B. Monchengladbach vs Union Berlin PREVIEW & PREDICTION 31/05/2020

On Sunday, starting with 14:30, the match Monchengladbach – Union Berlin will be played, within the 29th round of the Bundesliga. In the round, Union Berlin won 2-0 at home, through goals from Ujah and Andersson. Moreover, the “Steel Ones” prevailed in both direct meetings with Monchengladbach, which they eliminated from the semifinals of the German Cup, score 6-4 after the execution of the tiebreaks, in the 2000/2001 season.

Of the 52 teams that Monchengladbach has met in the Bundesliga, Union Berlin is the only one that has not won. In the 12th round, when the round match was played, “Manjii” were on the first place in the ranking, with one point over Bayern. Now, Monchengladbach is 9 points away from the Bavarians, occupying the 4th position, with 53 points. The team coached by Marco Rose comes after two results below expectations, 1-3 with Leverkusen and 0-0 in Bremen. This season, Gladbach had excellent evolutions on its own field, accumulated 29 points out of 9 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Union Berlin was one of the appreciated teams in the first part of the season, but the weak form from the last period places it on the 13th place, with 31 points. The newly promoted team is without a victory of 7 matches in all competitions, after being eliminated from the quarterfinals of the German Cup (1-3 at Leverkusen). If Urs Fischer’s students are the leaders of the air game in the Bundesliga, they are also leaders in the aggressive game.

Union Berlin is with Bayern, Leipzig and Cologne, in the group of 4 teams with 26 out of 28 stages in which at least 2 goals were scored. Also, Monchengladbach is a top 6 team in terms of possession in the Bundesliga, had 63% in the tour match, and Union Berlin is on the 17th place in this respect. The home team will have 58.5% possession of the ball.

– Gladbach is on the 6th place in terms of possession, with 51.3% on average;
– “Manjii” were warned 61 times with a yellow card, only 3 teams received more;
– Union Berlin is in 17th place in possession, with an average of only 43.8%;
– The “steel ones” are leaders in aerial duels won, with 27.9 per match.

Gladbach: Sommer – Lainer, Ginter, Elvedi, Bensebaini – Kramer, Nauhaus – Hofmann, Stindl (c), Thuram – Plea
Absent: Jantschke, Johnson, Strobl, Zakaria
Coach: Marco Rose

Union: Gikiewicz – Friedrich, Schlotterbeck, Subotic – Trimmel (c), Gentner, Prömel, Lenz – Ingvartsen, Bülter – Andersson
Absent: Andrich, Becker, Gogia
Coach: Urs Fischer


PREDICTION: B. Monchengladbach to win @ 1,52

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