Match facts ahead of #FCHBMG

Here’s everything you need to know ahead of the Foals’ Bundesliga game away at 1. FC Heidenheim on Saturday (15:30 CET).

HEAD-TO-HEAD

• Borussia and 1. FC Heidenheim are facing each other in the Bundesliga for just the second time on Saturday. The Foals won 2-1 in the reverse fixture, which was the first ever meeting between the sides on the top tier. Alassane Plea’s strike in the 3rd minute and a Jonas Föhrenbach own goal in the 51st won the game for Borussia.
• Three days after the two clubs’ first Bundesliga encounter, they faced each other again in the DFB-Pokal second round. A brace from Jordan and a Robin Hack strike gave the Foals a commanding 3-0 lead at the break, and they went on to win 3-1.

STATISTICS

• The match in Heidenheim will be the Foals’ 1900th Bundesliga game, corresponding to our founding year of 1900. Borussia are the fifth club to reach this milestone (after Bremen, Bayern, Dortmund and Stuttgart).
• The Foals are unbeaten in three Bundesliga games – the 5-2 win over Bochum and the 1-1 and 3-3 draws in Mainz and against Köln respectively.
• Borussia have picked up just eight points on the road so far this season. They are also winless in all of their last nine away games.
• Gladbach have overperformed their xG by the most of any team in the Bundesliga this season (+8.0), while Heidenheim are sixth for that statistic (+2.9)
• Corner specialists: Eight of Jan-Niklas Beste’s corner-kicks have resulted in goals so far this season – the highest in the Bundesliga, followed by Franck Honorat, who has delivered seven corners leading to goals.
• Heidenheim are winless in their last four Bundesliga matches and have managed just a single point from those games. Last season’s 2. Bundesliga champions have never had a longer barren streak in their short Bundesliga history.

OFFICIALS

• Martin Petersen will take charge of Saturday’s game, assisted by Alexander Sather and Robert Wessel. Christian Leicher will serve as fourth official, with Günter Perl and Norbert Grudzinski on VAR duty.

SOCIAL MEDIA

• The match hashtag is #FCHBMG. We’ll keep you right up to date on everything you need to know about the game on social media.
• An overview of Borussia’s channels: Twitter / Instagram / Facebook / YouTube