A classic home victory, the away team steals the points or a point each? Everything is possible when the mid-table teams Borussia Mönchengladbach and FC Köln duel at Stadion im BORUSSIA-PARK.
- Borussia Mönchengladbach have the fewest scored goals in the second half (13) in Bundesliga
- FC Köln haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
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 Mönchengladbach form and stats
Borussia Mönchengladbach have played 14 Bundesliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-4-4 (wins-draws-losses).
It's back home for Borussia Mönchengladbach, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Greuther Furth away with the result 2-0. Pléa and Thuram found the net in that victory. Pléa, who usually features in attack, was the declared top player for the team in that fixture, receiving a rating of 8.84 (out of 10). Pléa scored one goal, served one assist and hit five key passes.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus FSV Mainz 05 that ended 1-1.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 Mönchengladbach have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found five games) they have won one time, drawn one and lost three.
A decent goal production from Borussia Mönchengladbach in their home games so far, with 24 goals from 14 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Borussia Mönchengladbach defense is not exactly impregnable. 22 goals conceded from 14 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
FC Köln form and stats
The visitors are W3-D6-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Bundesliga.
The regulars enjoyed Köln's previous match versus FSV Mainz 05 (placed 10th), a 3-2 win played at home. An amazing comeback from FC Köln last time out, trailing 0-2 before rallying an inspired fight which eventually led to Kilian scoring the winning goal in the 82nd minute. Kilian was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.22. The defender Kilian scored one goal and won 5 of 9 duels.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Union Berlin wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.FC Köln are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, three draws and four defeats. From a total of eight matches.
FC Köln are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 14 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Köln struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 24 goals conceded from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two combatants have fought earlier this season: FC Köln - Borussia Mönchengladbach 4-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Borussia Mönchengladbach victories, zero draws and four FC Köln wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Modeste 15 goals |   J. Hofmann 8 goals |  A. Pléa 8 goals |
Borussia Mönchengladbach missing players
FC Köln missing players
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | FC Köln | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 12 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 41 | 24 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 17 | 41 |
| 52 | 22 | 7 | Conceded | C | 5 | 24 | 43 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 90% | 93% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 86% | 79% |
| 59% | 64% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 43% | 48% |
| 41% | 43% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 43% | 45% |
| 24% | 21% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 21% | 17% |
| 66% | 71% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 71% | 66% |
| 17% | 21% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 7% | 14% |
| 17% | 7% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 21% | 21% |
| 4.9 | 5.1 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.4 | 5 |
| 4.6 | 3.8 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 5.3 | 5.1 |
| 1.9 | 2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15.4 | 17.3 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 11.7 | 13.2 |
| 5.3 | 5.9 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.7 | 4.5 |
| 26% | 29% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 33% | 32% |
| 14 | 13.4 | 13.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.2 | 13.2 | 12.7 |
| 5.4 | 4.9 | 5.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.6 |
- Borussia Mönchengladbach have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Borussia Mönchengladbach have the fewest scored goals in the second half (13) in Bundesliga
- Borussia Mönchengladbach haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- FC Köln haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
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| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FC Bayern München | 29 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 86 | 29 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 43 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 17 | 57 | 69 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 29 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 70 | 42 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 20 | 28 | 60 |
| 3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 28 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 68 | 42 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 21 | 26 | 51 |
| 4 | RB Leipzig | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 61 | 31 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 35 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 16 | 30 | 48 |
| 5 | Freiburg | 28 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 44 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 45 |
| 6 | Hoffenheim | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 50 | 42 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 8 | 44 |
| 7 | Union Berlin | 29 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 38 | 39 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 25 | -1 | 44 |
| 8 | FC Köln | 29 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 41 | 43 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 24 | -2 | 43 |
| 9 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 39 | 38 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 1 | 39 |
| 10 | FSV Mainz 05 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 43 | 36 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 28 | 7 | 38 |
| 11 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 41 | 52 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 30 | -11 | 37 |
| 12 | Bochum | 28 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 30 | 40 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 26 | -10 | 35 |
| 13 | VfL Wolfsburg | 29 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 33 | 45 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 26 | -12 | 34 |
| 14 | FC Augsburg | 29 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 34 | 46 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 26 | -12 | 32 |
| 15 | VfB Stuttgart | 29 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 36 | 53 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 30 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -17 | 27 |
| 16 | Arminia Bielefeld | 29 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 23 | 43 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 25 | -20 | 26 |
| 17 | Hertha BSC | 29 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 31 | 66 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 31 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 35 | -35 | 26 |
| 18 | Greuther Furth | 29 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 72 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 46 | -48 | 16 |
