Borussia Mönchengladbach v RB Leipzig preview: Visitors can prove cut above

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 23.Sep
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion im Borussia-Park (54057 seats)

Yet another engaging fixture in the Bundesliga. Borussia Mönchengladbach is in the 14th place after participating in four games. They greet RB Leipzig who are placed 3rd after four matches.

Insights:
  • Borussia Mönchengladbach have the fewest scored goals (1) at home in Bundesliga
  • RB Leipzig have the the best goal difference (+9) in Bundesliga

RB Leipzig could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Champions League game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Young Boys, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for RB Leipzig.

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Borussia Mönchengladbach form and stats

When playing at home in the Bundesliga, Borussia Mönchengladbach have managed 0 wins, 0 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 2 games.

An away draw last time out for Borussia Mönchengladbach, facing Darmstadt 98 in a game that ended 3-3. Borussia Mönchengladbach salvaged the draw from a difficult situation against Darmstadt 98, trailing 0-3 at one point. Not giving up resulted in Čvančara equalizing. Čvančara was able to secure the draw 3-3 in the game against Darmstadt 98 after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? Midfielder Neuhaus was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.61 (out of ten) in that game. Neuhaus scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 38 successful passes (of 41 total).

Preceding that match was a defeat to Bayer Leverkusen (0-3).

Early season league goal statistics from Borussia Mönchengladbach's 2 home games: {1 goals}, 5 conceded. When Mönchengladbach hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Darmstadt 98, Bochum, Köln, Augsburg and Mainz 05), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.

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RB Leipzig form and stats

Things could have gone better for RB Leipzig in their Bundesliga away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. RB Leipzig goalkeeper Janis Blaswich is eager to challenge this, with his 235 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

Two away matches in a row for RB Leipzig, whose manager Rose could celebrate last time after the Champions League win against Young Boys. Midfielder Schlager was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.1. Schlager scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Prior to that match, a home win 3-0 against Augsburg in the Bundesliga.

The schedule is very tough for Leipzig now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A DFB Pokal game at Wehen Wiesbaden is waiting in only four days.

It's early days yet, but RB Leipzig has scored 5 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Borussia Mönchengladbach victories, one draw and six RB Leipzig wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Borussia MönchengladbachT. Čvančara
T. Čvančara
3 goals
RB LeipzigX. Simons
X. Simons
3 goals
RB LeipzigL. Openda
L. Openda
3 goals

Borussia Mönchengladbach missing players

RB Leipzig missing players

Borussia Mönchengladbach RB Leipzig
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
4 2 2 Played P 0 2 4
0 0 0 Won W 0 1 3
2 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
2 2 2 Lost L 0 1 1
8 1 1 Scored S 0 5 13
12 5 5 Conceded C 0 3 4
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 50%
50% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 50%
75% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 50%
25% 50% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4.8 3 3 Corners for (avg) C F 0 6 4.2
9.2 11.5 11.5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3.5 4.2
1.2 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.5 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.8 9.5 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 0 14 14.2
5.2 2.5 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 7 7.8
38% 20% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 36% 42%
 
21 24.5 24.5 Shots against (avg) S A 0 7 9.8
8.5 9.5 9.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4 4.2
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • Borussia Mönchengladbach have the fewest scored goals (1) at home in Bundesliga
  • Borussia Mönchengladbach have the the worst goal difference (-4) at home in Bundesliga
  • RB Leipzig have the most scored goals in the second half (9) in Bundesliga
  • RB Leipzig have the the best goal difference (+9) in Bundesliga
Borussia Mönchengladbach Last season RB Leipzig
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
11 10   Won W   7 20
10 3   Drew D   4 6
13 4   Lost L   6 8
52 33   Scored S   26 64
55 18   Conceded C   23 41
88% 88%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 97%
76% 71%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   76% 85%
62% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   59% 68%
47% 47%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 32%
24% 24%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   12% 15%
59% 47%   BTTS BTTS   53% 56%
26% 41%   Clean Sheets C S   24% 29%
26% 24%   Failed to Score F T   29% 18%
 
4.4 5.1   Corners for (avg) C F   5.1 4.9
5.3 4.2   Corners against (avg) C A   3.2 3.5
1.8 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2
3 2   Red cards R C   1 2
 
12 14.6   Shots (avg) S (   15.9 14.7
5.2 6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.6 5.8
29% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   27% 33%
 
14.9 12.5   Shots against (avg) S A   9.6 9.3
5.7 4.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.1 3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bayer Leverkusen 4 3 1 0 13 5 2 2 0 0 8 3 2 1 1 0 5 2 8 10
2 Bayern München 4 3 1 0 11 4 2 1 1 0 5 3 2 2 0 0 6 1 7 10
3 RB Leipzig 4 3 0 1 13 4 2 2 0 0 8 1 2 1 0 1 5 3 9 9
4 Stuttgart 4 3 0 1 14 6 2 2 0 0 10 0 2 1 0 1 4 6 8 9
5 Hoffenheim 4 3 0 1 10 6 2 1 0 1 4 3 2 2 0 0 6 3 4 9
6 VfL Wolfsburg 4 3 0 1 7 5 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 9
7 Borussia Dortmund 4 2 2 0 8 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 5 3 3 8
8 Union Berlin 4 2 0 2 9 7 2 1 0 1 4 4 2 1 0 1 5 3 2 6
9 Eintracht Frankfurt 4 1 3 0 4 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 6
10 Freiburg 4 2 0 2 5 10 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 1 0 1 2 6 -5 6
11 Heidenheim 4 1 1 2 8 9 2 1 0 1 6 5 2 0 1 1 2 4 -1 4
12 Werder Bremen 4 1 0 3 6 9 2 1 0 1 4 4 2 0 0 2 2 5 -3 3
13 Bochum 4 0 3 1 4 9 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 2 7 -5 3
14 Borussia Mönchengladbach 4 0 2 2 8 12 2 0 0 2 1 5 2 0 2 0 7 7 -4 2
15 Augsburg 4 0 2 2 7 12 2 0 2 0 6 6 2 0 0 2 1 6 -5 2
16 Köln 4 0 1 3 3 7 2 0 0 2 2 5 2 0 1 1 1 2 -4 1
17 Darmstadt 98 4 0 1 3 5 13 2 0 1 1 4 7 2 0 0 2 1 6 -8 1
18 Mainz 05 4 0 1 3 3 12 2 0 1 1 2 4 2 0 0 2 1 8 -9 1
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 21 8 5 92 38 17 11 5 1 53 17 17 10 3 4 39 21 54 71
2 Borussia Dortmund 34 22 5 7 83 44 17 14 2 1 55 17 17 8 3 6 28 27 39 71
3 RB Leipzig 34 20 6 8 64 41 17 13 2 2 38 18 17 7 4 6 26 23 23 66
4 Union Berlin 34 18 8 8 51 38 17 11 6 0 30 11 17 7 2 8 21 27 13 62
5 Freiburg 34 17 8 9 51 44 17 10 4 3 28 13 17 7 4 6 23 31 7 59
6 Bayer Leverkusen 34 14 8 12 57 49 17 8 3 6 35 23 17 6 5 6 22 26 8 50
7 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 13 11 10 58 52 17 9 5 3 35 18 17 4 6 7 23 34 6 50
8 VfL Wolfsburg 34 13 10 11 57 48 17 6 7 4 34 25 17 7 3 7 23 23 9 49
9 Mainz 05 34 12 10 12 54 55 17 6 6 5 31 25 17 6 4 7 23 30 -1 46
10 Borussia Mönchengladbach 34 11 10 13 52 55 17 10 3 4 33 18 17 1 7 9 19 37 -3 43
11 Köln 34 10 12 12 49 54 17 6 5 6 28 20 17 4 7 6 21 34 -5 42
12 Hoffenheim 34 10 6 18 48 57 17 7 2 8 28 29 17 3 4 10 20 28 -9 36
13 Werder Bremen 34 10 6 18 51 64 17 5 2 10 26 28 17 5 4 8 25 36 -13 36
14 Bochum 34 10 5 19 40 72 17 8 2 7 28 32 17 2 3 12 12 40 -32 35
15 Augsburg 34 9 7 18 42 63 17 6 4 7 16 24 17 3 3 11 26 39 -21 34
16 Stuttgart 34 7 12 15 45 57 17 5 6 6 23 22 17 2 6 9 22 35 -12 33
17 Schalke 04 34 7 10 17 35 71 17 5 5 7 23 36 17 2 5 10 12 35 -36 31
18 Hertha BSC 34 7 8 19 42 69 17 5 6 6 24 27 17 2 2 13 18 42 -27 29

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