Borussia Monchengladbach did what was needed in the first leg played in Switzerland seven days ago, as the German side managed to get a 3:1 victory and are now almost sure participants in the Champions League group stage for this season. Even though they didn’t have many chances created this time, the team looked very efficient in attack and there was very little what the Swiss side could do.
Visiting side took the lead in eleventh minute with a goal from Raffael a bit against the flow of the game, while the Swiss side managed to level up in 56th minute with a goal from Sulejmani, completely deservedly. Still, two minutes of lack of concentration cost the players of Young Boys a lot, since they conceded two goals, firstly in 67th via Hahn and then two minutes later as an own goal from Rochat. Players of Gladbach will now be able to enter the game much more relaxed and make a real introduction into the season since their domestic league starts this weekend.
After that game, they played in the first round of German Cup last weekend taking a narrow 1:0 victory away to amateurish Drochtersen/Assel side, with quite a rotated squad used. Home side will be missing forward Josip Drmic (13/1 in previous season), but also central defenders Alvaro Dominguez (6/1 last season) and Mamadou Doucoure (newcomer in the team) and other defensive, Marvin Schulz (8/0).
Young Boys, on the other hand, had more chances created in the first leg and the final result could have been a bit different, in their favor, however are awaiting now even more difficult task knowing that they have minimal chances of progressing further. In order to try to revert the things, they will need to attack from the first minute and see what happens, praying that they won’t be punished easily at the back.
It was good to see them back to the winning ways this weekend when the team took on Lausanne last weekend and celebrated quite easy 7:2 victory in front of own fans. It was a great response from players from Young Boys, who took the lead in second minute already via Hoarau, while other scorers were Ravet, Schick, Sutter, Lecjaks, Kubo and Frey, obviously seeming that the team has plenty of players who are in good offensive form.
After this game, the team remained at third position, having six points less than leaders from Basel and maybe more importantly, three less than second placed Luzern, position that will also be leading to Champions League qualifiers. Central defender and team captain Steve von Bergen (2/0), left full back Loris Benito (0/0), right defender Sven Joss (3/0), defensive midfielder Sekou Sanogo (2/0) , left winger Taulant Seferi (0/0) and forwards Guillaume Hoarau (5/4) and Alexander Gerndt (1/0) all remain sidelined due injury setbacks.
Even though the line is pretty high, I still believe that the chances for four goals or more are well above 50%. Young Boys will need to attack and knowing them, the team is surely capable of making the game very interesting, with scoring but also conceding goals of goals. Five or six goals scored are far from a surprise here.
Bet: Over 3.5 goals @ 2.03
