#BMGSCF: Match facts

Everything you need to know ahead of the Foals’ home game against SC Freiburg on Easter Saturday (15:30 CET).

HEAD-TO-HEAD RECORD

  • Borussia and SC Freiburg have faced off against each other in the Bundesliga on 44 occasions, in which the Foals emerged victorious 12 times and SCF 14. The remaining 17 fixtures ended in draws.
  • Mönchengladbach and Freiburg shared the points in their last four meetings, marking SCF’s longest run of draws. Gladbach, however, came away with one point seven times in a row in the mid 1980s, which is a Bundesliga first.
  • The two sides have found the net a total of 123 times over their 43 Bundesliga encounters, 56 for the Foals and 67 for Saturday’s visitors, which makes for an average of 2.86 goals scored.

STATISTICS

  • Freiburg picked up 25 points in the first half of the season, five more than Borussia, while both clubs have recorded eight points from nine games in the second half.
  • Gladbach have won one of their last nine Bundesliga games, and Freiburg one of their last eight.
  • Borussia have drawn their last three Bundesliga matches. Their total of ten draws this season is the most in the division.
  • Head coach Christian Streich will leave SC Freiburg at the end of the season after more than 12 years at the helm.
  • Christian Streich has the best points-per-game of any of Freiburg’s head coaches in the Bundesliga (1.3). They have lost just 141 (37 percent) of Streich’s 383 matches (including four where he was not on the touchline). Every other SCF boss has lost at least 45 percent of their matches.

OFFICIALS

  • Christian Dingert will referee Saturday’s clash between Gladbach and Freiburg. It will be the 21st time that the 43-year-old officiates a game involving the Foals in the Bundesliga. Of the previous 20 games, Borussia have won eight times, drawn three matches and lost on nine occasions. Benedikt Kempes and Nikolai Kimmeyer have been selected as the linesmen for the match, with Tom Bauer serving as the fourth official. Dr. Felix Brych and Sven Waschitzki-Günther will be on VAR duty.

SOCIAL MEDIA

  • The match hashtag is #BMGSCF. We will keep you up to date with everything you need to know about the game via social media.
  • An overview of Borussia’s channels: TwitterInstagram / Facebook / YouTube

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