Match facts ahead of #VfBBMG

Everything you need to know about the Foals’ upcoming Bundesliga trip to VfB Stuttgart on Saturday evening (18:30 CET).

Spectators

• Current coronavirus protection measures allow for a maximum attendance of 25,000, and the home end is already fully sold out. There are still some of the 2,500 tickets allocated to Borussia fans in the away end on sale, although these will be taken off the online ticket shop at 15:00 CET on Friday.
• Fans attending the Mercedes-Benz Arena (Photo: DFL/Getty Images/ Scheuber) will have to comply with the “2G” rule (fully vaccinated or recovered) and wear a mask within the stadium, but not at their seats.

Head-to-head record

• Borussia and Stuttgart are to meet for the 100th time in the Bundesliga this Saturday, and the side from Baden-Württemberg have the better record between the sides: Stuttgart have won 40 games to the Foals’ 29, with 30 ending in draws.
• There has been an average of 2.93 goals per game in the 99 clashes between Stuttgart and Borussia so far.
• Our last win at the Mercedes-Benz Arena came on September 26th 2015 in a 3-1 success. Of the three games there since then, Borussia have lost two 1-0 and one ended in a 2-2 draw.
• The 1-1 draw played out by the two teams at BORUSSIA-PARK saw the Foals have 31 attempts on goal, the most by a single team in a match this entire Bundesliga season.

Statistics – presented by UNIBET

• The Foals’ form has been improving since the start of 2022 – the Rückrunde has seen them pick up points in more games than they have lost (4 wins + draws, 3 losses).
• Borussia picked up 8 points in the Hinrunde against their next five opponents, and a similar points haul from these five upcoming games would all but secure Bundesliga survival.
• Adi Hütter’s side have scored five of their last six Bundesliga goals from headers. The 2-2 draw against Wolfsburg last time out saw both Breel Embolo and Marcus Thuram find the net with their heads. Headers were not the Foals’ specialty in the Hinrunde: they scored just two goals like that in the first 17 games of the season.
• Stuttgart have as many points after 24 games this campaign as they did at the same point in the 2018/19 season, when they were relegated.
• No team are on a longer winless run than VfB, who have failed to win any of their last nine Bundesliga games. They are also five games without a win at home (2 draws, 3 defeats).
• The most dangerous attacking area for VfB is their left wing. 38% of their attacking movement into the final third has come down that side, along with a third of their goals. Most of that is down to left back Borna Sosa, who has delivered the fourth-most crosses of any Bundesliga player (81).

Social Media

• Fans can follow the match on social media using the hashtag #VfBBMG or by following Borussia’s English-language accounts on Twitter and Facebook.