Schalke vs Borussia Monchengladbach Betting Tips

Two late goals from Borussia Monchengladbach mean that Schalke left for home on the back of a 3-1 defeat on Sunday, a result which will be lingering in the Schalke players’ minds when they meet again in the cup.

They went in to half time all level at 1-1, but a goal in the 70^th minute from Raffael, a red card for Schalke’s Johannes Geis, and another goal for Julian Korb made for an action packed final 20 minutes.

This left Schalke on 19 points from their ten Bundesliga games, and they remain in 3^rd position in the league. Monchengladbach took their tally to 15 points after a terrible start to the season and moved up to 7^th place.

Schalke have won just one of their last four games in all competitions now, with defeats against Monchengladbach and Cologne falling either side of a win against Hertha Berlin and a draw at home to Sparta Prague.

Borussia Monchengladbach are in excellent form as well, and their shocking start to the season seems well and truly behind them now.

They won their opening game against St Pauli in the DFP Pokal, but they then lost their next six matches in all competitions.

Monchengladbach ended this run with a 4-2 win over Augsburg and since then they have only once in seven outings. Five of these have ended in victory for the team who finished 3^rd last season.

Their win against Schalke on Sunday was Monchengladbach’s 4^th win against their opposition in their last five outings, so they have an excellent record against Schalke.

We backed Both Teams to Score in the fixture on Sunday, and that 3-1 result saw the bet come in. I think both sides will net again on Wednesday, and considering eight of their last ten combined games have also seen Over 2.5 goals I think odds of 10/11 for Over 2.5 Goals and Both Teams to Score offer a decent amount of value.