Football NewsBundesliga: Bayern Munich Vs. Borussia Monchengladbach – Match preview
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Unbeaten in all 15 Bundesliga home matches this season, Hansi Flick’s side have scored 17 times against top-eight teams on home soil so far, which doesn’t bode well for seventh-placed Borussia Mönchengladbach.

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Bayern Munich

Bayern Munich’s Victory here would secure their ninth consecutive Bundesliga trophy as the Bavarians continue to dominate German football. Scoring an average of 2.77 goals per top-flight game this season, they have netted the most goals across Europe’s top-five leagues (86) ahead of this weekend’s action and have lost just once in their last nine domestic outings. Unbeaten in all 15 Bundesliga home matches this season, Hansi Flick’s side have scored 17 times against top-eight teams on home soil so far, which doesn’t bode well for seventh-placed Borussia Mönchengladbach. However, Bayern have already conceded 40 goals (1.29 on average per game) overall this campaign – you have to go back to 1991/92 to find a season in which they conceded more at this stage champions-elect also lost the reverse H2H 3-2.

Borussia Monchengladbach

Sat four points behind Leverkusen in the standings, Gladbach need a win here to have any hope of stealing a European place. Despite possessing indifferent form over their last ten top-flight matches, the ‘Foals’ handsomely won 5-0 last time out and will be hoping to cause an upset here. With just four away victories this season, though, Gladbach continue to struggle on their travels and are not aided by the fact they’ve conceded the joint-second most goals on the road in the Bundesliga (29). Moreover, despite leading at HT in six away matches, Gladbach have looked unconvincing when ahead away from home, converting those HT leads into a mere eight points.

 

With Gerd Muller’s 40-goal single-season Bundesliga scoring record in sight, Bayern’s Robert Lewandowski is currently four goals shy but has nine multi-goal games this campaign. After scoring last time out, Gladbach’s Marcus Thuram has seven Bundesliga goals this campaign, with five coming after HT. In 62 combined Bundesliga games this season, these two sides have seen only one 0-0 scoreline between them.