Borussia Mönchengladbach vs Hamburger SV

Hamburger SV return to the Bundesliga after seven years and face Borussia Mönchengladbach, the opponent against whom the Red Shorts played their last Bundesliga game (won 2-1 home). HSV has already faced Borussia Mönchengladbach 100 times in the top flight (W40, D26, L34). In the last seven meetings, Hamburg has lost only once, albeit in their last away game in the Bundesliga against the Foals (1-3).

Hamburger SV won their last five opening games in the 2nd division, after having only won one of its nine previous opening games in the 1st and 2nd Bundesliga combined (D4 L4) – this win was on MD1 of the 2017/18 BL season against Augsburg (1-0).

Borussia Mönchengladbach have won only one of its last six Bundesliga opening matches (D3 L2) –a win at the start of the 2022/23 Bundesliga season at home against TSG Hoffenheim (3-1). The Foals have lost their first Bundesliga home game of the season twice in a row, a feat they have never experienced in more consecutive Bundesliga seasons.

Borussia Mönchengladbach have lost only one of its last 10 Bundesliga matches against newly promoted teams (W3 D6). Gladbach are unbeaten in eight home matches against newly promoted teams (W5 D3) – their last home defeat against a newly promoted team was against VfB Stuttgart (1-2) in mid-May 2021.

Borussia Mönchengladbach have finished in the bottom half of the table four times in a row – in the previous 10 seasons, the Foals had always finished in the top half. Besides Gladbach, only FC Augsburg and VfL Bochum have finished in the bottom half in each of the last four Bundesliga seasons.