Bundesliga preview: Can Borussia Mönchengladbach edge out victory against SC Freiburg?

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sun 05.December
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion im BORUSSIA-PARK (54057 seats)

Big-shot SC Freiburg come to Borussia Mönchengladbach after their 1-2-result against Bochum. Check out our broad match preview!

Insights:
  • Borussia Mönchengladbach have not yet lost a game at home.
  • SC Freiburg have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Bundesliga

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Borussia Mönchengladbach form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadion im BORUSSIA-PARK as Borussia Mönchengladbach have scored 12 goals to get 14 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the Bundesliga are 4-2-0 (wins-draws-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Stadion im BORUSSIA-PARK.

Mönchengladbach lost their last game at Köln (placed 10th) after a 1-4 scoreline. The talented striker Jonas Hofmann bested all the other players in that fixture and received a match rating of 7.22 out of 10. Hofmann scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 29 successful passes (of 34 total).

Ahead of that match, Mönchengladbach won a home game hosting SpVgg Greuther Fürth (4-0).

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 three games) they have won two times, drawn zero and lost one.

The Mönchengladbach manager A. Hütter has got the team scoring with 12 from 6 home games in the league. Mönchengladbach have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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SC Freiburg form and stats

As the visiting team in Bundesliga matches, SC Freiburg, who have the most clean sheets (3) away in Bundesliga, have produced an overall stat of 3-2-2 so far. Three has not been a lucky number for Freiburg as they have been defeated three times in a row since the SpVgg Greuther Fürth match.

Two away games in a row for Freiburg, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Bochum in the Bundesliga. Vincenzo Grifo got a match rating of 8.25 in that game, top player of the team. Grifo served one assist, hit seven key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

A loss against Eintracht Frankfurt was the result prior to that, in a home game.

SC Freiburg are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is five wins, five draws and five defeats. From a total of 15 matches.

Freiburg have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 7 league away games 9 goals have been scored. Freiburg have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Borussia Mönchengladbach-SC Freiburg H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Borussia Mönchengladbach four wins, SC Freiburg four wins, two draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Borussia MönchengladbachJ. Hofmann
J. Hofmann
7 goals
Borussia MönchengladbachA. Pléa
A. Pléa
3 goals
SC FreiburgP. Lienhart
P. Lienhart
3 goals

Borussia Mönchengladbach missing players

SC Freiburg missing players

Borussia Mönchengladbach SC Freiburg
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 6 2 Played P 2 7 13
5 4 1 Won W 1 3 6
3 2 1 Drew D 1 2 4
5 0 0 Lost L 0 2 3
18 12 2 Scored S 2 9 19
18 4 1 Conceded C 0 7 13
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 71% 85%
77% 83% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 71% 85%
54% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 57% 54%
38% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 15%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 8%
62% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 57% 62%
15% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 100% 43% 31%
23% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 29% 23%
 
5.4 6 4 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 5.6 5.5
4.2 3.7 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5.3 4.8
2.1 2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 1 0.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15.9 18 12.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 13.7 13.9
5.2 5.8 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 5.1 4.8
26% 34% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 25% 30%
 
11.8 11.3 14.5 Shots against (avg) S A 14 15.4 14.1
4.8 4 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 5.1 4.4
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • Borussia Mönchengladbach have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Borussia Mönchengladbach have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Borussia Mönchengladbach have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Borussia Mönchengladbach haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • SC Freiburg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • SC Freiburg have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Bundesliga
  • SC Freiburg have the most clean sheets (3) away in Bundesliga

  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 13 10 1 2 42 13 7 6 0 1 23 5 6 4 1 1 19 8 29 31
2 Borussia Dortmund 13 10 0 3 33 19 7 7 0 0 21 9 6 3 0 3 12 10 14 30
3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 13 7 3 3 28 18 6 3 0 3 10 11 7 4 3 0 18 7 10 24
4 SC Freiburg 13 6 4 3 19 13 6 3 2 1 10 6 7 3 2 2 9 7 6 22
5 TSG Hoffenheim 13 6 2 5 27 20 6 4 1 1 14 5 7 2 1 4 13 15 7 20
6 FC Union Berlin 13 5 5 3 20 19 7 4 2 1 10 7 6 1 3 2 10 12 1 20
7 Wolfsburg 13 6 2 5 15 17 7 3 1 3 6 9 6 3 1 2 9 8 -2 20
8 RB Leipzig 13 5 3 5 24 16 7 5 0 2 21 9 6 0 3 3 3 7 8 18
9 Mainz 05 13 5 3 5 17 14 7 3 3 1 11 5 6 2 0 4 6 9 3 18
10 Köln 13 4 6 3 22 22 7 4 3 0 17 9 6 0 3 3 5 13 0 18
11 Borussia Mönchengladbach 13 5 3 5 18 18 6 4 2 0 12 4 7 1 1 5 6 14 0 18
12 Eintracht Frankfurt 13 4 6 3 16 17 6 1 4 1 6 6 7 3 2 2 10 11 -1 18
13 Bochum 13 5 1 7 12 20 6 4 1 1 9 4 7 1 0 6 3 16 -8 16
14 Hertha BSC 13 4 2 7 13 27 6 2 2 2 7 7 7 2 0 5 6 20 -14 14
15 VfB Stuttgart 13 3 4 6 18 23 7 3 1 3 14 11 6 0 3 3 4 12 -5 13
16 Augsburg 13 3 4 6 12 22 6 3 1 2 9 11 7 0 3 4 3 11 -10 13
17 Arminia Bielefeld 13 1 6 6 9 19 7 0 4 3 5 12 6 1 2 3 4 7 -10 9
18 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 13 0 1 12 11 39 6 0 1 5 6 15 7 0 0 7 5 24 -28 1

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