Borussia Mönchengladbach vs. Borussia Dortmund: probable teams, match stats and LIVE blog!

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Borussia-Park is the fitting location for the clash between the Bundesliga's two teams bearing the same Prussian name. A 3-1 win over VfB Stuttgart here last weekend underlined the stadium's fortress nature for Gladbach, recovering from a defeat by the same score to Eintracht Frankfurt in their previous home game. It has had to be a place of encouragement for the Foals given Tuesday's 2-1 defeat at Bochum means Daniel Farke's men are still yet to win on the road this season. Goalkeeper Yann Sommer has missed the last four with an ankle injury, while back-up Tobias Sippel was also out of the midweek game with a muscular injury. That meant 20-year-old Jan Olschowsky was handed his senior debut for the club. Joe Scally has started every game this season and will be looking to take that momentum into the World Cup for the USA after this match. The final fixture of an Englische Woche tends to produce the most rotation, so expect the likes of Lars Stindl to come in as Gladbach freshen things up, especially with Alassane Plea now also ruled out.

Scally has been joined in Gregg Berhalter's USMNT roster by his off-field friend and on-field rival Gio Reyna. They will both come up against Bellingham in the second group game as the US take on England. But before then, the Three Lions midfielder will want to steer Dortmund to three points to see out the year. BVB had won three on the spin in the league, with Bellingham scoring three times, before slipping to a 2-0 loss in Wolfsburg on Tuesday. That result, combined with victories for Frankfurt and RB Leipzig, saw Edin Terzic's men drop to sixth and six points off leaders Bayern Munich. Dortmund are used to playing every three days this season, but a list of absentees is hampering Terzic's ability to rotate and keep things fresh. There remains a big question mark over the fitness of captain and former Gladbach man Marco Reus, whose attempted returns over the past month have proven false dawns.

Match stats

Plea is joint-second in the Bundesliga assist chart with seven - behind Frankfurt's Randal Kolo Muani (nine) - while no player has had more shots on goal than Marcus Thuram (51).

Despite missing the last four games, Sommer is still second in the division for the number of shots saved (51).

The Foals have picked up 15 of their 19 points this season at home. However, Dortmund have won more points at Gladbach (58) than at any other club.

Bellingham has won by far the most duels in the division (229). Gladbach's Manu Kone is next on 186.

Reus scored 41 goals in 109 appearances for Gladbach but has since bagged 11 and another 10 assists in 16 meetings against them for Dortmund,

Dortmund had won 11 league meetings in a row with Gladbach before two defeats at Borussia-Park in 2021.

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Probable teams

Gladbach: Olschowsky - Scally, Friedrich, Elvedi, Bensebaini - Kone, Weigl - Hofmann, Kramer, Stindl (c) - Thuram

Out: Neuhaus (knee), Plea (not included), Wolf (shoulder)

Doubtful: Itakura (knee), Jantschke (muscular), Sippel (muscular), Sommer (ankle)

Coach: Daniel Farke

Dortmund: Kobel - Süle, Hummels (c), Schlotterbeck, Guerreiro - Özcan, Bellingham - Adeyemi, Brandt, Reyna - Moukoko

Out: Bynoe-Gittens (shoulder), Dahoud (shoulder), Haller (testicular cancer), Meunier (broken cheekbone), Morey (knee), Rothe (knee)

Doubtful: Reus (ankle)

Coach: Edin Terzic

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