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Kevin Diks misses Gladbach’s match at Stuttgart for personal reasons
Kevin Diks will miss Gladbach’s match at Stuttgart on Friday for personal reasons, the club confirmed.
The defender is not injured, but the club did not give further details.
Gladbach have nine other players unavailable, including central defenders Ko Itakura and Jan Leszczynski.
The team are bottom of the Bundesliga and could become the first in league history to lose their opening seven games of a season.
With Diks also out, Fabio Chiarodia is the only available specialist centre-back.
Coach Alexander Blessin may need to change the defence or use players out of position.
Diks could return for Tuesday’s German Cup match against Karlsruhe, according to the report.
Kevin Diks missed Borussia Mönchengladbach’s Bundesliga match at VfB Stuttgart on Friday for personal reasons.
The club confirmed that his absence was not injury-related but did not give further details.
Diks was Gladbach’s vice-captain and had recently worn the captain’s armband.
Gladbach won 3-2 at Stuttgart, recording its first league win of the season.
- Who
- Kevin Diks of Borussia Mönchengladbach.
- What
- He missed Gladbach’s match at VfB Stuttgart for personal reasons.
- When
- Friday, October 23, 2026.
- Where
- At VfB Stuttgart in Stuttgart.
- Why
- He was absent for personal reasons; the club did not specify further.
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Borussia Mönchengladbach confirmed that Diks’s absence was not injury-related but did not specify the reason.
Gladbach beat VfB Stuttgart 3-2, securing its first league win of the season.
- Player
- Kevin Diks
- Club
- Borussia Mönchengladbach
- Opponent
- VfB Stuttgart
- Match date
- October 23, 2026
- Result
- Gladbach won 3-2
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