Sandro Schwarz’s side started in a 3-5-2 formation on matchday 20, with Márton Dárdai starting in the back three alongside Marc Kempf and Filip Uremović. Marvin Plattenhardt and Marco Richter played as wing-backs, with a midfield three of Tolga Ciğerci, Suat Serdar and Lucas Tousart. Florian Niederlechner and Jessic Ngankam started upfront. Ciğerci made his first start of the season having re-joined the club, while Dárdai made his first start since August. Pascal Klemens also celebrated a first, with the 17-year-old making the first team squad for the first time. Gladbach had a former Herthaner in their starting eleven in the shape of Lucas Netz, who replaced Ramy Bensebaini who missed out with illness.

Let’s stay up together – support the TSG players in the final stretch of the season: secure your tickets for the important home games against FC Schalke 04 (Matchday 27) and 1. FC Cologne (Matchday 29). They have been on general sale since 9 March (14:00 CET).

RBL will take on BVB in the quarterfinals of the DFB-Pokal on Wednesday at 20:45 CEST | Both teams lost on Saturday in the Bundesliga | Third meeting this season in all competitions

After 11 years at Racing Straßburg, Anthony Caci decided to leave his home country and make the move to 1. FSV Mainz 05 for the 2022/23 season. The variable left-back has already found an apartment here and has been left with a very positive first impression. “I’ve really settled into Mainz,” he said during a press conference at the Bruchwegstadion on Wednesday afternoon. “Given that I already signed my contract in January, I had enough time to prepare myself, and could focus on the team and the club at the same time.” 

Union: Grill; Puchacz, Trimmel (Dehl 80), Doekhi, Van Drongelen; Seguin, Haraguchi (Öztunali 67), Pantovic (Kemlein 75); Leweling (Skarke 67), Voglsammer, Behrens (Endo 67)

Welcome to the VfL supervisory board: Dr. Sebastian Rudolph (first from right) with Volkswagen CEO Oliver Blume and VfL sporting director Marcel Schäfer (from left to right).

The result now means that Jurgen Klopp’s side have dropped points in seven of their opening 11 Premier League matches this season.

Marco Reus: “To be honest, I didn’t really like the manner of this 10th win in a row. In the second half, we didn’t manage to keep possession of the ball and get into the opposition half in order to find solutions there. That was significantly better in the first half; we then found the gaps on several occasions, which we no longer managed at all after the break. Leipzig then played really well, really applied pressure and moved very well in the half-spaces. It was then very difficult for us to switch the play because the energy levels then played a role at some point. But we’re very, very happy that we picked up the 10th victory in a row. But like last week, we really struggled and were hanging on until the end. In the end, I would of course prefer to win rather than play well and lose. That’s very clear. Our main wish was to take back top spot in the table, apply further pressure and increase the gap to Leipzig. We managed that. Anyone who knows me knows that I would never provoke a penalty. He caught me and at that speed the minor contact was enough.”

Tobias Sippel signs a contract extension Borussia Mönchengladbach and Tobias Sippel have agreed on a contract...

SV Werder have to wait 16 days from the 2-2 draw in Gladbach for their next Bundesliga game. SVW take on TSG Hoffenheim to round off Bundesliga matchday 26 (Sun, 02/04, 17.30 CEST). This is a period of time that Ole Werner wants to make the most of despite having a reduced squad because of international call-ups.