City, Germany — This Saturday be ready for some stampede as Borussia Mönchengladbach dey prepare to square up with their rivals, FC Köln, for serious bragging rights. As e be like this, Gladbach don finally catch fire, scoring their first Bundesliga win of the season against St. Pauli, gisting dem a big 4-0 wahala. Haris Tabaković sabi how to find net as he score two goals that day, no be small!
Gladbach don dey glee small small, but make dem no forget say dem still dey struggle for that bottom position, gisting dey sit comfortably in the hot soup of the relegation zone. With interim coach Eugen Polanski don finally get that first taste of win, e get hope say di team go turn am around. But one hard truth — dem sharp sharp need another home victory before dem go begin dey sound like ‘we’re back!’
But no be so easy oh! As dem dey prepare for Köln, dem never win dem last three encounters, and na since October 2022 wey dem last copy the maximum three points from dem (5-2, no be small display!). E go take miracle for dem to repeat that kind show again, considering say dem don only score four goals for the last five matches. Plus injuries and suspension no dey help matters — Nathan Ngoumou, Fabio Chiarodia, Tim Kleindienst, and Jens Castrop dey spectate for sidelines.
For the predicted lineup, dem fit set: Nicolas; Sander, Elvedi, Diks; Scally, Reitz, Engelhardt, Ullrich; Honorat, Neuhaus, Tabaković. Make una check am — dem gists sabi hazard when dem wan!
On di other hand, Köln no dey dull too! Dem crash Hamburger SV with a sweet 4-1 victory. The Geißböcke (na how dem dey call dem) chop dem like garri when dem dey play last weekend at RheinEnergieStadion. With 14 points under dem belt, dem dey feel cocky, but the road no dey purple for dem as dem don win just once for the last four away matches.
Coach Lukas Kwasniok gather his boys and dem get chemistry on ground. But no be all of dem dey fit — Jan Thielmann and Rav van den Berg dey miss this one, plus Timo Hübers and Luca Kilian no go join dem as dem dey battle injuries. The confirmed lineup go fit be: Schwäbe; Schmied, Martel, Özkacar; Sebulonsen, Jóhannesson, Huseinbašić, Lund; Kamiński, El Mala; Ache.
As dem dey prepare to clash, dem fit remember say di matches between dem dey usually load with firecrackers — we dey expect more of dat action wey go make the fans dey follow like fly dey follow sugar. Predictions say e go end 2-2, and we dey bank on both sides to gree score plenty goals once again. Na dem be the new goalscoring couple of Bundesliga, abi?
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