The league table in Bundesliga tells a story about these teams so far, with Borussia M'gladbach leading Union Berlin by 23 points. Match preview to follow:
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Bundesliga game only four days ago.
Borussia M'gladbach form and stats
29 points is a decent return from 14 Bundesliga games here at Stadion im BORUSSIA-PARK for Borussia M'gladbach. The data says 9 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses.
Borussia M'gladbach manager M. Rose and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Werder Bremen (placed 17th) in the Bundesliga. Before that game, the home loss against Bayer Leverkusen with the scoreline 1-3.
The M'gladbach goalkeeper Yann Sommer was crucial in the match against Werder Bremen last time out, making seven saves.
The M'gladbach manager M. Rose has got the team scoring with 31 from 14 home games in the league. On the other hand, M'gladbach have conceded 19 goals.
Union Berlin form and stats
There's been little loot from Union Berlin's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 14 away games in the Bundesliga. Union Berlin only have 3 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 2 draws. Berlin seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
There were no winners in Berlin's previous match, a Bundesliga home game that ended 1-1 vs Mainz 05 (placed 15th). Preceding that game, the 0-4 loss visiting Hertha BSC's place.
Berlin are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 14 games (in the league). The Berlin manager U. Fischer has some worries about the defense as 29 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Union Berlin - M'gladbach 2-0.Top Goalscorers
  S. Andersson 11 goals |   A. Pléa 9 goals |  M. Thuram 8 goals |
Borussia M'gladbach missing players
Union Berlin missing players
| Borussia M'gladbach | Union Berlin | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 28 |
| 16 | 9 | 5 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | 15 |
| 53 | 31 | 14 | Scored | S | 2 | 14 | 33 |
| 34 | 19 | 5 | Conceded | C | 13 | 29 | 48 |
| 89% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 93% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 93% | 93% |
| 68% | 79% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 64% | 54% |
| 43% | 50% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 36% | 32% |
| 18% | 21% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 14% | 11% |
| 68% | 86% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 64% | 54% |
| 21% | 14% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 7% | 21% |
| 21% | 7% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 29% | 25% |
| 5.1 | 5.6 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| 4.9 | 4.6 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.9 | 5.4 |
| 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 2.6 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 390 | 215 | 91 | Total Shots | T S | 40 | 155 | 330 |
| 160 | 90 | 39 | Shots on Target | S O | 15 | 47 | 108 |
| 33% | 34% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 13% | 30% | 31% |
- Borussia M'gladbach has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (11)
- Borussia M'gladbach have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Borussia M'gladbach have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Union Berlin have scored away.
- Union Berlin has the fewest points from losing position (2)
- Union Berlin have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Union Berlin have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Union Berlin 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 | 28 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 81 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 15 | 53 | 64 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 28 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 74 | 34 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 45 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 23 | 40 | 57 |
| 3 | RB Leipzig | 28 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 70 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 35 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 13 | 41 | 55 |
| 4 | Borussia M'gladbach | 28 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 53 | 34 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 19 | 53 |
| 5 | Bayer Leverkusen | 28 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 53 | 36 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 17 | 53 |
| 6 | Wolfsburg | 28 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 40 | 34 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 6 | 42 |
| 7 | Hoffenheim | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 39 | 48 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 13 | -9 | 39 |
| 8 | Freiburg | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 38 | 40 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 25 | -2 | 38 |
| 9 | Schalke 04 | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 34 | 45 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 24 | -11 | 37 |
| 10 | Hertha BSC | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 41 | 50 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 22 | -9 | 35 |
| 11 | Köln | 28 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 44 | 52 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 32 | -8 | 34 |
| 12 | Augsburg | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 40 | 54 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 31 | -14 | 31 |
| 13 | Union Berlin | 28 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 33 | 48 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 29 | -15 | 31 |
| 14 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 27 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 44 | 52 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 30 | -8 | 29 |
| 15 | Mainz 05 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 37 | 61 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 35 | -24 | 28 |
| 16 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 28 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 53 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 29 | -22 | 27 |
| 17 | Werder Bremen | 27 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 29 | 59 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 29 | -30 | 22 |
| 18 | Paderborn | 28 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 31 | 55 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 32 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 23 | -24 | 19 |