Borussia Mönchengladbach have journeyed here for an action-packed game against the home team 1. FC Union Berlin. Prepare for the match with this thorough Bundesliga preview!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
1. FC Union Berlin form and stats
A Bundesliga draw at home so far for 1. FC Union Berlin. Last season their home statistics were 8 wins, 8 draws and 1 defeat from 17 matches.
Berlin manager U. Fischer and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus TSG Hoffenheim (placed 2nd) in the Bundesliga. Max Kruse, who plays in attack, was the top performer for the team in that game, scoring a rating of 8.15 (out of 10). Kruse hit the woodwork once, hit four key passes, dribled passed the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 29 successful passes (of 35 total).
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Bayer Leverkusen that ended 1-1.At Stadion An der Alten Försterei, 1. FC Union Berlin has the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Borussia Mönchengladbach form and stats
Borussia Mönchengladbach have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Bundesliga were 5 victories, 6 draws and 6 defeats from 17 fixtures.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Mönchengladbach, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-4 versus Bayer Leverkusen (placed 3rd). Jonas Hofmann got a match rating of 7.14 in that game, top player of the team. Hofmann hit the woodwork once, hit two key passes, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 34 successful passes (of 38 total). As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Bayer Leverkusen was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Bayern München.As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Borussia Mönchengladbach has managed 0 goals and let in 4 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the previous four meetings involving these two teams are: one win for 1. FC Union Berlin, two draws and one win for Borussia Mönchengladbach. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  T. Awoniyi 2 goals |  N. Gießelmann 1 goals |   A. Pléa 1 goals |
1. FC Union Berlin missing players
Borussia Mönchengladbach missing players
| 1. FC Union Berlin | Borussia Mönchengladbach | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7 | 7.5 |
| 1.5 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10 | 10.5 |
| 5.5 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | 4.5 |
| 27% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 1. FC Union Berlin | Last season | Borussia Mönchengladbach | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Drew | D | 6 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 50 | 32 | Scored | S | 32 | 64 | ||
| 43 | 18 | Conceded | C | 37 | 56 | ||
| 94% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 97% | ||
| 82% | 88% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 85% | ||
| 50% | 59% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 82% | 71% | ||
| 29% | 35% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 71% | 50% | ||
| 9% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 41% | 32% | ||
| 68% | 76% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 71% | ||
| 21% | 24% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 21% | ||
| 18% | 6% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 12% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 5.2 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 11.2 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.7 | 12.6 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 5 | ||
| 38% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 37% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Wolfsburg | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | TSG Hoffenheim | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | Bayern München | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Freiburg | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | RB Leipzig | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | Borussia Dortmund | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | 1. FC Köln | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | VfL Bochum 1848 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Stuttgart | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Mainz 05 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 12 | 1. FC Union Berlin | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Arminia Bielefeld | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 1 |
| 15 | Greuther Furth | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 1 |
| 16 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 17 | Augsburg | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 1 |
| 18 | Hertha BSC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bayern München | 34 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 99 | 44 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 64 | 21 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 23 | 55 | 78 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 60 | 32 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 19 | 28 | 65 |
| 3 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 75 | 46 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 40 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 35 | 26 | 29 | 64 |
| 4 | Wolfsburg | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 61 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 21 | 24 | 61 |
| 5 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 69 | 53 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 37 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 33 | 16 | 60 |
| 6 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 53 | 39 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 52 |
| 7 | 1. FC Union Berlin | 34 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 50 | 43 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 32 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 7 | 50 |
| 8 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 64 | 56 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 37 | 8 | 49 |
| 9 | Stuttgart | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 56 | 55 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 1 | 45 |
| 10 | Freiburg | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 52 | 52 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 29 | 0 | 45 |
| 11 | TSG Hoffenheim | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 52 | 54 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 30 | -2 | 43 |
| 12 | Mainz 05 | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 39 | 56 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 30 | -17 | 39 |
| 13 | Augsburg | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 36 | 54 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 29 | -18 | 36 |
| 14 | Hertha BSC | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 41 | 52 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 26 | -11 | 35 |
| 15 | Arminia Bielefeld | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 52 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 29 | -26 | 35 |
| 16 | 1. FC Köln | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 34 | 60 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 31 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 29 | -26 | 33 |
| 17 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 36 | 57 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 29 | -21 | 31 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 86 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 34 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 52 | -61 | 16 |