Facts preview: BVB can set new home record against Gladbach | OneFootball

The scenario: Third against 11th. BVB have lost just one league game this season and have seven points more than at the same stage last year. After picking up just three points from their first eight games, Gladbach have taken an impressive 13 points from their last six matches – despite last weekend's 3-1 defeat to Wolfsburg.

Home & away: Borussia Dortmund were unbeaten in 11 home games across all competitions (nine wins, two draws) until their cup match against Leverkusen. Their last home defeat in the Bundesliga was over nine months ago: on 8 March, they lost 1-0 to FC Augsburg. Borussia Mönchengladbach have taken nine of a possible nine points from their previous three away games, all without conceding a single goal.

Head-to-head record: Borussia Dortmund are unbeaten against Gladbach in five games (four wins, one draw) and have celebrated 11 consecutive wins against them at home in the Bundesliga. Historically, BVB have only achieved a longer home winning streak against MSV Duisburg, with 12 straight wins at the Westfalenstadion between February 1977 and November 1998. And BVB have only scored more goals against Frankfurt (202) than against Gladbach (195). The Black & Yellows have picked up points after going 1-0 down against Gladbach on 24 occasions.

Statistics: The team's third-place position is the result of strong teamwork and a very solid defence: only Bayern Munich (11) have conceded fewer goals than BVB's 12. The rather weak tally of 24 goals scored (only the teams in eighth place and below have scored fewer) is evenly distributed throughout the squad, which means that no Dortmund player has more than five goal involvements this Bundesliga season. BVB's top scorers, Karim Adeyemi, Julian Brandt and Serhou Guirassy, are only tied for 34th place in the league-wide scoring list. Borussia Mönchengladbach have kept a clean sheet in seven of their last eight first halves in the Bundesliga. Most recently, however, they conceded three goals before the break in their home game against Wolfsburg, which brought an end to their run of five Bundesliga games without defeat.

Biggest win: This was registered in this match-up on 20 February 2022, when BVB ran out 6-0 winners.. In front of just 10,000 spectators due to the COVID-19 pandemic, BVB led 2-0 at half-time in a thrilling and hard-fought match thanks to goals from Marco Reus (26) and Donyell Malen (32), as well as several brilliant saves by goalkeeper Gregor Kobel. Substitutes Marius Wolf (70) and Youssoufa Moukoko (74) sealed the victory with two quick-fire goals. Marco Reus – the match winner with two goals and three assists – made it 5-0 in the 82nd minute, with Emre Can adding the icing on the cake in stoppage time.

Last season: In front of 81,365 spectators at a sold-out SIGNAL IDUNA PARK, BVB initially struggled against a strong opposition who took the lead in the 24th minute through Kou Itakura. Then Carney Chukwuemeka came on for the injured Maxi Beier and turned the game around. Between the 41st minute and the half-time whistle, BVB celebrated goals from Serhou Guirassy to make it 1-1, Felix Nmecha to make it 2-1 and Daniel Svensson to make it 3-1. It remained a close game right to the end after Stöger reduced the deficit to 3-2 with a penalty ten minutes after the restart, but BVB were able to hold on to secure all three points.Compiled by Boris Rupert