Borussia Mönchengladbach vs FC Union Berlin preview

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 22.January
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion im BORUSSIA-PARK (54057 seats)

FC Union Berlin will not ask for any pleasantries from hosting team Borussia Mönchengladbach in this Bundesliga fixture. Here's the complete preview!

Insights:
  • Borussia Mönchengladbach have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in Bundesliga
  • FC Union Berlin have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Borussia Mönchengladbach form and stats

4 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Borussia Mönchengladbach have to build on here at Stadion im BORUSSIA-PARK in the Bundesliga. It's been an uphill battle for Mönchengladbach in their home games for quite some time now, as four matches in a row are lost here. Not since the Greuther Furth game have they avoided the disappointment of defeat.

Borussia Mönchengladbach are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-3 away versus Hannover 96. Lainer (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.42/10. Lainer hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times.

Ahead of that match, Borussia Mönchengladbach lost 1-2 at home to Bayer Leverkusen.

Borussia Mönchengladbach have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadion im BORUSSIA-PARK with 15 goals in 9 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Borussia Mönchengladbach defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 11 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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FC Union Berlin form and stats

The visitors are W2-D4-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Bundesliga.

FC Union Berlin play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-2 victory visiting Hertha BSC (placed 13th). Knoche was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.63. The defender Knoche scored one goal and won 4 of 9 duels.

Before that, FC Union Berlin secured a home win against TSG Hoffenheim with the score 2-1.

Berlin have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 13 goals have been scored. FC Union Berlin have conceded 15 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

This was the final score when the teams faced each other earlier this season; FC Union Berlin - Borussia Mönchengladbach 2-1. Borussia Mönchengladbach-FC Union Berlin H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Borussia Mönchengladbach one win, FC Union Berlin two wins, two draws. two of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

FC Union BerlinT. Awoniyi
T. Awoniyi
9 goals
Borussia MönchengladbachJ. Hofmann
J. Hofmann
7 goals
Borussia MönchengladbachF. Neuhaus
F. Neuhaus
4 goals

Borussia Mönchengladbach missing players

FC Union Berlin missing players

Borussia Mönchengladbach FC Union Berlin
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
19 9 4 Played P 4 9 19
6 4 1 Won W 2 2 8
4 2 1 Drew D 1 4 7
9 3 2 Lost L 1 3 4
25 15 3 Scored S 6 13 27
35 15 9 Conceded C 5 15 24
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 89%
84% 89% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 78% 74%
63% 67% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 67% 53%
42% 44% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 44% 26%
21% 22% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 11%
68% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 78% 63%
11% 22% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 11% 32%
21% 11% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 16%
 
4.9 5.7 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 4.3 4.2
4.8 3.7 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 4.3 4.7
2 2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.1 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
15.5 18.2 15 Shots (avg) S ( 11 11.4 11.7
5.3 5.9 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.1 4.3
25% 28% 19% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 35% 33%
 
14.3 13.7 18 Shots against (avg) S A 14.8 12.4 12.7
5.4 4.9 6.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4 4
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • Borussia Mönchengladbach have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Borussia Mönchengladbach have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in Bundesliga
  • Borussia Mönchengladbach haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • FC Union Berlin have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • FC Union Berlin haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 19 15 1 3 61 18 10 8 0 2 30 8 9 7 1 1 31 10 43 46
2 Borussia Dortmund 19 13 1 5 49 29 10 9 0 1 31 13 9 4 1 4 18 16 20 40
3 Bayer Leverkusen 19 9 5 5 44 31 9 4 2 3 21 16 10 5 3 2 23 15 13 32
4 TSG Hoffenheim 19 9 4 6 39 29 9 6 2 1 21 9 10 3 2 5 18 20 10 31
5 FC Union Berlin 19 8 7 4 27 24 10 6 3 1 14 9 9 2 4 3 13 15 3 31
6 SC Freiburg 19 8 6 5 31 23 9 4 3 2 15 11 10 4 3 3 16 12 8 30
7 RB Leipzig 19 8 4 7 36 23 10 7 0 3 29 13 9 1 4 4 7 10 13 28
8 Eintracht Frankfurt 19 7 7 5 30 28 9 3 4 2 14 11 10 4 3 3 16 17 2 28
9 Köln 19 7 7 5 30 32 10 5 3 2 18 15 9 2 4 3 12 17 -2 28
10 Mainz 05 19 8 3 8 27 21 10 6 3 1 19 5 9 2 0 7 8 16 6 27
11 Bochum 19 7 2 10 17 27 9 5 2 2 11 6 10 2 0 8 6 21 -10 23
12 Borussia Mönchengladbach 19 6 4 9 25 35 9 4 2 3 15 15 10 2 2 6 10 20 -10 22
13 Hertha BSC 19 6 4 9 21 38 9 4 2 3 13 12 10 2 2 6 8 26 -17 22
14 Wolfsburg 19 6 3 10 17 30 10 3 2 5 8 14 9 3 1 5 9 16 -13 21
15 Augsburg 19 4 7 8 19 30 9 3 3 3 13 16 10 1 4 5 6 14 -11 19
16 Arminia Bielefeld 19 3 9 7 18 26 10 1 6 3 10 15 9 2 3 4 8 11 -8 18
17 VfB Stuttgart 19 4 6 9 22 33 10 3 2 5 16 20 9 1 4 4 6 13 -11 18
18 Greuther Furth 19 1 4 14 15 51 9 1 3 5 7 15 10 0 1 9 8 36 -36 7

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