Borussia Mönchengladbach missed a home win against Werder Bremen and lost a lead twice.
Due to the 2: 2 (0: 0) on Friday evening (March 17th, 2023), both clubs remain in the middle of the table with 31 points each.
Marcus Thuram (48′) and Florian Neuhaus (73′) scored for Gladbach, Marvin Ducksch (65′, 90′) equalized twice for Werder.
Thuram twice forgives Gladbach’s leadership
After an uneventful initial phase, Borussia created the first good chance to score. Jonas Hofmann crossed from the right, in the center Thuram failed to Werder goalkeeper Michael Zetterer (22nd).
Bremen hardly came up with any compelling situations, so shortly before the half-time break it was Gladbach who became dangerous again: Thuram was released again, the Frenchman missed again.
Werder equalizes Gladbach’s lead
In the third attempt, Thuram did better. After Hofmann’s back-heel pass, Gladbach’s striker got into position and shot in against Zetterer’s running direction to give the hosts the lead (48′). Shortly thereafter, Hofmann could have increased, but missed the ball in the best final position (56th).
Bremen’s goalkeeper Zetterer then saved with a strong foot defense against Thuram (61st) and kept Bremen in the game. Werder equalized a little later: Schmid released Marvin Ducksch, who shook off Ko Itakura and played Jonas Omlin (65′).
Neuhaus hits, but Ducksch hits back again
However, Gladbach initially remained the stronger team and took the lead again: Lars Stindl was denied by Zetterer, but Bremen’s Niklas Stark cleared the penalty area. Florian Neuhaus took the ball and deliberately shot it into the left corner (73′).
Mönchengladbach’s Florian Neuhaus on the ball
But Bremen hit back in the 90th minute. Ducksch brought a cross to the ground, positioned himself in a one-two with Niklas Füllkrug and finished with a well-considered shot into the right corner.
Mönchengladbach after the international break against Cologne
After the international break, Borussia Mönchengladbach wants to take revenge for the first-leg defeat at the derby in Cologne (Sunday, April 2, 2023 at 3:30 p.m.). Bremen welcomes TSG 1899 Hoffenheim two hours later.