Match facts ahead of #BMGBSC

Everything you need to know about the Foals’ upcoming home game against Hertha BSC on Saturday evening (18:30 CET).

Spectators

• The city of Mönchengladbach has allowed the Foals special permission to allow up to 34,500 spectators into BORUSSIA-PARK on Saturday evening. Around 28,300 tickets have been sold, and tickets are still available in all areas on the online ticket shop.
• Fans attending the game will have to comply with the “2G-Plus” rule (fully vaccinated or recovered, plus a negative test or booster vaccination) and wear a mask throughout. Children yet to start school are exempt from the requirement to wear a mask.

Head-to-head record

• Hertha and Borussia are facing each other for the 68th time in the Bundesliga, with the head-to-head record being tied on 25 wins each. There have also been 17 draws between the sides.
• The goal difference between the two sides is also identical; both teams have scored 105 times in their 67 clashes, an average of 3.13 goals per game.
• Hertha have won on just one of their last ten visits to BORUSSIA-PARK.

Statistics – presented by UNIBET

• Borussia have conceded at least two goals in each of their last six Bundesliga home games, a total of 17. The last time the Foals kept a clean sheet at home was nearly four months ago, in a 4-0 win against Greuther Fürth.
• Alassane Pléa has been directly involved in six goals in his last five Bundesliga games (two goals, four assists).
• After failing to score in the his first 15 games of the season, Marcus Thuram has found the net in back-to-back matches, the first time he has done that since May 2020.
• Only FC Bayern have taken more shots at goal this season than Borussia (375). On the other end of the scale, Hertha have shot the second-fewest times (272).
• Hertha have failed to win in their eight games so far in the second half of the season (two draws, six losses). The only other time they had this form in the second half of the season was the 1990/91 campaign, in which they were relegated.
• Hertha have also not won any of their last seven Bundesliga away games, collecting just two of a possible 21 points in them.

Social Media

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