1. FC Köln vs Borussia Mönchengladbach prediction, odds and how to watch

VfB Stuttgart put a heavy defeat by Bayern Munich behind them with a controlled 2-0 home victory over 1. FC Köln, with goals from Bilal El Khannouss and Grischa Prömel settling the tie despite Stuttgart carrying a significant injury list into the match.

1. FC Köln host Borussia Mönchengladbach on Saturday with a defence that has not kept a clean sheet in ten Bundesliga matches. Something has to give, and the evidence suggests it will be Köln.

Two sides who cannot keep a clean sheet, leaking goals at an alarming rate and trending in the wrong direction. Saturday's Bundesliga fixture at the Volksparkstadion has the makings of an open, uncomfortable afternoon for both defences.

Borussia Mönchengladbach host FSV Mainz 05 on Saturday afternoon carrying a genuine home advantage, but the visitors arrive having won four of their last five away games and showing a level of away-day conviction that the data cannot ignore.

Both 1. FC Köln and Werder Bremen arrive at RheinEnergieStadion carrying negative momentum and deeply concerning recent form. Something has to give, but the structural problems on both sides suggest this will be a match defined by what neither team can do.

Borussia Mönchengladbach arrive at the Europa-Park Stadion on Saturday having failed to win a single away match in their last ten Bundesliga road trips. SC Freiburg will know exactly where to apply pressure.

Borussia Mönchengladbach have been formidable at home but fragile everywhere else. Elversberg come to town as newly promoted underdogs with nothing to lose and goals to spare.