Borussia Monchengladbach v SC Freiburg
Football ; Germany : Bundesliga
Borussia Park
Saturday, 07th May 2011-kickoff 15:30

Borussia Monchengladbach

Borussia M`Gladbach keep pulling small miracles and after they beat the champions Borussia Dortmund 1-0 at home two weeks ago, they kept playing in the same style and beat 1-0 Hannover 96 away.

I really wrote them off a long time ago, and even the players themselves when they were giving post match statements or interviews were saying that they barely stand a chance to survive in the Bundesliga, but now the survival does not seem that distant.

Currently Borussia M`Gladbach are just two points behind play off spot and three points behind safety and if they win their last two matches anything can happen. In the last round they play against Hamburger SV away and if they, by any chance, survive in the league that would be the craziest comeback i have ever seen happening in the Bundesliga, although nothing can surprise me in this league.

The Swiss coach Lucien Favre can not count on the midfielder Igor de Camargo (strained ligaments) and Jean-Sebastien Jaures (knee injury), but the defender Dante is expected in the squad, although his usage in the starting line up is highly unlikely.

Mike Hanke is back in the starting line up in the attack where he will be paired with Mo Idrissou, but Marco Reus is the biggest threat as he had scored eight goals and made seven assists for his team this season.

Probable Borussia Monchengladbach line-up :
ter Stegen,
Jantschke, Stranzl, Brouwers, Daems,
Nordtveit, Neustadter, Reus, Arango,
Hanke, Idrissou

SC Freiburg

SC Freiburg have absolutely nothing left to play for this season, except to defend their seventh position at the table, they had lost their chances for European spot finish a few rounds ago, but there are no reasons for disappointment as everybody in the club is satisfied with the current standings and this team had made a huge improvement since last season.

Last week, the full back Felix Bastian had started with team trainings after being four matches out due to a hamstring injury. He is one of the most experienced team players and in the last season he started in all matches for SC Freiburg, never missed a game which is outstanding, but this season is probably over for him as he still lacks match fitness and will probably miss the remaining two matches as well. The midfielders Simon Pouplin and Johannes Flum are also definitely out through injuries.

SC Freiburg plays in 4-5-1 formation with Papiss Demba Cisse as only striker who is still on pursuit of Mario Gomez for the title best Bundesliga striker this season. Cisse has 22 goals behind his name and is really deadly striker, while Gomez had scored 24 goals so far for his team.

Interestingly, the first match between these two teams this season had ended in 3-0 win for SC Freiburg and Cisse had scored all three goals.

Probable SC Freiburg line-up :
Baumann,
Mujdza, Krmas, Toprak, Butscher,
Schuster, Nicu, Rosenthal, Makiadi, Putsila,
Cisse

The Betting Verdict

I think that Borussia M`Gladbach will enter this match motivated to the maximum to get the win, while SC Freiburg are a team that are slowly building their game without much rushing and this match is not of a big importance for them.

Borussia M`Gladbach will have packed stadium supporting them and i think that they will have the Lady Luck behind them as well, and even if they drop out of the league, this is their last home Bundesliga match so they must ensure to go out in a style with a win. I would go with a home win for Borussia M`Gladbach in this match.

The Statistics :

The Pick :

Borussia Monchengladbach 3-2 SC Freiburg

FIXED ODDS BETTING :

Take the Home win for Borussia M`Gladbach for a price of 1.67 at Eurobet