Struggling Fortuna Düsseldorf will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Borussia M'gladbach in the upcoming league round. It’s 16th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
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.
Fortuna Düsseldorf form and stats
When playing at home in the Bundesliga, Fortuna Düsseldorf have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 10 games.
The home team returns to Merkur Spiel-Arena after being equal after 90 minutes with Wolfsburg (placed 10th) on their last time out; the Bundesliga game ended 1-1. Before that match, a DFB Pokal win away at Kaiserslautern.
Fortuna Düsseldorf aren't scoring a lot here at Merkur Spiel-Arena in the league, with only 9 goals from 10 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 16 goals have been conceded.
Borussia M'gladbach form and stats
Playing away, Borussia M'gladbach have won 4 games, drawn 2 and suffered 4 defeats in the Bundesliga this season.
Borussia M'gladbach has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to RB Leipzig for a Bundesliga game that ended a draw (2-2). That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Mainz 05.
Drawing 2-2 against RB Leipzig after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager M. Rose needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result. seven saves made goalkeeper Yann Sommer a hero against RB Leipzig, contributing heavily to the draw after 90 minutes.
Borussia M'gladbach are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 10 games (in the league). 11 goals have been conceded by Borussia M'gladbach in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Borussia M'gladbach - Fortuna Düsseldorf 2-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last eight meetings): Fortuna Düsseldorf won three games, one match ended with a draw and Borussia M'gladbach has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / fourTop Goalscorers
  R. Hennings 11 goals |   A. Pléa 8 goals |  B. Embolo 6 goals |
Fortuna Düsseldorf missing players
Borussia M'gladbach missing players
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | Borussia M'gladbach | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 20 | 9 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 12 | 38 |
| 42 | 16 | 10 | Conceded | C | 1 | 11 | 23 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 90% | 90% |
| 90% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 70% | 80% |
| 62% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 65% |
| 29% | 20% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 20% | 40% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 57% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 40% | 60% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 30% | 25% |
| 33% | 30% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 40% | 25% |
| 4.2 | 4.8 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 5.2 | 5.3 |
| 5.4 | 4.7 | 6.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.7 | 5.2 | 5 |
| 2.6 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 261 | 135 | 30 | Total Shots | T S | 43 | 118 | 275 |
| 72 | 35 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 15 | 44 | 112 |
| 28% | 26% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 27% | 34% |
- Fortuna Düsseldorf has the fewest scored goals (20)
- Fortuna Düsseldorf has the fewest scored goals in the second half (11)
- Fortuna Düsseldorf have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Fortuna Düsseldorf 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 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 58 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 35 | 43 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 53 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 28 | 42 |
| 3 | Borussia Dortmund | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 59 | 32 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 27 | 39 |
| 4 | Borussia M'gladbach | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 39 |
| 5 | Bayer Leverkusen | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 37 |
| 6 | Schalke 04 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 32 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 35 |
| 7 | Hoffenheim | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | -1 | 33 |
| 8 | Freiburg | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 0 | 32 |
| 9 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 37 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 28 |
| 10 | Wolfsburg | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -1 | 28 |
| 11 | Union Berlin | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 25 | 32 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 21 | -7 | 26 |
| 12 | Augsburg | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 33 | 44 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 27 | -11 | 26 |
| 13 | Köln | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 27 | 38 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 26 | -11 | 23 |
| 14 | Hertha BSC | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | -12 | 23 |
| 15 | Mainz 05 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 31 | 48 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 28 | -17 | 21 |
| 16 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 42 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 26 | -22 | 17 |
| 17 | Werder Bremen | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 48 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 24 | -23 | 17 |
| 18 | Paderborn | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 26 | 45 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -19 | 16 |