Borussia Mönchengladbach vs SC Freiburg

Borussia Mönchengladbach are winless in their last seven Bundesliga games against SC Freiburg (D4, L3) and have lost back-to-back top-flight clashes with them for the first time. The Foals have failed to score in each of their last three Bundesliga home games against Freiburg – they have never drawn a blank in four consecutive Bundesliga home fixtures against a single opponent.

Borussia Mönchengladbach are unbeaten in their last three Bundesliga games (W2, D1) and have claimed 10 points more (44) than their tally at the end of last season (34). The Foals have picked up 20 points since the midway mark, their best return from their first 11 games of the second half of a season since 2016/17 (22). Only Bayern München (26) and Bayer Leverkusen (24) have collected more points since matchday 18.

SC Freiburg are on a five-game wait for a Bundesliga win for the first time under Julian Schuster (D3, L2) – this is also the longest ongoing winless streak of any top-flight side. SC have conceded eight goals in their last three matches (after a run of 6 straight clean sheets) – only VfL Bochum have shipped more (10).

While Borussia Mönchengladbach have lost two of their last three Bundesliga home games (W1), SC Freiburg are unbeaten in their last four away matches (W2, D2) – they last went on a longer undefeated streak on their travels two years ago (5 games from February to April 2023).

Borussia Mönchengladbach have scored 11 headed goals in the Bundesliga this season, a joint league high together with FC Bayern (SC Freiburg: 9, joint 4th most). Meanwhile, SC Freiburg have conceded 10 goals from headers – only Holstein Kiel have let in more (14), while the Foals have conceded a league low of one.