Borussia Mönchengladbach go to VfB Stuttgart on Friday with six Bundesliga defeats from six. If they lose again, they would become the first team in Bundesliga history to start a season with seven straight losses. Alexander Blessin said after the latest setback, "We played football of scaredy-cats at times."
Gladbach's collapse
The scale of the start is already severe. Gladbach are bottom of the Bundesliga in 18th place, with 0 points from 6 matches and a goal difference of -12. They have scored 8 goals and conceded 20, which is a grim enough split before you even get to the history they are threatening to make.
The derby loss at 1. FC Köln had already matched the club's negative record from the 2015/16 season, with five defeats in a row. A sixth followed, and Friday now carries a different kind of weight.
Stuttgart and the record they can still avoid
Stuttgart are not exactly rolling into this as a pure mismatch. They are 13th in the Bundesliga with 6 points from 6 matches, and their recent league form has alternated between wins and defeats. They also arrive off two straight Champions League wins, while the most recent meeting between these clubs in Mönchengladbach ended 0-3 to Stuttgart.
That makes the warning for Gladbach pretty stark. The record is not yet theirs, because the league table still shows six matches played, but one more defeat would push them into territory no Bundesliga side has ever reached. Friday's game gives them the chance to stop the slide before it becomes a historic first.
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