It's game two of the Bundesliga season and everything to play for. Read our full preview of Borussia M'gladbach-Union Berlin!
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Borussia M'gladbach form and stats
M'gladbach lost their last game at Borussia Dortmund (placed 3rd) after a 0-3 scoreline. Before that match, a DFB Pokal win away at Oberneuland.
Last season, Borussia M'gladbach's league statistics were 20 wins, 5 draws and 9 losses, resulting in a 4th position in the Bundesliga. Over these 34 matches they scored 66 goals and conceded 40. Playing at home last season Borussia M'gladbach managed 12-2-3 (win-draw-lost) with 40 goals and 21 conceded.
Union Berlin form and stats
Home advantage was not enough for Union Berlin in their previous game, as they lost their Bundesliga-match, hosting Augsburg, 1-3. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Karlsruher SC (after extra-time) at their stadium, the result 1-0.
Let's have a look at how Union Berlin performed last season in the Bundesliga: They landed a 11th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 5 draws and 17 defeats. In total they scored 41 and conceded 58 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 2 and lost 11 with 17/38 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last two meetings between these two teams are: one win for M'gladbach, zero draws and one win for Union Berlin. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: one game.Borussia M'gladbach missing players
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| Borussia M'gladbach | Union Berlin | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| Borussia M'gladbach | Last season | Union Berlin | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 20 | 12 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 11 | 17 | ||
| 66 | 40 | Scored | S | 17 | 41 | ||
| 40 | 21 | Conceded | C | 38 | 58 | ||
| 91% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 82% | 94% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 94% | 91% | ||
| 71% | 82% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 56% | ||
| 41% | 47% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 41% | 32% | ||
| 18% | 24% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 12% | ||
| 68% | 82% | BTTS | BTTS | 65% | 53% | ||
| 21% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 6% | 24% | ||
| 21% | 6% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.1 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 489 | 269 | Total Shots | T S | 178 | 388 | ||
| 193 | 110 | Shots on Target | S O | 57 | 135 | ||
| 34% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 30% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
| 2 | Hertha BSC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Borussia Dortmund | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Augsburg | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Freiburg | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Hoffenheim | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Arminia Bielefeld | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Köln | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 14 | Stuttgart | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Union Berlin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 16 | Werder Bremen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 17 | Borussia M'gladbach | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | -8 | 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 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 100 | 32 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 53 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 47 | 17 | 68 | 82 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 84 | 41 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 46 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 24 | 43 | 69 |
| 3 | RB Leipzig | 34 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 81 | 37 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 38 | 21 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 43 | 16 | 44 | 66 |
| 4 | Borussia M'gladbach | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 66 | 40 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 19 | 26 | 65 |
| 5 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 61 | 44 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 22 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 17 | 63 |
| 6 | Hoffenheim | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 53 | 53 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 26 | 37 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 0 | 52 |
| 7 | Wolfsburg | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 48 | 46 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 23 | 2 | 49 |
| 8 | Freiburg | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 48 | 47 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 30 | 1 | 48 |
| 9 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 59 | 60 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 27 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 33 | -1 | 45 |
| 10 | Hertha BSC | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 48 | 59 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 32 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 27 | -11 | 41 |
| 11 | Union Berlin | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 41 | 58 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 38 | -17 | 41 |
| 12 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 38 | 58 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 27 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 31 | -20 | 39 |
| 13 | Mainz 05 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 44 | 65 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 29 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 26 | 36 | -21 | 37 |
| 14 | Köln | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 51 | 69 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 27 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 23 | 42 | -18 | 36 |
| 15 | Augsburg | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 45 | 63 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 29 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 34 | -18 | 36 |
| 16 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 42 | 69 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 36 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 33 | -27 | 31 |
| 17 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 34 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 36 | 67 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 28 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 39 | -31 | 30 |
| 18 | Paderborn | 34 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 37 | 74 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 21 | 46 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 28 | -37 | 20 |