Dortmund – Borussia M

In Dortmund, the two opponents will be separated by at least three goals.

Last season Borussia Dortmund stood on the brink of the same collapse that Leipzig endured. The Bumblebees, for the first time in many years, could miss out on the Champions League places in the German championship. However, the Dortmund club, unlike the mentioned rival, implemented effective changes in management and brought in Niko Kovac's coaching staff to fix the situation. The Croatian specialist handled the task in the best possible way and, by the end of the last round, seemingly achieved the impossible, guiding his players to the eventual fourth place in the Bundesliga. Now Dortmund is again experiencing on-field difficulties. For the first time, crisis phenomena hit the team under Kovac, but there is no need to expect any action from the management yet, as the Croatian enjoys maximum trust. This could allow the Bees to improve their level of play and gain momentum very soon. Borussia Mönchengladbach this season is following the described path of its fellow club from last year. In mid-September the team parted ways with Gerardo Seoane due to a run of unsatisfactory results. The Gladbach squad entrusted to youth-team coach Eugen Polanski, but a month ago the young specialist was signed to a full contract until 2028. Undoubtedly, Borussia Mönchengladbach began to play better under the Polish coach, but stable results from them are not to be expected yet. Bookmakers have identified the home side as favorites for the upcoming match, offering odds of 1.49 on their victory. The derby between the two Borussias is considered very interesting and tense in Germany. It has its own distinctive feature, which is clearly visible to the naked eye when you look at the history of the opponents' head-to-head meetings. In the last three years all five encounters between Dortmund and Gladbach ended with both teams scoring and only one of them produced fewer than three goals. Given that both teams have something to prove to their fans, one should expect the continuation of such a statistical sequence. It should be noted that despite the guests' apparent mediocrity, they have scored at least one goal in eight of the last ten official matches. In Dortmund, the two sides will score at least three goals between them.