The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Borussia M'gladbach II are in the 9th position while the guesting Lippstadt 08 worry at 18th.
It's no vacation for neither M'gladbach nor Lippstadt 08 as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Borussia M'gladbach II form and stats
3-0-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Regionalliga: West numbers at home for Borussia M'gladbach II so far this season. Borussia M'gladbach II are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Grenzlandstadion, having lost their two previous games here.
The Borussia M'gladbach II fans got no joy from their last match, a Regionalliga: West game also here at Grenzlandstadion: A 0-2 defeat against Rot-Weiss Essen (placed 1st). In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Rot Weiss Ahlen.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for M'gladbach as they are travelling to their away game against Fortuna Dusseldorf II in the Regionalliga: West. That match is four days after this one.
The M'gladbach manager H. Vogel has got the team scoring with 10 from 5 home games in the league. On the other hand, M'gladbach have conceded 6 goals.
Lippstadt 08 form and stats
As the visiting team in Regionalliga: West matches, Lippstadt 08 have produced an overall stat of 1-4-0 so far. Lippstadt 08 are desperate to end a 13-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Homberg fixture. The awayteam now has four consecutive draws when travelling away from home.
Lippstadt are looking to quickly end their 194 minutes long goal drought in the Regionalliga: West.
The manager F. Bechtold was unhappy after their last game, a Regionalliga: West match played at their home ground Stadion am Bruchbaum. Lippstadt 08 suffered a 0-4 loss to Borussia Dortmund II (placed 2nd). Preceding that, the 0-4 home loss versus Preuen Munster.
As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Borussia Dortmund II was particularly ugly (0-4). The humiliation is still top of mind.
A quick return to home after this game, as Lippstadt are hosting Rot-Wei Oberhausen in the Regionalliga: West only four days away.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Lippstadt have scored 5 goals in 5 league games away. It's not easy to score on Lippstadt as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last six meetings between these two teams are: four wins for M'gladbach, two draws and zero wins for Lippstadt 08. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: one game.Top Goalscorers
  T. Kraus 4 goals |   G. Kaiser 4 goals |  J. Steinkötter 3 goals |
Borussia M'gladbach II missing players
Lippstadt 08 missing players
| Borussia M'gladbach II | Lippstadt 08 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 14 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 19 | 10 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 15 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 25 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 60% | 86% |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 60% | 79% |
| 64% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 57% |
| 27% | 20% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 43% |
| 18% | 20% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 73% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 50% |
| 18% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 60% | 21% |
| 9% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 40% | 43% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.1 | 0.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.6 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 55 | 12 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 4 | 17 | 60 |
| 23 | 8 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 1 | 6 | 20 |
| 83% | 125% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 83% | 60% |
- All of Borussia M'gladbach II's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Borussia M'gladbach II haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Lippstadt 08 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Lippstadt 08 have not yet lost a 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 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 17 | 31 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund II | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 21 | 29 |
| 3 | Preuen Munster | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 26 |
| 4 | Fortuna Dusseldorf II | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 25 |
| 5 | Köln II | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 24 |
| 6 | Fortuna Köln | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 22 |
| 7 | Schalke 04 II | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 |
| 8 | Rodinghausen | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 19 |
| 9 | Borussia M'gladbach II | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 17 |
| 10 | Alemannia Aachen | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17 |
| 11 | Wegberg-Beeck | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | -1 | 17 |
| 12 | Wiedenbrück | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 16 |
| 13 | Rot-Wei Oberhausen | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -4 | 14 |
| 14 | SV 1919 Straelen | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 13 |
| 15 | Wuppertaler SV | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -6 | 12 |
| 16 | Sportfreunde Lotte | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 21 | -16 | 12 |
| 17 | Homberg | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -13 | 11 |
| 18 | Lippstadt 08 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | -13 | 10 |
| 19 | Bonner SC | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -14 | 10 |
| 20 | Bergisch Gladbach | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -12 | 8 |
| 21 | Rot Weiss Ahlen | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 19 | -16 | 6 |
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