Facts and stats ahead of #BMGSVW

Everything you need to know ahead of the Foals’ Bundesliga home game against SV Werder Bremen on Tuesday evening (18:30 CET kick-off).

Fans

• Due to the current regulation agreed upon by the German government and state ministers, professional sports are taking place without fans in attendance. Therefore, the Foals will host SV Werder at behind closed doors at BORUSSIA-PARK.

Pre-match

• Borussia will no longer be playing the stadium anthem “Die Seele brennt” ahead of home games until further notice. The reason behind this decision is an ongoing legal claim submitted by the songwriters. The song will not be used while the legal proceedings are still taking place.

Head-to-head record

• Borussia face Werder Bremen for the 103rd time in the Bundesliga. The two sides have enjoyed similar success in the fixture, with Borussia winning 39 games and Werder winning on 38 occasions. The other 25 games ended in a draw.
• Gladbach are unbeaten in their last nine Bundesliga home games against Werder (W6, D3).
• Borussia have recorded more home Bundesliga victories against Bremen than any other team, with 30 wins in 51 games. Werder’s last win in Gladbach came on 23rd October 2010.
• Werder have only won one of the past 15 Bundesliga games against Borussia – a 2-1 win on 30th August 2015.

Statistics

• The Foals have only lost one of their past 11 Bundesliga home games, stretching back to last season – a 2-1 loss to Hoffenheim, which was followed by the impressive 3-2 victory over FC Bayern.
• Gladbach have recorded 7 draws from 16 games so far this season. Only once in the club’s history have the team had more draws from their opening 16 games – 8 in the 1990/91 season. The team drew only 5 games across the whole 19/20 season.
• Lars Stindl is in impressive form – the captain is the Foals’ top scorer with nine league goals this season. In Stuttgart, Stindl opened the scoring for the fifth time this season, which is a league high.
• With 14 players, only RB Leipzig have a higher number of different goalscorers than Borussia (12).
• The Foals have scored 12 goals from set pieces this season, the most in the league.
• Werder Bremen have picked up more points on the road (10) than at home (8) this season. Tuesday’s opponents have only lost twice away: 5-3 in Wolfsburg and 2-0 in Leipzig.
• Werder have picked up 18 points from 16 games, which is four points better off than at the same point last season.

Referee

• Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the DFB will only announce the officials for #BMGSVW the day of the game.

Social Media

• Fans can follow the game with the hashtag #BMGSVW or by following Borussia’s English-language social media accounts on Facebook and Twitter.