It has been a very difficult few weeks for Borussia Mönchengladbach, as not only are they in terrible form domestically, but it has been announced that they are set to lose manager Marco Rose to Dortmund at the end of the season.
They have won just one of their last five matches in all competitions, and that came in the DFB-Pokal against Stuttgart, but in the Bundesliga they have found life tough against some average opponents.
Die Fohlen are nine points off the Champions League places in Germany, so winning this seasons competition looks like their only way back into Europe’s elite contest, but unfortunately for BMG, they have drawn a red-hot Manchester City.
While Gladbach do deserve some credit for qualifying out of a group including Real Madrid, Shakhtar Donetsk and Inter Milan, it is worth noting that the only wins they picked up were against the Ukrainians.
In matches against teams I would say are among the best on the continent (RMA and INT), they collected just two points and posted woeful underlying numbers, continually looking vulnerable defensively.
He has scored five in his last seven across all competitions and has averaged 0.41 xG per 95 minutes this term, so is getting himself in good scoring positions regularly. I like his chances of adding to his tally here in a game where City could score a fair few.
Score Prediction: Borussia Mönchengladbach 1-3 Manchester City ()
Odds correct at 1200 GMT (23/02/21)
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