Borussia M'gladbach fights Schalke 04 in Bundesliga battle

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Date: Sat 17.August
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion im BORUSSIA-PARK (54057 seats)

The new season is about to kick off and the fans are tingling with excitement. It’s all to play for as Borussia M'gladbach welcome Schalke 04 for the opening game at Stadion im BORUSSIA-PARK. Read on!

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Borussia M'gladbach form and stats

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Borussia M'gladbach have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won 3 times, drawn 2 and lost 2.

Borussia M'gladbach have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and two practice matches played. These training games have ended with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Borussia M'gladbach scored 7 goals and let in 3 goals during these two games.

Last season, Borussia M'gladbach's league statistics were 16 wins, 7 draws and 11 losses, resulting in a 5th position in the Bundesliga. Over these 34 matches they scored 55 goals and conceded 42. Playing at home last season Borussia M'gladbach managed 9-3-5 (win-draw-lost) with 31 goals and 22 conceded.

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Schalke 04 form and stats

We have checked recent matches where Schalke 04 have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those four games were W1-D1-L2.

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Schalke 04 have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats from four fixtures.

Let's have a look at how Schalke 04 performed last season in the Bundesliga: They landed a 14th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 9 draws and 17 defeats. In total they scored 37 and conceded 55 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 6 and lost 7 with 21/27 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 4 Borussia M'gladbach victories, 4 draws and {2 Schalke 04 wins}. 5 of these games ended with three goals or more, 5 matches with two goals or less.

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Borussia M'gladbach missing players

Schalke 04 missing players

Borussia M'gladbach Schalke 04
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs top Away Total
0 0 0 Played 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Borussia M'gladbach Last season Schalke 04
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
34 17   Played   17 34
16 9   Won   4 8
7 3   Drew   6 9
11 5   Lost   7 17
55 31   Scored   21 37
42 22   Conceded   27 55
97% 100%   Over 0.5   94% 88%
85% 100%   Over 1.5   82% 76%
56% 65%   Over 2.5   53% 50%
32% 29%   Over 3.5   29% 26%
9% 12%   Over 4.5   12% 12%
47% 47%   BTTS   65% 53%
38% 35%   Clean Sheets   18% 21%
18% 18%   Failed To Score   24% 38%
 
5.6 5.9   Corners For (avg)   4.8 4.6
4.6 4.6   Corners Against (avg)   5.2 4.6
1.3 1.1   Yellow Cards (avg)   2.4 2.1
0 0   Red Cards   1 5
Key stats last season:
  • All of Borussia M'gladbach's home matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Borussia M'gladbach have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Borussia M'gladbach haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Schalke 04 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Borussia M'gladbach
All DFB Pokal Bundesliga Club Friendlies
All Home Away
11-05-19 BU Nurnberg 0 - 4 Borussia M'gladbach
18-05-19 BU Borussia M'gladbach 0 - 2 Borussia Dortmund
22-05-19 CF Guangzhou R&F 0 - 4 Borussia M'gladbach
17-07-19 CF Borussia M'gladbach 5 - 1 Istanbul Basaksehir
03-08-19 CF Borussia M'gladbach 2 - 2 Chelsea
09-08-19 DFB Sandhausen 18:45 Borussia M'gladbach
17-08-19 BU Borussia M'gladbach 16:30 Schalke 04
24-08-19 BU Mainz 05 13:30 Borussia M'gladbach
30-08-19 BU Borussia M'gladbach 18:30 RB Leipzig
14-09-19 BU Köln 13:30 Borussia M'gladbach
Schalke 04
All Champions League DFB Pokal Bundesliga Club Friendlies
All Home Away
18-05-19 BU Schalke 04 0 - 0 Stuttgart
07-07-19 CF Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 1 - 3 Schalke 04
14-07-19 CF Schalke 04 2 - 2 Wattenscheid 09
02-08-19 CF Schalke 04 2 - 0 Alanyaspor
02-08-19 CF Schalke 04 3 - 1 Villarreal
10-08-19 DFB Drochtersen / Assel 13:30 Schalke 04
17-08-19 BU Borussia M'gladbach 16:30 Schalke 04
24-08-19 BU Schalke 04 16:30 Bayern München
31-08-19 BU Schalke 04 13:30 Hertha BSC
15-09-19 BU Paderborn 16:00 Schalke 04

Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Bayern München 34 24 6 4 88 32 17 13 3 1 49 14 17 11 3 3 39 18 56 78
2 Borussia Dortmund 34 23 7 4 81 44 17 14 2 1 52 25 17 9 5 3 29 19 37 76
3 RB Leipzig 34 19 9 6 63 29 17 10 6 1 34 9 17 9 3 5 29 20 34 66
4 Bayer Leverkusen 34 18 4 12 69 52 17 9 2 6 32 25 17 9 2 6 37 27 17 58
5 Borussia M'gladbach 34 16 7 11 55 42 17 9 3 5 31 22 17 7 4 6 24 20 13 55
6 Wolfsburg 34 16 7 11 62 50 17 8 5 4 36 23 17 8 2 7 26 27 12 55
7 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 15 9 10 60 48 17 8 4 5 32 21 17 7 5 5 28 27 12 54
8 Werder Bremen 34 14 11 9 58 49 17 8 6 3 35 26 17 6 5 6 23 23 9 53
9 Hoffenheim 34 13 12 9 70 52 17 7 5 5 28 20 17 6 7 4 42 32 18 51
10 Fortuna Düsseldorf 34 13 5 16 49 65 17 9 0 8 27 28 17 4 5 8 22 37 -16 44
11 Hertha BSC 34 11 10 13 49 57 17 6 6 5 26 27 17 5 4 8 23 30 -8 43
12 Mainz 05 34 12 7 15 46 57 17 8 5 4 31 22 17 4 2 11 15 35 -11 43
13 Freiburg 34 8 12 14 46 61 17 6 7 4 32 27 17 2 5 10 14 34 -15 36
14 Schalke 04 34 8 9 17 37 55 17 4 3 10 16 28 17 4 6 7 21 27 -18 33
15 Augsburg 34 8 8 18 51 71 17 5 4 8 34 33 17 3 4 10 17 38 -20 32
16 Stuttgart 34 7 7 20 32 70 17 6 4 7 22 27 17 1 3 13 10 43 -38 28
17 Hannover 96 34 5 6 23 31 71 17 5 1 11 15 26 17 0 5 12 16 45 -40 21
18 Nürnberg 34 3 10 21 26 68 17 3 7 7 16 22 17 0 3 14 10 46 -42 19

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