Match facts ahead of #BVBBMG

Everything you need to know ahead of the Foals’ Bundesliga away game at Borussia Dortmund on Saturday (15:30 CET).

Head-to-head record

• Dortmund and Borussia will be facing off against each other for the 103rd time in the Bundesliga on Saturday. The hosts have had the better of the previous meetings, winning 42 of them. Meanwhile, the Foals have emerged victorious 32 times, whilst there have also been 28 draws.
• There have been a total of 347 goals in the 102 games between the sides, with an average of 3.4 goals per game.
• Borussia Mönchengladbach haven’t picked up anything away at Dortmund in the last few years: BVB have won their last nine Bundesliga home games against the Foals. Dortmund don’t currently have a longer run of consecutive home wins against any other Bundesliga side.
• Mönchengladbach have only won one of their last 22 Bundesliga away games in Dortmund (2-1 win in March 2014 under future BVB coach Lucien Favre), whilst they have lost 19 of these clashes.

Statistics 

• After gaining two points from their first five matches, Borussia have since collected 11 from the following six Bundesliga games for a total of 13 on the board.
• The Foals are unbeaten in three successive Bundesliga games for the first time under Gerardo Seoane.
• Compared to their xG (17.7), the Foals have scored a lot more goals (23) than would have been expected. Only three teams have been more clinical in front of goal.
• Alassane Plea has already scored five goals this season – he only previously scored more goals in the first half of the season in his first season in 2018/19 (9 goals).
• BVB have not won any of their last three Bundesliga games and have only picked up one point out of a possible nine.
• BVB recently lost two consecutive Bundesliga games for the first time in 2023. The last time they lost three straight games was six years ago under head coach Peter Bosz.

Officials

• The game will be refereed by Sven Jablonski, whilst Sascha Thielert and Lasse Koslowski will be his assistants. Patrick Ittrich is the fourth official for the game and the Video Assistant Referees are Christian Dingert and Holger Henschel.

Social Media

• The game hashtag is #BVBBMG. We will keep you up to date with all that you need to know about the game via social media.
• An overview of Borussia’s channels: Twitter / Instagram / Facebook / YouTube