Match facts ahead of #BMGB04

Everything you need to know ahead of Sunday’s home game against Bayer 04 Leverkusen (17:30 CET).

Supporters        

• Borussia have sold around 53,000 tickets at this point.
• Shortly before kick-off, there will be a minutes silence for football legend Pelé, who died on 29th December 2022.

Head-to-head

• The Foals and Bayer Leverkusen meet on Sunday for the 81st time in the Bundesliga. Currently B04 has a slightly better record, winning 32 of the 80 games so far. Borussia have won 22 times, with 26 draws.
• The Foals have won twelve of their home games against Leverkusen. Bayer 04 have come away as winners on ten occasions, with a further 18 draws.
• There is an average of 3.35 goals in clashes between Borussia and Bayer 04. There have been a total of 268 goals in the previous 80 games between the two sides, with 116 for Borussia und 152 for Leverkusen.

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• There hasn’t been a goalless game between Borussia und Bayer 04 in the Bundesliga for almost 20 years (most recently on 3rd April 2004).

Statistics

• Borussia went into the winter break having reached 22 points after their first 15 Bundesliga games this season, an increase of four points on the same point last season.
• The Foals have not won two games in a row during the 2022/23 season, however they have also only lost two games in a row once.
• Borussia have one of the best home records this season. The Foals have picked up 18 points in eight home games up until now – only RB Leipzig have a better record at home (19 points). Borussia have collected 82% of their points at BORUSSIA-PARK (18 of 22). They are also the only team that are yet to draw a game at home
• With ten goals already this season, Marcus Thuram has already equalled his best ever tally from the 2019/20 season after 15 matchdays.
• Ramy Bensebaini has scored five times, making him the Bundesliga defender with the most goals this season.
• Leverkusen have lost seven of their first 15 Bundesliga games this season and have almost already equalled the amount of defeats they had last season (8). But the team had a very successful gameweek at the end of the year, picking up nine points out of a possible nine meaning that they didn’t drop any points in November.
• Leverkusen have picked up a total of 13 points in seven Bundesliga games under new head coach Xabi Alonso, having only picked up five points from eight Bundesliga games under his predecessor Gerardo Seoane.
• Winger Moussa Diaby has scored all of his six goals in the seven games under Xabi Alonso. During the three wins in November, he scored in every game, scoring four times in total. In the process, he overtook his opposite winger Jeremy Frimpong, who has scored five times this season, in the club’s scoring charts.

Officials

• The game will be officiated by Harm Osmers, Robert Kempter (assistant), Thorben Siewer (assistant), Dr. Robert Kampka (fourth official), Sören Storks (video assistant) and Mike Pickel (video assistant).

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