Over the weekend, Borussia-Park hosted an authoritative display from the home side, Borussia Mönchengladbach against Schalke 04 in the Bundesliga. This tactical analysis will take a closer look into both side’s tactical setup, and why Gladbach ended up so dominant.
Gladbach, led by Marco Rose, have performed well to this point this season, sat in seventh in the league. In what has been a topsy-turvy season thus far in the Bundesliga, Gladbach have managed to coordinate some strong Champions League displays whilst still staying in the hunt for a top-four finish in the league. In this analysis, we will uncover how Rose’s tactics resulted in such a presiding victory.
Schalke, coached by Manuel Baum, on the other hand, look like one of the worst sides in Europe. Their defence has got more leaks than a sieve, while their attack is just as equally blunt, so it comes as no surprise that they have not won a single game of league football this term. This analysis will examine where it all went wrong again in this fixture.
Line-ups
Gladbach (4-2-3-1): Yann Sommer; Valentino Lazaro, Matthias Ginter, Tony Jantschke, Oscar Wendt; Denis Zakaria, Florian Neuhaus; Patrick Herrmann, Breel Embolo, Marcus Thuram; Alassane Pléa.
Rose had a couple of main injury concerns to deal with in this game, namely Ramy Bensebaini and Jonas Hofmann, with the latter becoming evergreen this season for die Fohlen. In a system which requires its men to be tactically versatile, it will then be a delight for Rose to have Zakaria back in the side, after a period on the sidelines. Nico Elvedi also sat this one out, with Jantschke coming in to replace him.
