Borussia Monchengladbach – VfL Wolfsburg (Saturday, 3.30 p.m.)
Duels in the Bundesliga: If a Gladbacher comes to the doctor: “I feel bad.” Says the doctor: “No wonder, your team is playing against Wolfsburg at the weekend.” In 43 Bundesliga games, the “foals” suffered 22 defeats, eight draws and 13 wins. Wolfsburg has not won as often against any other club, and VfL has not scored so many points against any other club. After all, there was one of the rare Gladbach successes in the first half of the season.
What else you should know: And Kruse again: It was just five weeks ago that Neu-Wolfsburg and Union Berlin caused a Gladbach home defeat with a brace. It was his last game for the Berliners. Now they are shaking again on the Lower Rhine. Especially since they not only remember Kruse from the guest appearance in January, from 2013 to 2015 he played for Gladbach and formed a congenial trio with Raffael and Juan Arango.
The notoriously weak Gladbachers could use someone like Kruse in the relegation battle. Last seen at the 0: 6 in Dortmund, when the guests miserably missed three excellent chances in the first half.
SC Freiburg – Hertha BSC (Saturday, 3.30 p.m.)
Duels in the Bundesliga: Almost exactly twelve years ago, on February 21, 2010, Berlin’s last victory was in Freiburg. Was there Hertha used to be a feared opponent of Freiburg, but that has changed under Freiburg coach Christian Streich, who only lost three times in 16 duels. The balance is now balanced: Freiburg has won nine times, Hertha eleven times and there was no winner eleven times.
What else you should know: The term “domestic isolation” is one that most people only got to know during the pandemic. At Hertha, they were confronted with the whole severity of this so peacefully coming pair of words at the latest on the last matchday: Eight players had to watch in front of the television how their team lost 6-1 against Leipzig. The crucial question: who will be there again in Freiburg? Only one of the eight, Serdar Suat, returned to team training on Wednesday. Not good conditions to get the first mandatory win in 2022 from the strong Freiburg team.
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