Match facts ahead of #FCUBMG

Everything to know ahead of Sunday’s Bundesliga game away at Union Berlin (15:30 CET).

Spectators:

• The Stadion an der Alten Försteri is expecting a sold-out crowd of 22,012 for Sunday’s game (Photo: DFL/Getty Images/Kopatsch). Around 2,500 Borussia fans are expected to travel to Berlin.

Head-to-head record:

• Union Berlin and Borussia Mönchengladbach are set to meet for the seventh time in the Bundesliga. The side from Köpenick have won three times to one win for the Foals (4-1 in May 2020, also D2).
• Borussia suffered a 2-1 defeat in their most recent away game against Union, with Jonas Hofmann netted the consolation goal (90’).
• These two sides met for the first time in a competitive fixture on 6th February 2001 in the semi-finals of the DFB-Pokal. Union, as a third-tier side back then, won on penalties against a then second-division Borussia side to reach the final (2-2 a.e.t.).

The number of the game: 3 – presented by Interwetten (external content):

• Borussia are coming up against a side at the top of the table going into the matchday for the third time already this season, having taken a point from FC Bayern München (1-1 on MD4) and SC Freiburg (0-0 on MD6) previously.

Statistics:

• Borussia have lost back-to-back competitive games for the first time under head coach Daniel Farke, falling 2-1 in the DFB-Pokal against Darmstadt before being beaten 3-1 by Frankfurt last weekend.
• The Foals have lost just one of their last nine Bundesliga away games. This season, they are yet to win away from home (D3, L1).
• Marcus Thuram has scored in each of his last four Bundesliga games. He is joint top of the league’s scoring charts in 2022/23 (8 goals, same as Leipzig’s Christopher Nkunku and Werder Bremen’s Niclas Füllkrug). The last Foal to score as often after 11 matchdays was Alassane Plea in 2018/19 (also 8).
• Since their promotion to the Bundesliga in 2019, Union Berlin have picked up nearly as many points (171) as Borussia (175). Only four clubs have earned more points in this timeframe.
• Union have committed the most fouls of any side in the league (152), while Borussia have be conceded the second fewest fouls (97) of any side, behind Bayern (96).

Officials:

• The referee team has yet to be announced by the DFB.

Social Media:

• For updates, follow Borussia’s English-language social media channels on Twitter and Facebook and use the hashtag #FCUBMG.