Match facts ahead of #WOBBMG
Everything you need to know about the Foals’ upcoming Bundesliga match away at Wolfsburg on Saturday (15:30 CEST).
Spectators
- A total of 12,844 fans will be permitted to attend the match at Wolfsburg’s Volkswagen-Arena (Photo: DFL/Getty images/Hardt). Borussia have been allotted 870 away tickets for the match, all of which have been sold.
- Fans attending the game must be able to provide proof of vaccination or recovery in order to enter the ground.
Head-to-head record:
- This will be the 43rd Bundesliga meeting between the sides. Wolfsburg have the edge in the head-to-head record, winning 22 of these games to Borussia’s 12 (D8).
- A total of 117 goals have been scored in the 42 previous meetings between the Wolves and the Foals (67 for Wolfsburg, 50 for Borussia), at an average of 2.79 goals per game. However, the most recent edition of this fixture ended 0-0 in mid-February.
- Wolfsburg are unbeaten in their last 16 home games against Gladbach (W12, D4), their longest such on-going run against any Bundesliga side. It’s been 17 years since the Foals last won in Wolfsburg, triumphing 3-1 on 22nd November 2003 (Goals: Joris van Hout, Arie van Lent and Joonas Kolkka).
Statistics – presented by UNIBET:
- Borussia have taken seven of a possible nine points at home this season, but are yet to take any on the road (L3).
- Each of the six goals Borussia have scored this season have come from open play. The Foals are yet to find the back of the net from a set piece in 2021/22, after having netted a league-high 23 goals in this manner last term.
- Denis Zakaria has undergone a small resurgence under Adi Hütter, having previously played for him in Bern. The Swiss midfielder has scored both of Borussia’s last two Bundesliga goals.
- Borussia have won both matches this season in which they played with a back-three. Head coach Mark van Bommel has gone with a 4-2-3-1 formation in all six of the Wolves’ league games in 2021/22.
- VfL Wolfsburg have conceded just five goals in the Bundesliga this season. Three have come from set pieces, while they have let in just two goals from open play.
- Ridle Baku has scored four goals from outside the box since October 2020 – a league high in this timeframe.
Social Media
- Fans can follow the match on social media using the hashtag #WOBBMG or by following Borussia’s English-language accounts on Twitter and Facebook.
