In Borussia Park will take place on Sunday (04.11.2018), the Rhenish Derby between Borussia Mönchengladbach and Fortuna Dusseldorf, which was last played in the Bundesliga in the 2013/14 season. The omens have hardly changed during this time. While the Borussia again belongs to the top teams of the league, Dusseldorf fights, as well as five years ago, to the league.
Gladbach:
Gladbach presented himself in recent weeks as one of the top teams in the Bundesliga and is found before the tenth game in third place behind Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich again. The record with five wins, two draws and two defeats, a goal difference of plus eight and 17 points speaks for itself. Especially in recent successes against Eintracht Frankfurt (3: 1), Bayern Munich (3: 0) and FSV Mainz 05 (4: 0) presented the foals strong. Last weekend should be defended against the SC Freiburg second place, but at the end but failed thoroughly. As in the last eleven years, the Borussia Breisgau remained without a win and began the journey home with a 1: 3 defeat in the luggage.
In the DFB Pokal, the Hecking-Eleven wanted to build on the hitherto immaculate home record of four points victories during the week, but against Bayer Leverkusen Gladbach experienced an absolute debacle. Every little defensive error was brutally punished by the mercilessly efficient guests, so that the bitter final result was 0: 5. The setbacks are now to shake off quickly and, as after the last run of the league less than a month and a half ago against Hertha BSC (2: 4) to show a clear reaction.
Dusseldorf:
The celebrated return to the upper house of German football could be for Fortuna Dusseldorf of very short duration. Already after the ninth match day shows that F95 in the Bundesliga is currently hardly or not at all competitive. For example, the team of head coach Friedhelm Funkel is on the penultimate place after the ninth round with a meager record of one win, two draws and six defeats, a goal difference of minus 15 and only five points. The Dusseldorf riders were able to clinch the last point so far just under a month and a half towards bottom-taillight VfB Stuttgart (0: 0). Subsequently, it was initially against the equally crippling clubs from Leverkusen (1: 2), Nuremberg (0: 3) and Schalke (0: 2) already three defeats.
After the international break the decline continued unabated for the Dusseldorf and even picked up speed. In Eintracht Frankfurt the hopelessly defeated Funkel-Elf conceded a 1: 7-bust, before in the home game against VfL Wolfsburg a week ago followed a 0-3 defeat. In the DFB Pokal Fortuna had already during the draw luck and got the SSV Ulm 1846 a definitely feasible regional alliggers zugelost. So the 5-1 victory and the associated accession to the round of sixteen during the week was naturally very pleasing, but can not and must not obscure the weaknesses of F95. 17 goals conceded the Fortuna alone in the last five point games.
PREDICTION: B. Monchengladbach to win @ 1.38
