Borussia M'gladbach and Freiburg have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Bundesliga.
- Borussia M'gladbach have the most dropped points from leading position (21) in Bundesliga
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Borussia M'gladbach form and stats
The story so far in the Bundesliga for Borussia M'gladbach at their home stadium (Stadion im BORUSSIA-PARK) is 5 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats. Three consecutive losses here at Stadion im BORUSSIA-PARK is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.
It's back home for M'gladbach, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Schalke 04 away with the result 3-0. Stefan Lainer and Lars Stindl found the net in that victory. Prior to that, an away loss at Manchester City in the Champions League.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from M'gladbach's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played two games, won zero matches, drawn one and lost one.
M'gladbach have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion im BORUSSIA-PARK with 20 goals in 13 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. M'gladbach's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Freiburg form and stats
4 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Freiburg playing as the away team in the Bundesliga this season.
The supporters enjoyed Freiburg's previous game versus Augsburg (placed 13th), a Bundesliga 2-0 win played at home. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Mainz 05 wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.
Freiburg goalie Florian Müller was high and low in the Augsburg game, contributing seven saves towards the victory.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Freiburg playing away, we found two games. Results were two away wins, zero draws and zero home wins.
Freiburg are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 12 games (in the league). Freiburg struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 19 goals conceded from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Freiburg - M'gladbach 2-2, played this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Borussia M'gladbach, two draws and four wins for Freiburg. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  L. Stindl 11 goals |   V. Grifo 7 goals |  N. Petersen 7 goals |
Borussia M'gladbach missing players
Freiburg missing players
| Borussia M'gladbach | Freiburg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 26 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 44 | 20 | 3 | Scored | S | 7 | 13 | 39 |
| 40 | 16 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 19 | 39 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 92% | 96% |
| 81% | 77% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 83% | 88% |
| 62% | 46% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 58% | 62% |
| 42% | 23% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 35% |
| 27% | 23% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 8% | 15% |
| 73% | 77% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 50% | 58% |
| 19% | 15% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 17% | 19% |
| 12% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 42% | 27% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.3 | 11.2 | 13.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 8.5 | 11 |
| 4.8 | 4.4 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
| 35% | 35% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 32% | 37% |
- Borussia M'gladbach have the most dropped points from leading position (21) in Bundesliga
- Borussia M'gladbach haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 26 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 78 | 35 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 50 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 43 | 61 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 48 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 27 | 57 |
| 3 | Wolfsburg | 26 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 45 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 23 | 51 |
| 4 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 26 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 53 | 36 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 27 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 21 | 17 | 47 |
| 5 | Borussia Dortmund | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 54 | 37 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 17 | 43 |
| 6 | Bayer Leverkusen | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 43 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 40 |
| 7 | Union Berlin | 26 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 40 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 38 |
| 8 | Freiburg | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 39 | 39 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 37 |
| 9 | Stuttgart | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 47 | 41 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 24 | 6 | 36 |
| 10 | Borussia M'gladbach | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 44 | 40 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 24 | 4 | 36 |
| 11 | Hoffenheim | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 40 | 45 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 26 | -5 | 30 |
| 12 | Werder Bremen | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 31 | 38 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 19 | -7 | 30 |
| 13 | Augsburg | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 27 | 40 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 19 | -13 | 29 |
| 14 | Hertha BSC | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 31 | 45 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 21 | -14 | 24 |
| 15 | Mainz 05 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 26 | 45 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 25 | -19 | 24 |
| 16 | Köln | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 46 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 23 | -21 | 23 |
| 17 | Arminia Bielefeld | 26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 45 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 23 | -25 | 22 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 26 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 16 | 69 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 29 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 40 | -53 | 10 |