The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Borussia M'gladbach are in the 7th position while the guesting Schalke 04 worry at 18th.
- Borussia M'gladbach have not yet lost a game at home.
- Schalke 04 has the most conceded goals (24) in Bundesliga
Borussia M'gladbach have less rest than Schalke 04 in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Champions League game only three days ago. This match was also played here at Stadion im BORUSSIA-PARK. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Schalke 04 have had more rest.
Borussia M'gladbach form and stats
When playing at home in the Bundesliga, Borussia M'gladbach have managed 1 win, 3 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 4 games.
A nice win for M'gladbach last time playing, versus Shakhtar Donetsk. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-0 with Breel Embolo, Oscar Wendt, Nico Elvedi and Lars Stindl scoring for the victors. Before that, Borussia M'gladbach drew at home versus Augsburg.
As mentioned above, Borussia M'gladbach "killed" Shakhtar Donetsk in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Borussia M'gladbach home games with this odds we find five games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in three wins, zero draws and two defeats. Looking at the victories, two matches were won by at least two goals.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for M'gladbach, as the Champions League home game vs Inter is only three days away.
Borussia M'gladbach has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. From these home matches, M'gladbach have conceded only 3 goals.
Schalke 04 form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most conceded goals (24) in Bundesliga, on their Bundesliga travels is 0 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Schalke's previous game was their home loss versus Wolfsburg (0-2). A 2-2 draw at Mainz 05's stadium before that.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Schalke played away with similar odds. This revealed two games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, one were draw and the home team won as expected one time.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Schalke's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 4 matches. There are big problems for the Schalke defense as they have conceded 17 goals in 4 away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - five - two (M'gladbach wins - draws - Schalke 04 wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Stindl 4 goals |  J. Hofmann 2 goals |   M. Uth 2 goals |
Borussia M'gladbach missing players
Schalke 04 missing players
| Borussia M'gladbach | Schalke 04 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 13 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 13 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 17 | 24 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 62% |
| 38% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 75% | 50% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 75% | 75% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 50% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 75% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 1.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.8 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 11.2 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8 | 9.6 |
| 5.2 | 3.8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.2 | 2.9 |
| 31% | 27% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 40% | 22% |
- All of Schalke 04's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Borussia M'gladbach have not yet lost a game at home.
- Borussia M'gladbach have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Borussia M'gladbach have scored more than double the goals of Schalke 04.
- Borussia M'gladbach haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Schalke 04 has the most conceded goals (17) away in Bundesliga
- Schalke 04 has the most conceded goals (24) in Bundesliga
- Schalke 04 has the most conceded goals in the first half (12) in Bundesliga
- Schalke 04 has the the worst goal difference (-15) away in Bundesliga
- Schalke 04 has the the worst goal difference (-19) in Bundesliga
- Schalke 04 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Schalke 04 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Schalke 04 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Schalke 04 have yet to win a game.
- Schalke 04 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 19 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 18 |
| 3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 18 |
| 4 | RB Leipzig | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 17 |
| 5 | Union Berlin | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 15 |
| 6 | Wolfsburg | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 7 | Borussia M'gladbach | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 12 |
| 8 | Stuttgart | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 9 | Werder Bremen | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 10 | Augsburg | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 11 |
| 11 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 11 |
| 12 | Hoffenheim | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 8 |
| 13 | Hertha BSC | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | -3 | 7 |
| 14 | Freiburg | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -10 | 6 |
| 15 | Mainz 05 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -11 | 4 |
| 16 | Arminia Bielefeld | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -12 | 4 |
| 17 | Köln | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -6 | 3 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 17 | -19 | 3 |