Opponent Analysis: RB Leipzig vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach

Borussia comes to the Red Bull Arena!

On Saturday evening (6.30 p.m.) RB Leipzig will look for their next Bundesliga points against Borussia Mönchengladbach at Red Bull Arena. If you want to be there LIVE in the arena on Saturday, there are still tickets in various categories available.

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BORUSSIA M’GLADBACH ANALYSIS

The big dream

Borussia started the season last summer with a new head coach: Gerardo Seoane who took over from Daniel Farke. Under Seoane’s guidance, the Fohlenelf have been languishing in the middle of the table for several months and have collected 22 points from 21 Bundesliga games so far. Gladbach will arrive in Leipzig 13th in the Bundesliga. 

When looking at their results you see a team often involved in high-scoring games. Borussia’s 36 goals scored are the seventh best and their 41 goals conceded are the second worst in the Bundesliga.

Outcome delayed

While there are many signs that point to a somewhat quieter season in league play, Borussia’s dream of reaching the DFB Pokal final in Berlin is still alive. Since the quarter-final game at 1. FC Saarbrücken had to be postponed due to heavy rain, the outcome as to which club will face 1. FC Kaiserslautern in the semi-finals will not be made until mid-March when the teams face off. (March 12, 8:30 p.m.).

KEY FACTS

• 13th in the table
• 36 goals scored – 7th best in the league
• 41 goals conceded – 17th in the league
• Strong performances against top teams
• Still in the DFB Pokal

Borussia’s last 5 games

• Borussia M’gladbach – SV Darmstadt | 0-0 (Matchday 21)
• Bayern Munich – Borussia M’gladbach | 3:1 (Matchday 20)
• Bayer Leverkusen – Borussia M’gladbach | 0-0 (Matchday 19)
• Borussia M’gladbach – FC Augsburg | 1:2 (Matchday 18)
• Borussia M’gladbach – VfB Stuttgart | 3:1 (Matchday 17)
   

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Change in goal

The season started with a shock for Mönchengladbach: starting keeper and captain Jonas Omlin seriously injured his shoulder in August 2023 and has been unavailable since. 

His replacement was probably not known to many Bundesliga fans, but that would quickly change. Moritz Nicolas took over on Matchday 3. The 26-year-old has impressed with strong saves in his 19 Bundesliga games and has had three clean sheets.

Borussia Fan Favorite 

Another regular starter is Rocco Reitz . After the German U21 international returned from his loan from VV St. Truiden (Belgium) last summer, he has nailed down a place in the first team under his head caoch . The youngster is very popular with Borussia fans, with Reitz already tallying 4 goals and 2 assists this Bundesliga season.
 

TOP SCORERS

• Alassane Plea (7 goals / 5 assists)
• Franck Honorat (3 goals / 9 assists)
• Jordan (6 goals / 3 assists)
   

KEY PLAYERS

• Nicolas Moritz (replacement for Omlin)
• Rocco Reitz (midfielder and U21 national team player)
• Julian Weigl (important link between attack and defense)
   

ABSENTEES

• Tomas Cvancara (torn ankle ligaments)
• Jonas Omlin (retraining after shoulder injury)
• Mamadou Doucoure (muscle injury)
   

TACTICS

Gerardo Seoane (45) has been the head coach of Borussia Mönchengladbach since the start of the season. Under the Swiss coach, the Fohlenelf have achieved a points average of 1.05 in the Bundesliga this season.

Seoane expects a “tough task” for the away game in Leipzig, as he explained on Thursday at the press conference before the match. After some spectacular but not entirely satisfactory results at the start of the season, such as 4:4 in Augsburg , 3:3 in Darmstadt or 3:3 in Freiburg, Seoane recently fielded more defensive-minded players and chose the tactical system of a three-man defence/ back five. 
 

“I think we’ve made improvements in defence. We’ve been much more stable lately. The offense may have suffered a bit because of that,” said Gladbach’s head coach. In the last three games, Borussia have scored one goal (3-1 loss in Munich ), and their matches against Leverkusen and Darmstadt ended 0-0.

COACHES BIO

• Name : Gerardo Seoane
• Birthday : October 30, 1978 in Lucerne (Switzerland)
• Former Clubs : Bayer Leverkusen, Young Boys Bern, FC Luzern
• Achievements : Swiss champions 2021, 2020, 2021 and Swiss Cup winners 2020 (all with the Young Boys Bern)

  TACTICS

• Seoane switches between a four-man and five-man defence
• Ko Itakura and Maximilian Wöber are back in the team and bolster their defensive options
• Recently increased their focus on compact defensive work

Gladbach’s starting eleven last game
Nicolas – Elvedi, Itakura, Wöber – Honorat, Weigl, Neuhaus, Kone, Netz – Hack, Jordan
 

RB LEIPZIG’S RECORD AGAINST GLADBACH
 

HEAD TO HEAD

• 9 wins, 3 draws, 3 defeats – 27:18 goals scored / conceded
   
• Undefeated at Red Bull Arena (7 games, 4 wins, 3 draws)
   
• Biggest win: 4:1 on December 11, 2021 (goals: Gvardiol, Silva, Nkunku, Henrichs – Bensebaini)

   

FEATURED FOR BOTH CLUBS

• Janis Blaswich (from 2009 to 2018 at M’gladbach)
• Christopher Lenz (from 2012 to 2016 at M’gladbach)
• Marco Rose (coach from 2019 to 2021 at M’gladbach)

WHERE WILL RB LEIPZIG VS. GLADBACH SHOWN?

The game will be broadcast live on Sky from 6.30 p.m. on Saturday. To watch you need a subscription to Sky . You can also follow the game for free on our RBL app – including live audio broadcast on Bullenfunk . And of course you can follow live on our social media channels Twitter , Facebook and Instagram. There you can find all the information and exclusive content about the match.