Borussia Mönchengladbach vs Borussia Dortmund: Preview and Team News

Players to Watch

Erling Haaland has made a stunning start to the season, and has more league goals to his name so far (7) than the entire Gladbach team (5). The Norwegian international’s brace against Union Berlin sealed an impressive 4-2 win for Borussia Dortmund last weekend. And he will be looking to keep his incredible scoring run going against Gladbach.

Thomas Meunier is enjoying his best run of form since joining Borussia Dortmund last year. On Saturday, he faces arguably his toughest test of the season so far. And it will be interesting to see how he fares, especially if Gladbach left-back Ramy Bensebaïni is fit to play.

Lars Stindl’s individual record against Borussia Dortmund is very poor. But he has been Gladbach’s best player over the last 18 months. And the Black and Yellows will have to be at their best in order to keep him quiet this weekend.

Previous Meeting: Borussia Mönchengladbach 0-1 Borussia Dortmund

The last time these two sides met was in the quarter-finals of the DFB-Pokal last season. And it was Borussia Dortmund who came out on top on that occasion, earning a 1-0 win over Marco Rose’s Gladbach side.

Jadon Sancho was the difference maker for Borussia Dortmund, scoring the winner in the second half after Erling Haaland had a goal ruled out for offside. Gladbach had chances of their own, but the Black and Yellows managed to see out the win despite Mahmoud Dahoud’s late sending off.

Borussia Mönchengladbach came out on top when these two sides last met in the Bundesliga, earning a 4-2 win in what was a topsy turvy game.