Bor. M'Gladbach - 1899 Hoffenheim

Both teams are riding the wave of success this season where both are unbeaten so far. Gladbach has shown last weekend that they are able to hold the pressure on Munich high and they were almost close to win this encounter if they had used one of their big counter attacks. Hoffenheim on the other side has their best season start ever in BL so far and they are looking forward to stay in the top of the table. Both teams have a lot of potential and they are able to replace some players as well. An interesting match up for today, if both want to be as close as they can to the leader Bayern, they must win this encounter.

At home Gladbach is hard to beat anyway as we know from last season. They play great from a compact defensive line but over their fast attackers like Hahn, Herrmann, Traore, Raffael and Kruse they are always able to create and get dangerous. Above all the fast actions from defensive to offensive is their biggest plus at the moment. The next key fact is that they have not only Raffael, Kruse, Herrmann or last year Arrango in offensive they have a much better and deeper squad this season with excellent players.

On the other side is Hoffenheim a team who has the offensive style in their blood already last season but they forgot the defensive work and conceded incredible 70 goals. This time they looked to strength the defensive line and signed very good players for this positions like keeper Baumann, defender Bigacic or midfield player Schwegler. All these guys are very important and they gave the team more stability in defensive and also put them on the next level. Up front they have and had a lot of potential with their young guns like Firmino, Volland, Elyannoussi, Schipplock or Modeste. The newest is there Szalai who is a great striker too. Coach Gisdol formed a really great team and they work very well together now what means that they are not so easy to beat but they are always dangerous to put some goals behind their opponents.


Statistic:

- Gladbach won only 2 of the 15 games against 1899 (2-5-8).
- They are winless since 3 games against 1899 now (0-2-1).
- Both teams have not lose a single game this season so far.
- This is the third time that BMG is unbeaten after 9 Rounds.
- The two times before they won the Title 70/71 and 76/77.
- BMG played 5 times on sunday and the result was always a draw.
- With Kruse they have the best scorer in their rows with 5 goals and 2 assist.
- 1899 missed the last three penalties all.
- They are very hard to beat on the road where they conceded only 2 goals this season.
- Additional to the good defensive line, they never fall behind on the road this season as well.
- Last season they conceded 70 !!! goals, but this season they are more compact.
- Both teams did not concede in the first 30 minutes of the game.
- 1899 played one time on sunday and this was also a draw at the end.


This is a top match between two teams who are on the same level at the moment. An interesting one and if I have to choose maybe here I think I want to put my cents on 1899 with the positiv HC on our side.