Borussia Monchengladbach take on the visitors Heidenheim in the 1/16-finals of DFB Pokal. The match will be played on Tuesday, October 31st at Borussia-Park (Mönchengladbach).
Borussia (Mönchengladbach) are unimpressive once again. Under Marco Rose, the Foals reached the knockout stage of the Champions League. However, since then, several key players moved to more ambitious projects, and, most importantly, they couldn't find a new coach of the same caliber. There's less and less belief that Seoane, who took over the position only this summer, can achieve something here. Georardo has shown his skills at Bayer but not in his first year in Germany. During his previous tenure in Germany, the Swiss manager helped Bayer return to the group of leaders. However, about a year ago, Leverkusen decided to part ways with the disappointing coach. Excluding the 7-0 victory in the cup against a very weak opponent in August, they only managed to win on the 6th attempt, with spectacular draws against Augsburg and Darmstadt along with three defeats. Moreover, they had a 2-2 draw with Mainz and a 1-3 loss to Cologne in October. Last Saturday, they faced a newcomer to the division and won 2-1 thanks to an early goal from Plea and a deciding own goal.
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Heidenheim are typically a coaching team. There aren't many teams like this in Germany, as there are in Spain, but it sometimes happens that coaches stay in one place for decades. Frank Schmidt, not a particularly successful player himself, ended up at the club playing at the semi-professional level 20 years ago. After retiring in 2007, he immediately took on the role of head coach. At that time, the team played in the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg, and under the guidance of this coach, they progressed slowly but steadily. To the extent that, after spending 9 years in Bundesliga 2, they eventually won that division in the spring. As an absolute newcomer, the club was considered an underdog and, after an 8-0 victory against Rostocker in the cup, they started with a couple of defeats. However, in September, they managed to secure 7 points, with wins against Werder and Union, and a draw against Borussia in Dortmund. Nevertheless, this month they suffered a 0-2 defeat against Eintracht in Frankfurt and even a 2-5 loss at home to Augsburg. And then the newcomers traveled to Mönchengladbach.
Before this season, there was only one official match, in the cup in 2011. The sides didn't score, but in the penalty shootout, the Foals were stronger. Judging by the odds, there won't be any surprises in this matchup, and they believe in the repeat success of the Foals, but in a cup format. However, the match is unlikely to be particularly spectacular, so we expect a total under 3.5 goals.
Prediction for the match: Under 3.5 scored goals.
