Borussia Dortmund have won each of their last eight Bundesliga games against Borussia Mönchengladbach at SIGNAL IDUNA PARK, plus one cup tie too. Across those nine victories, BVB have scored 29 goals – an average of over three per match. The facts preview.
The scenario: Second versus 10th. Eight places and 25 points separate the teams before kick-off at SIGNAL IDUNA PARK at 18:30 CET on Saturday. BVB have taken 46 out of a possible 51 points from their last 17 home games against Gladbach.
Home/away: 40 points at home – an average of 2.67 points per game – is the highest in the league. BVB have scored at least one goal in each of their last 49 Bundesliga home games (club record) and have found the net at least twice in each of their past 11 matches at SIGNAL IDUNA PARK. Mönchengladbach are winless in six away matches. Their last and only away win this season was a 4-1 victory in Sinsheim on 28 January. No team has won fewer away games than Gladbach, although no club has shared the spoils on the road more frequently than VfL (six away draws).
Head-to-head record: BVB have taken points 22 times after going 1-0 down to Mönchengladbach – an historic Bundesliga high. Fifteen of the last 16 home games against the Lower Rhine outfit have ended in victory. The Black & Yellows have not failed to find the net in any of their 30 home games against Gladbach since August 1988. VfL have only conceded a triple-digit goal tally in Munich, Stuttgart and Dortmund (109).
Statistics: Borussia Dortmund have recorded the most wins in the league (20). Only in games involving Bayern Munich have there been more goals (117) than in matches involving Borussia Dortmund (113). The Black & Yellows have not lost any of the last 16 games in which they went 1-0 up. Gladbach, meanwhile, have lost each of the last 10 games in which they went 1-0 down. The last time they took points from a losing position was in a 2-2 draw in Gelsenkirchen on Matchday 2.
The biggest win in this fixture was by a 6-0 scoreline on 20 February 2022. In front of a 10,000-strong crowd during the corona pandemic, BVB found themselves 2-0 ahead at the halfway point of a match that was spectacular and intensely contested by both sides thanks to goals from Marco Reus (26) and Donyell Malen (32), plus several stunning saves from shot-stopper Gregor Kobel. A two-goal salvo from substitutes Marius Wolf (70) and Youssoufa Moukoko (74) made sure of the victory. Marco Reus, who was the match-winner with two goals and three assists, increased the lead to 5-0 in the 82nd minute. Emre Can then rounded off the scoring in stoppage time.
Compiled by Boris Rupert