Bongarts
| PROBABLE LINE-UPS |
NURNBERG  Schafer Feulner, Maroh, Wollscheid, Hlousek Simons, Cohen Chandler, Hegeler, Esswein Pekhart | MONCHENGLADBACH  Ter Stegen Jantschke, Brouwers, Dante, Daems Reus, Nordtveit, Neustadter, Arango Hanke, De Camargo |
Hanno Balitsch finds himself suspended for the clash having picked up five yellow cards, while goalkeeper Alexander Stephan and forward Mike Frantz are sidelined for Sunday's match-up, suffering from a thigh and hamstring problem, respectively.
Per Nilsson and Javier Pinola are also missing due to a lack of fitness.
For Gladbach, Patrick Herrmann continues his recovery from a broken collarbone, while young Amin Younes is struggling with an inflammation of the pubic bone, meaning that he also is unlikely to be present.
| DID YOU KNOW? |
Only one goal has been scored per game in the last three encounters that these sides have had against each other.
- Nurnberg have not won against Gladbach in their last five attempts, with the visitors currently on a head-to-head winning streak of three matches.
- The hosts have the second-poorest goal record in the Bundesliga this year with 22, despite sitting comfortably in 10th place.
- Gladbach are one of the only two teams who have not recorded a loss since the winter break, winning four times and drawing twice. Borussia Dortmund are the other, with six wins.
- Last season, while going through a poor run of form, Gladbach broke a five-match winless streak at Frankenstadion with a 1-0 win.
- Gladbach's goal difference so far this season is in excess of Nurnberg's by a margin of 33.
Editor's Prediction
Nurnberg 1-1 Borussia MG
