Match facts ahead of #SVWBMG

All you need to know as the Foals visit Werder Bremen on Saturday evening (18:30 CEST) in their first game back after the international break.

Spectators

• TICKETS: The Weserstadion in Bremen is sold out (42,100 expected). There will be around 4,100 Gladbach fans in the away end.

Head-to-head record

• Borussia and Werder will meet for the 105th time in the Bundesliga. The record is slightly in the Foals’ favour, who have won 41 of the previous duels, while Werder have won 38 games. 25 games have ended in a draw.
• Mönchengladbach are unbeaten against Bremen in their last eleven Bundesliga games (eight wins, three draws). The Foals have lost only one of their last eight away matches at the Weserstadion, and haven 13 of the last 15 possible points there.
• The most recent encounter between Borussia and Werder is likely not a good memory for this weekend’s visitors: On matchday 34 of the 2020/21 season, Alassane Plea and Co. beat the Green-Whites 4-2, confirming their relegation to the 2. Bundesliga.

The number of the game: 8 - presented by Interwetten

• In his Bundesliga career, Foals skipper Lars Stindl has not scored as many goals against any other club as he has against Werder (eight).

Statistics

• Borussia got back into the winner’s enclosure with a victory against Leipzig (3-0) after three previous winless games (2 draws, 1 defeat) – sitting now on 12 points after seven matchdays, which is two more than at the same point in the previous season.
• The Foals have not lost any of their last seven Bundesliga away games (two wins and five draws).
• Patrick Herrmann made his 131st Bundesliga appearance off the bench against RB Leipzig, overtaking Adam Szalai. Only Claudio Pizarro has been substituted on more often in the Bundesliga than Herrmann (169 times).
• This game sees the two of the three managerial newcomers go head-to-head, in Daniel Farke and Ole Werner.
• Werder have taken points in four of their seven games this season, despite being behind on multiple occasions - and have thus already picked up as many points from behind as they did in the entirety of the 2020/21 season which saw them relegated (six).
• Bremen have not won any of their last nine Bundesliga home games.
• Bremen centre-back Amos Pieper will miss Saturday's match after picking up his fifth yellow card against Leverkusen – his first suspension of the season.

Referees

• The following officials have been appointed by the DFB: Dr. Matthias Jöllenbeck (referee), Jonas Weickenmeier (1st assistant), Marcel Pelgrim (2nd assistant), Frank Willenborg (4th official), Pascal Müller (VAR) and Dominik Schaal (A-VAR).

Weather

• Temperatures of around 13 degrees are expected in Bremen on Saturday evening, though it should remain dry, with moderate winds from a western direction.

Social Media

• Join the conversation using the hashtag #SVWBMG. We will be covering the game on social media with live, pre- and post-match content.
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