Match facts ahead of #BMGFCB

Everything to know ahead of the Foals’ opening game at home to FC Bayern Munich on Friday night in the Bundesliga (20:30 CEST).

Spectators

• After almost a full season of empty stands, we are finally able to welcome fans back to the stadium. Following consultation with the authorities, we will be allowed to have an attendance of 23,000 at BORUSSIA-PARK.
• Everyone in attendance at the stadium will need to provide proof of either vaccination, recovery or a negative test in order to enter.

Head-to-head record

• This will be the 107th meeting between the Foals and FC Bayern in the Bundesliga, and our guests have the upper hand in terms of the head-to-head: they have won 51 games to our 26, with 29 games ending all square.
• Since 2014 however, no other Bundesliga club has taken more points off FC Bayern as Gladbach have, with 20 points won in 14 games. In these last 14 matches, there have been six wins for both Borussia and FC Bayern, with two draws.
• An interesting fact is that in the last four seasons Gladbach have always beaten Bayern in the first half of the season, but have always lost to the Bavarians in the second half of the campaign.

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• Friday night’s game will mark the 20th time an official ‘opening game’ has been played in the Bundesliga, and the first time the champions will open their season away from home in this way. The last time the title holders lost on matchday 1 was when FC Bayern were defeated 1-0 at Gladbach in 2001/02.
• Bayern have only been beaten twice on the opening matchday across the last 23 years, both times by Borussia.
• Julian Nagelsmann is the youngest Bayern coach in the last 30 years (since 1991 with Sören Lerby), and is the third-youngest in their history.
• FC Bayern have scored 199 goals over the last two seasons, and have found the back of the net in each of their last 47 Bundesliga fixtures.

Officials

• The DFB will confirm the officials on the day of the match, due to the Coronavirus measures in place.

Social Media

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