Embolo has come on for Thuram for Gladbach, while Burkart is on for his Bundesliga debut replacing Sallai.

It's been a game of two very different halves here, with Gladbach the far better side since the restart after Freiburg dominated the first half.

We'd like to apologise for technical issues in this second half which mean we haven't been able to cover the opening 20 minutes.

The ball is rolling in Gladbach as our final game of the day gets underway.

Gladbach have had to change half of their back four for this one: Ramy Bensebaini is suspended, so veteran Oscar Wendt begins at left-back, while central defender Nico Elvedi sustained a calf injury in training on Friday and is replaced by 20-year-old Jordan Beyer. Further up the field, Jonas Hofmann is unavailable so Hannes Wolf is given a chance to show what he can do from the off in attacking midfield.

The visitors are without playmaker Vincenzo Grifo today, which is a significant setback as the Italy international has seven goals and six assists this season. He's replaced by 21-year-old Germany U-21 international Yannik Keitel, who makes his first league start of the campaign.

Sommer - Lainer, Beyer, Ginter, Wendt - Kramer, Neuhaus - Wolf, Stindl (c), Thuram - Plea

Sippel, Lang, Herrmann, Zakaria, Traore, Lazaro, Jantschke, Embolo

Müller - Lienhart, Schlotterbeck, Gulde - Schmid, Santamaria, Keitel, Günter (c) - Sallai, Demirovic, Höler

Uphoff, Til, Kübler, Petersen, Haberer, Heintz, Kwon, Tempelmann, Burkart

Freiburg marginally have the better record in this fixture, having won 13 and drawn 13 of the 37 league meetings with Gladbach, who have taken maximum points 11 times. The teams drew 2-2 earlier this season, but the Foals have won four of the last five against the Black Forest side on home turf, drawing the other.

Like Gladbach, Freiburg have had some disappointing results recently, losing three of their last five matches. However, they have picked up a couple of wins too, overcoming Bayer Leverkusen and, on Matchday 26, Augsburg.

Gladbach ended a seven-game winless run in their last outing before the international break, running out 3-0 winners over Schalke. That left Marco Rose’s side in 10th place ahead of Matchday 27, four points behind Bayer Leverkusen in sixth. Can they take another step towards European qualification today?

Freiburg’s primary objective every season is to avoid relegation. Currently on 37 points, a win here would take them to the 40-point mark that usually guarantees top-flight security. They’ve been far better than merely ‘surviving’ this term, however, and remain in the running for a top-six finish. That is Gladbach’s target too as they bid to put some difficult weeks behind them.

Here you will find the most important information on the game between Borussia Mönchengladbach and Sport-Club Freiburg on Matchday 27 of the 2020/21 Bundesliga season.