Borussia Monchengladbach vs SV Darmstadt 1898 Prediction: Home win and over 2.5 goals

In week 21 of the Bundesliga on Saturday 10th February 2024, bottom-of-the-table SV Darmstadt 98 will play a struggling Borussia Monchengladbach team. The hosts are still in danger of relegation, but they have recently shown encouraging indications despite their lack of winning. In general, Monchengladbach may still be happy with their 2024 performance.

With a commanding victory over Stuttgart, who were vying for the Champions League, Monchengladbach made a grand comeback after managing only one point from their last three games in 2023. They should have a wonderful opportunity to defeat a team that has not won in thirteen games and Darmstadt's prospects of surviving are dwindling with every passing week. Darmstadt is currently just four points out of a relegation playoff berth despite their terrible play, but they are guaranteed to finish in the bottom three given their seven-point deficit to Union Berlin and their possibly expensive goal differential of -27.

Can Darmstadt rise to the occasion and salvage valuable points?

Monchengladbach has played 10 Bundesliga games at BORUSSIA-PARK this season, with four victories, two draws, and four defeats. With 21 points, Borussia Monchengladbach is ranked 13th after scoring 36 goals and giving up 41. Monchengladbach is 10 points behind sixth-place Eintracht Frankfurt with 14 games remaining in the Conference League Qualifiers. In their most recent Bundesliga encounter at Allianz Arena, Monchengladbach lost 3-1 against Bayern München, bringing their winless run to three (Wins 0 Draws 1 Loss 2).

With two ties, six defeats, and just one victory in league away games this season, Darmstadt 98 will want to improve their recent dismal run of away performance. SV Darmstadt 98 is trying to snap a five-game losing skid on the road (0 Wins 0 Draws 2 Losses 3). They last triumphed away from home against Augsburg in October 2023.

At the Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor, Darmstadt 98's most recent Bundesliga encounter resulted in a 2-0 loss to Bayer Leverkusen. This resulted in an extended winless streak of 13 games (Wins 0 Draws 4 Losses 9), leaving them in the bottom spot with 11 points and seven points from safety with 14 games remaining.

The sides' most recent Bundesliga encounter took place in September at Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor and ended in a 3-3 tie with six different players on the scoresheet. Monchengladbach is undefeated against Darmstadt in the last Bundesliga games played and will be aiming to claim a victory to end the drawing streak. 

While Monchengladbach is playing well at home, Darmstadt is not with a win in the last five away games played. Potential scoreline could be 3-1 or 4-1 win for the home side.