Match facts ahead of #BMGFCA

Everything you need to know ahead of the upcoming Bundesliga home game against FC Augsburg on Saturday, 12th February at 15:30 CET.

Spectators

• Thanks to new Coronavirus regulations, matches at BORUSSIA-PARK can now be played in front of 10,000 spectators. There are still some tickets available in our online ticket shop.
• Only people fully vaccinated against or recovered from Covid-19 are permitted entry to the stadium, with a recent negative test also required (max. 24-hour old rapid-flow test or max. 48-hour old PCR test). A negative test isn’t necessary if you are boosted.
• Face masks must be worn throughout BORUSSIA-PARK. Children yet to start school are exempt from the mandatory wearing of a nose-and-mouth covering.
• Food and drink kiosks are open from 13:30 CET. The Bitburger beer garden remains closed on Saturday.

Head-to-head record

• This will be the 22nd meeting in the Bundesliga between the Foals and FC Augsburg. The head-to-head record is almost even so far, with the Függerstädter claiming seven wins to Borussia’s six, while eight fixtures have ended in a draw.
• Gladbach haven’t lost any of their last six Bundesliga home games against FCA (W4, D2) – the last defeat to the Swabians at BORUSSIA-PARK was a 3-1 loss on 23rd May 2015.
• Borussia suffered an unfortunate 1-0 defeat in the reverse fixture earlier this season, with Florian Niederlechner scoring the winner in the 80th minute.

Statistics – presented by UNIBET

• The Foals have won just one of their last nine Bundesliga games (D2, L6) – the 2-1 win away at Bayern in the first match of 2022.
• Borussia remained unbeaten in their opening seven home games of the season, but have recently suffered four straight defeats to Freiburg (6-0), Frankfurt (3-2), Leverkusen (2-1) and Union Berlin (2-1). It’s the club’s longest losing run at home in eleven years, when the Foals lost five straight matches on home soil under Michael Frontzeck.
• Augsburg’s 2-0 victory over Union Berlin last weekend ended a run of five games without a win (D3, L2).
• FCA have won just one of their eleven Bundesliga away games this season (D4, L6) – a 2-0 victory at Köln on matchday 15.
• Michael Gregoritsch has scored in three of Augsburg’s Bundesliga games since the winter break, with only Andre Silva, Moussa Diaby (4 each) and Robert Lewandowski (5) having netted more goals in 2022.
• Only Bayern have taken more shots than Borussia (321) this season, while only two Bundesliga sides have produced fewer shots than Augsburg (238).

Officials

• Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the DFL will announce the officials on the day of the game.

Social media

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