Can Gladbach rehabilitate himself?
Also on Tuesday evening the cup duel between Fortuna Düsseldorf and Borussia Mönchengladbach is on the program. A further duel between a first and a second league, with which the distribution of the roles however seems to be anything but clear. The kick-off in Düsseldorf is on October 24th at 6:30 pm
Current Form Fortuna Düsseldorf
In the previous year there was a lot of speculation as to whether a coach of the “old hit”, as Düsseldorf’s Friedhelm Funkel embodies him, is still the right one for today’s professional football. After 11 game days of the new season you can answer this question with a clear “yes”. Fortuna Düsseldorf is currently the undisputed number one in Germany’s second division. The Rhinelanders have earned 28 points in the previous rounds, so the advantage over Holstein Holstein is three points. The table leader has only lost a single season. This however surprising in the 3: 3 against the then closing light Greuther Fürth. Since then, however, they have been completely indemnified, have won five games in series, and only two contenders conceded. The fact is, that Friedhelm Funkel can not currently speak of missing tactical flexibility. The coach fox sent his team alone in the last four duels in four different formations, most recently the 1: 0 success against descendant Darmstadt acted in the offensive 4-3-3 system. A measure that paid off as a result, as Düsseldorf was the clear better team in the game. No less than eleven shot attempts were made in the direction of the opponent’s goal, four of them recorded the statistics as big odds. That the stability in the defense by this dominant occurrence did not suffer, among other things 57 percent ball possession and only a really good scorching the opponent after 90 minutes. We see another strength of Fortuna in standard situations from which no less than six good opportunities could be worked out against Darmstadt. However, there is a need for improvement when it comes to two-combat behavior. Because in the case of the Duels, the odds for ebendiesen were only 47 per cent on Saturday. Strengths we see in the game forward specifically over the left side and Takashi Usami. However, the 1-0 win against Darmstadt fell from a standard situation. For Tuesday it is important to be more compact, especially in the center. Gladbach, on the other hand, showed a preference for the play-building through the middle of the week against Leverkusen. Coach Glocke still has to give up on goalkeeper Michael Rensing, the last of which was very well represented by Raphael Wolf. Also Ayhan and Schmitz fall due to locks on Tuesday.
Current Form Borussia Mönchengladbach
If you’re a friend of exaggeration, you could say that Borussia Mönchengladbach will be at the crossroads next Tuesday. Another defeat could evoke a Gladbach crisis, which could be stubborn. Because after a clear positive direction had been hit, the 1: 5 at home against Bayer Leverkusen was a good damper. Gladbach slipped to eighth place, also had to take the second time this season more than five goals. The performance against “Werkself” was anything but bad in half. Above all in the defense, stability was absolutely present, especially on the “six” the young Zakaria and Cuisance showed their potential. In the game, Gladbach was dangerous above all on the right side, especially Thorgan Hazard always stepped back on these and tried to find spaces or create in the center by creating one or more opponents. This also worked quite well, because when Leverkusen was posed before problems, then with Gladbacher attacks in the middle. The equalizer of the Leverkusener seemed however a shock stiff in the defensive of the “foals”. From this point on, the enemy was too much space, far too far from the opponents. Offensive, on the other hand, was hardly dangerous. Weaknesses have occurred at Gladbach in the last few weeks especially when the opponent comes with tempo over the wings. Also in the case of two-fights, most of the teams were last. In game play against Leverkusen always with the continuation of the game individual errors. It is also the fact that after the renewed debacle, together with final light Cologne, the worst defense of the league, in nine games almost a goal scored by two loss matches per game. After all, a defeat took place only this season. The last away game against Werder Bremen was also won 2-0, Gladbach also appeared very dominant from the start. In the direct duel with Duesseldorf they had the better end in January 2013 (2: 1). However, Dieter Hecking also has to appoint some squad players on Tuesday, such as Villaba, Drmic, Bobadilla or Strobl.
PREDICTION:DRAW @ 3.70
