Germany: Bundesliga
★Gladbach⚽ J. Hofmann (42)
Stadion im BORUSSIA-PARKFull time1-1
★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 | Y. Sommer |
| 28 | M. Ginter |
| 30 | N. Elvedi |
| 15 | L. Beyer |
| 29 | J. Scally ↪81 |
| 8 | D. Zakaria |
| 17 | K. Kone ↪86 |
| 20 | L. Netz ↪66 |
| 23 | J. Hofmann ⚽ |
| 13 | L. Stindl (C) ↪66 |
| 36 | B. Embolo |
| Bench | |
|---|---|
| 21 | T. Sippel |
| 7 | P. Herrmann ↩66 |
| 14 | A. Pléa ↩66 |
| 37 | K. Bennetts ↩81 |
| 24 | T. Jantschke |
| 11 | H. Wolf |
| 22 | L. Bénes |
| 26 | T. Müsel |
| 32 | F. Neuhaus ↩86 |
| Stuttgart | |
|---|---|
| (3-1-4-2) | |
| 33 | F. Bredlow |
| 5 | K. Mavropanos ⚽ |
| 37 | H. Ito |
| 4 | M. Kempf |
| 16 | A. Karazor ↪89 |
| 7 | T. Coulibaly ↪74 |
| 28 | N. Nartey |
| 3 | W. Endo (C) |
| 24 | B. Sosa |
| 17 | O. Marmoush ↪74 |
| 22 | C. Führich |
| Bench | |
|---|---|
| 42 | F. Schock |
| 18 | H. Al Ghaddioui |
| 19 | W. Faghir ↩74 |
| 15 | P. Stenzel |
| 6 | C. Mola |
| 10 | D. Didavi ↩89 |
| 20 | P. Förster ↩74 |
| 31 | M. Klimowicz |
| 32 | N. Ahamada |