Borussia M´gladbach
Head coach Marco Rose can continue to have no real selection problems. With the exception of Andreas Poulsen (ankle ligament tear) and Torben Müsel (knee arthroscopic surgery), who both trained individually today, all players were able to participate in the first session of the new training week. Also Alassane Plea, who took a knock in the Bundesliga match against Bayern Munich on Saturday, mixed in with the other players quite normally. “Lasso trained well. He’s fine," said Rose at the official website of Gladbach
Marco Rose: "We know what we need, but it's never good to play for a point. We want to put in a good performance and will go into the game looking to win."
Match referee: José María Sánchez (ESP)
Borussia Mönchengladbach have recovered impressively from a false start and go into Matchday 6 top of Group J, level on points with Roma and one ahead of a visiting İstanbul Başakşehir side who will be hoping to end their hosts' campaign as it began with a shock home defeat.
• Mönchengladbach were beaten 4-0 at home by Austrian group stage debutants Wolfsberg on Matchday 1, but thanks to a penchant for scoring vital late goals they have got progressively better in each subsequent game, a revenge win in Austria on Matchday 5 (1-0) hoisting them into pole position at the top of the group thanks to their head-to-head advantage over Roma (1-1 a, 2-1 h).
The German side will be through to the round of 32 if they avoid defeat, ensuring first place with a victory, and will still progress with a loss if Roma are defeated at home by Wolfsberg.
• The teams shared the points on Matchday 2 in their first competitive meeting, Edin Višća giving İstanbul Başakşehir the lead early in the second half only for Patrick Herrmann to make the final score 1-1 with an added-time equaliser.
• Gladbach had only faced Turkish opponents twice before this season, losing 2-4 at home to Fenerbahçe in the 2012/13 UEFA Europa League group stage but winning the return 3-0 in Istanbul on Matchday 6 to join their already-qualified hosts in the round of 32.
• A fifth-placed finish in the 2018/19 German Bundesliga booked a starting berth for Mönchengladbach in the UEFA Europa League group stage, returning the club to European competition after a two-season absence.
• Gladbach qualified from both of their previous UEFA Europa League groups, in 2012/13 and 2014/15, before going out each time in the round of 32. Having crossed over from the UEFA Champions League midway through the 2016/17 season, they made it third time lucky in that round with a spectacular Lars Stindl-inspired comeback triumph against Fiorentina (0-1 h, 4-2 a) before going out on away goals in an all-German round of 16 tie with Schalke (1-1 a, 2-2 h).
• The Foals ended a run of six European home games without a win (D3 L3) thanks to Marcus Thuram's 95th-minute winner against Roma on Matchday 4 (2-1). It was the German side's first home win in the UEFA Europa League since they defeated Zürich 3-0 on Matchday 6 in 2014/15; their record in between was D1 L3.
• Marco Rose replaced Dieter Hecking as Mönchengladbach's new head coach for the 2019/20 season. He arrived as an Austrian double winner and two-time champion with Salzburg, having also led the club to victory in the 2016/17 UEFA Youth League. A defender with home-town club VfB Leipzig, Hannover and Mainz, he spent six years on Salzburg's coaching staff and masterminded a run to the 2017/18 UEFA Europa League semi-finals during his debut campaign as head coach. Last season he led Salzburg into the round of 16.