RB Leipzig vs Borussia Monchengladbach Prediction: Home win and BTTS

After their adventures in Europe, RB Leipzig will play their home game against Borussia Monchengladbach in the Bundesliga on Saturday 17th February 2024 to resume domestic competition. Real Madrid defeated Die Roten Bullen in the Champions League midweek, but Marco Rose's team gave a great effort, so they should be confident going into this match.

Currently ranked 13th in the Bundesliga, Borussia Monchengladbach has not played at their peak level this year. After being held to a scoreless draw by SV Darmstadt the previous week, the away team will need to step up in this match.

Conversely, RB Leipzig has been rather good this season and now sits in fifth position in the league rankings. After losing to Real Madrid by a slim margin in their previous match, the hosts will need to win this weekend.

Leipzig's attempt to qualify for the Champions League the next season has suffered due to a disorganized start to 2024. Their run in Europe is probably going to stop when the teams reassemble next month due to their loss to Real Madrid in the first leg of their last-16 match in that league. This puts even more pressure on them to improve domestically.

After suffering defeats in their opening three games of the year, Rose's team bounced back to defeat Union Berlin two weeks later and then let up more points against Augsburg the previous weekend. Leipzig has given up the most goals of any Bundesliga side in 2024 (11), as they have only managed one clean sheet in their last 12 league games.

Leipzig dropped three spots behind Borussia Dortmund in the top four after their 2-2 draw with Augsburg, having momentarily closed the gap to just one point following their victory over Union. Given that Leipzig has never lost to Gladbach in their top-flight history—winning four and drawing three, including the last three—the Leipzig supporters could be more confident going into this match.

Monchengladbach has shown encouraging indications despite having only won once in their previous eight games, but they severely let themselves down last week when they drew at home with SV Darmstadt 98, the team at the bottom of the league. As a result, they are still in 13th place, six points above the relegation zone, having lost the opportunity to get back to winning ways following several challenging games.

Last month, Gladbach became only the fourth side to prevent Bayer Leverkusen from winning. They then took the lead away against Bayern Munich but lost 3-1. On their return, Gerardo Seoane's team defeated third-place Stuttgart as well, seemingly igniting a climb up the standings. However, that hasn't happened, and they are still hovering around the bottom of the league.

Since the start of the year, RB Leipzig has struggled to establish themselves, and to crack the top four, they will have to perform very well. With a strong team at their disposal, the hosts have plenty to prove this coming weekend.

Borussia Monchengladbach, who have had a difficult season, will face a strong foe on Saturday. Since RB Leipzig is now the superior team, they ought to be able to win this match.

We expect a high-scoring game with potentially over 3.5 goals and BTTS. Potential score line is 3 - 1 or 3 - 2 win for the home team.