them and a Champions League spot is at the moment solely 5 factors.
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The hosts will probably be with out their beginning goalkeeper and striker. With Moritz Nicolas and Jonas Omlin on the sidelines, the 18-year-old shot-stopper Tiago Pereira Cardoso will play at Borussia Park for the primary time.
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In the meantime, Tomáš Čvančara will possible begin instead of top-scorer Kleindienst, who’s suspended after his injury-time crimson card in Bremen.
RB Leipzig
A much-needed win at Dortmund put Leipzig again in competition for Champions League qualification. After the worldwide break, Rose now seeks to repeat that success towards his different former employers.
However Leipzig are winless away from house in 2025. Coupled with their disastrous Champions League marketing campaign, there may be little probability for the 48-year-old coach to remain on the helm for subsequent season. It might all be determined within the coming days if outcomes don’t go their means within the league and cup.
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Leipzig will journey to Stuttgart in midweek in hopes of reaching the DFB Pokal ultimate for a fourth time in 5 years. Earlier than that, a direct duel with a fellow European hopeful would current an enormous probability to push for higher heights within the Bundesliga.
Though they dropped a lot of factors towards smaller groups, Leipzig have a beneficiant schedule listing earlier than Bayern and Stuttgart go to RedBull Area within the ultimate weeks of the season. Regardless of their lackluster marketing campaign, RB are solely three factors shy of Mainz and Eintracht Frankfurt.
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In his pre-match convention, Rose said that the majority of his gamers had a good worldwide break. Moreover, there’s a risk for Yussuf Poulsen returning to the matchday squad.
On the adverse aspect, Xaver Schlager faces one other setback after struggling a muscle damage to his left thigh whereas taking part in for Austria. Children Antonio Nusa and Assan Ouédraogo may also be unavailable as they hope to return to workforce coaching within the coming days.
