Germany: Bundesliga
★Gladbach⚽ J. Hofmann (42)
Stadion im BORUSSIA-PARK1-1
★Stuttgart⚽ K. Mavropanos (15)
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Gladbach held to a draw by depleted Stuttgart
By Rune Gjerulff
Gladbach failed to take advantage of their chances as they were held to a draw by Stuttgart.
| Jonas Hofmann. | Photo: Borussia Mönchengladbach |
Borussia Mönchengladbach were forced to settle for a 1-1 draw at Borussia-Park against a coronavirus-depleted Stuttgart on Saturday.
In addition to long-term absentees Sasa Kalajdzic and Silas Katompa Mvumpa, Stuttgart were without Waldemar Anton, Orel Mangala, Roberto Massimo, Florian Müller and Erik Thommy due to a COVID-19 outbreak in the squad.
Nevertheless, it was the guests, who broke the deadlock against the run of play when Kostas Mavropanos unleashed a thunderbolt into the net in the 15th minute.
Gladbach, dominant in terms of possession and chances created, found the equaliser shortly before the break as Jonas Hofmann scored a wonderful goal from distance.
But despite putting pressure on in the second half, Adi Hütter's troops failed to find the goal they needed to win their third game in a row.
Following tonight's result, Gladbach sit 10th in the Bundesliga, two points ahead of Stuttgart, who are 12th.
| Gladbach | |
|---|---|
| (3-4-2-1) | |
| 1 | Yann Sommer |
| 28 | Matthias Ginter |
| 30 | Nico Elvedi |
| 15 | Louis Beyer |
| 29 | Joseph Scally ↩81 |
| 8 | Denis Zakaria |
| 17 | Kouadio Kone ↩86 |
| 20 | Luca Netz ↩66 |
| 23 | Jonas Hofmann ⚽ |
| 13 | Lars Stindl (C) ↩66 |
| 36 | Breel-Donald Embolo |
| Bench | |
|---|---|
| 21 | Tobias Sippel |
| 7 | Patrick Herrmann ↪66 |
| 14 | Alassane Pléa ↪66 |
| 37 | Keanan Bennetts ↪81 |
| 24 | Tony Jantschke |
| 11 | Hannes Wolf |
| 22 | László Bénes |
| 26 | Torben Müsel |
| 32 | Florian Neuhaus ↪86 |
| Stuttgart | |
|---|---|
| (3-1-4-2) | |
| 33 | Fabian Bredlow |
| 5 | Konstantinos Mavropanos ⚽ |
| 37 | Hiroki Ito |
| 4 | Marc-Oliver Kempf |
| 16 | Atakan Karazor ↩89 |
| 7 | Tanguy Coulibaly ↩74 |
| 28 | Nikolas Nartey |
| 3 | Wataru Endo (C) |
| 24 | Borna Sosa |
| 17 | Omar Marmoush ↩74 |
| 22 | Chris Führich |
| Bench | |
|---|---|
| 42 | Florian Schock |
| 18 | Hamadi Al Ghaddioui |
| 19 | Wahidullah Faghir ↪74 |
| 15 | Pascal Stenzel |
| 6 | Clinton Mola |
| 10 | Daniel Didavi ↪89 |
| 20 | Philipp Förster ↪74 |
| 31 | Mateo Klimowicz |
| 32 | Naouirou Ahamada |