Unbeaten in six matches: the facts about the game in Gladbach | OneFootball

The scenario: Gladbach go into the third-to-last matchday in eleventh place, six points and 13 goals clear of the relegation play-off spot. BVB can secure second place and the runners-up spot ahead of schedule, provided they win in Gladbach and Leipzig pick up no more than one point at Leverkusen.

Home & away: With just four home wins (against Köln, Augsburg, Union and Pauli) and a negative home record (six draws, five defeats), Gladbach sit fourteenth in the home table. However, only six teams have suffered fewer home defeats. BVB have the joint second-best away record alongside Hoffenheim: eight wins, five draws and two defeats

Statistics: Eleventh place looks good for Borussia Mönchengladbach, but the team has never before had so few points (32) after 31 matchdays in the three-points-per-win era. Gladbach have gone five games without a win; of their 14 matches in the second half of the season, the team have won just two. However, they have managed four draws in their last five matches. Borussia Dortmund are set to play their 2000th Bundesliga match and their 1000th away match. Stuttgart are also celebrating the same milestones this weekend. Only Bayern Munich and Werder Bremen have played more matches. BVB’s 924 wins to date are the second-highest tally, well ahead of Werder.

Record: Borussia Dortmund have gone unbeaten against the team from the Lower Rhine for six matches (five wins, one draw). In these six matches, there have been five penalties (two for BVB, three for VfL). Only against Eintracht Frankfurt (205) have BVB fans celebrated more goals than against Borussia Mönchengladbach (197). Against Gladbach alone, BVB have won points 24 times after falling 1-0 down. And only in Stuttgart (17 away wins) have the Black & Yellows won more often than at BMG (15 victories).

Reverse fixture: In front of 81,365 spectators at a sold-out SIGNAL IDUNA PARK, BVB started the match with intense focus and took an early lead through Julian Brandt’s goal (10th minute). However, in the closing stages of an interesting first half, Gladbach made their mark. In a second half that was no less intense, BVB came close to making it 2-0 on several occasions, particularly through Maxi Beier in the dying minute. In the seventh minute of stoppage time, Beier made amends for his earlier missed chance.

Last season: In December 2024, in front of a sold-out crowd (54,042 spectators), an enthusiastic Gladbach side turned what had initially been a promising Dortmund performance into a generally error-strewn encounter, with possession shifting frequently and little structure on either side. Jamie Gittens put Dortmund ahead with a superb solo effort in the 64th minute, but their lead lasted just seven minutes: Kevin Stöger then converted a penalty to make it 1-1. Serhou Guirassy’s header in stoppage time was just centimetres away from being the lucky punch.