Borussia Mönchengladbach 4-0 Greuther Fürth
Goals: 1-0 Hofmann 9’ (assist: Stindl), 2-0 Neuhaus 28’, 3-0 Plea 43’ (assist: Stindl), 4-0 Hofmann 57’ (assist: Stindl)

It took Gladbach less than 10 minutes to carve their way through the weakest defence in the league as two quick passes saw Stindl play Hofmann in behind down the right, cut inside and fire high over Marius Funk. It was two just before the half-hour mark when a miscued clearance was met first time by Florian Neuhaus, who found the bottom corner from some 30 yards with his side-footed hit. Wing-backs Patrick Herrmann and Joe Scally both had efforts pushed over the bar, Stindl was denied by the post after a deft flick by Alassane Plea before the latter had a shot across goal just tipped around the post. The relentless onslaught of the Fürth goal continued, this time with the net bulging again when the Frenchman played a one-two with Stindl and buried his effort from the inside left into the far corner.

Half-time changes did little to alter the flow of the game and it was four for Borussia before the hour was up. Stindl again was the provider after he won the ball on the halfway line and set Hofmann away. The Germany international was clinical one-on-one once more to bag his brace. Points in the bag, Gladbach took their foot off the gas, but were still the dominant side and faced only four shots, with Yann Sommer only being called into action twice but without danger. It leaves the Clover Leaves rooted to the bottom of the table with just one point – eight adrift of Arminia Bielefeld in 17th and 11 from Augsburg in automatic safety. Gladbach move to the verge of the European places as they maintain their unbeaten home record in 2021/22.

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Hofmann and Stindl star for Gladbach against Fürth