Borussia Monchengladbach vs Borussia Dortmund Prediction: For a derby, go for over 4.5 cards

On Saturday, the thrilling final game of Bundesliga week 13 to be played on Saturday will come to an end with a matchup between two Borussias as they compete against one other at BORUSSIA-PARK. Over the past weekend, Monchengladbach suffered a loss on the road to Freiburg by a score of 1-3, bringing an end to their five-game unbeaten streak in the league.

Gerardo Seoane, the head coach of the team, expressed significant dissatisfaction with the defensive performance of his team during the event. At Europa-Park-Stadion, the home side allowed seven shots on goal to be taken against them.

Their next opponent is Borussia Dortmund, who, seven days ago, pulled out a 1-1 draw at home against Bayern Munich, who are the undisputed leaders in the league. With four goals to his name in the Bundesliga, the Englishman has already scored four goals.

This season, Borussia Monchengladbach is beginning to establish itself as a respectable power in the Bundesliga; nevertheless, they are having difficulty maintaining consistency. Since the latter half of 2021, when they defeated Wolfsburg and Dortmund in successive draws, Monchengladbach has not been able to record two consecutive victories in the Bundesliga.

It was Gerardo Seoane's team who suffered a 3-1 defeat at the hands of Freiburg at Europa Park in their most recent match, despite having a pretty even distribution of opportunities. In addition to this, Gladbach has little trouble getting into shooting situations, as evidenced by the fact that they have registered the fourth most shots in the Bundesliga through the current season (173).

Two contrasting stories have been told about Borussia Dortmund this season: one is about their strength and promise in Europe, and the other is about how they have struggled in the Bundesliga. In the Bundesliga, Dortmund has been largely inconsistent, much like they were during the previous season since they have not been able to win consecutive games at any level within their own country.

The fact that Nuri Sahin's team was able to draw 1-1 with Bayern Munich in their most recent match, which took place over the weekend, provides them with a great deal of optimism and hope in advance of their match against Monchengladbach. Furthermore, the fact that their goals are distributed across a vast number of players indicates that they do not place a significant amount of dependence on a single player to score.

In previous matches against the opponents who will be playing on Saturday, Dortmund has been victorious. They have won four of the last five Bundesliga matches, and they even triumphed in April despite being down to ten men.

Since both teams like to compete in their backyards, the home-court advantage could potentially play a significant factor in this encounter. In the current season of the Bundesliga, Monchengladbach has won four of its six matches played at home, whereas Dortmund has only managed to get one point from their five matches played away from home thus far.

We cannot in any way consider Dortmund to be the favourites in this showdown because they have generally performed in a manner that is considerably poorer away from home this year.

At BORUSSIA-PARK, Monchengladbach has a positive overall record, having won 22, drawn 16, and lost 16 of the last 54 matches against Dortmund. In addition, they have a record of winning 22 of those matches.

Hence, I highly expect the home side to win or draw. As a result of the fact that both clubs have been having difficulties defensively up to this point in the season, I also anticipate over 2.5 goals. Ultimately this is a derby and I highly recommend over 4.5 cards.