Werder Bremen - Bor. M'Gladbach

Statistic:

- The last win from Gladbach in Bremen is 28 years ago. (21. March 1987 with 7-1).
- Gladbach is waiting since 24 games for a win in Bremen.
- Borussia needs only 2 Points out of 2 games to be absolutely sure in CL next season.
- Last time when Gladbach was in CL it is 37 years ago (It was called "Landesmeistercup")
- Gladbach is unbeaten since 12 games (12-3-0). The longest run in the league right now.
- The last defeat was at February 0-1 to Schalke.
- The last time they had such a run it was between September 1988 and March 1989.
- Never conceded a BL club so less goals as Gladbach in second half of the season (7).
- Gladbach has the best defensive in their BL history right now with 23 goals conceded in 32 matches.
- Bremen is unbeaten since 3 BL home games (2-1-0) and conceded not a single goal in these.
- The last time they had such a period it was between August till October 2009 (4 games).

We spoke a lot about Bremen this season and they did use a great favor this season as well with some nice wins. Once again we want to trust them maybe in this encounter. Coach Skripnik is the right man  on the right place at the moment. He gave Bremen back a lot of self confidence, motivation, moral and sprit even all what a team needs for success. All the players are doing a great job so far and they are trying to improve form week to week. The outcome is very good, from a relegation candidate up to a team who have the chance for a European Spot this season what happened for long time here. No one is talking about the EL but they hope or dream from. The defensive line is a bit less of alternatives as with Galvez, Garcia and Fritz they have 3 players not ready here but with Prödl returns one central back who was ill last weekend. The offensive looks great and all their weapons are ready. Coach Skripnik can choose from a lot there and maybe he changes a bit and bring fresh and young guns in with Öztunali and Bartels. Above all Bartels who was not ready in Hannover can make the difference in their offensive play above all in counter attacks. His quickness is needed and he bring both Di Santo and Selke in good positions maybe.

We must not talk a lot from Gladbach, they play a very good season and they did their job in the last games very well. They are high flying at the moment and it looks like their run never ends. But let's take a look at some games. From the last 7 games they won 6 !!! What is incredible, most of them at home because they have a run there with 9 wins in a row, away from home they have their problems. But against which opponents they have won? Bayern Munich, 1899 Hoffenheim, Dortmund, VfL Wolfsburg, Hertha BSC and Leverkusen. What have all these teams together? Of course they do not play defensive minded, they play offensive and they want to control the game what speaks a lot for Gladbach. If you watched all these games, it was always the same. Gladbach maybe took the lead early and play a huge defensive system after that. Their opponent must open and they can come out with their fast and amazing counter attacks above all Hermann is one of the key players here. Against Hertha they won of course but they did hard although Hertha is not such an offensive minded team from all mentioned above. Against Frankfurt they got only a draw and this was not their best play anyway there. This time they have to come out and try to take part in the game what is not their biggest strength right now. They are much better if they can play in this from Favre excellent developed system. They have the players for this .... like Hahn, Hermann, Traore, Kruse, Johnson, Hazard and Raffael.

Many think the run from Goldbach continues but I am not sure anyway. We talked a lot about this match and we think that this can be a hard match for them and if you win only 5 games from 45 in Bremen it is an absolutely hard place for them. The HC is moving more and more. We are sure that this match is close above all both have to play here for something, Bremen for EL and Gladbach for 2nd place. The HC +1 is very tasty and we try this as we think the style of Bremen is not what Gladbach like and need.

Recommend Bet: Werder Bremen AHC +1 @ 1,65 (3 Units)