Borussia Mönchengladbach vs VfL Bochum

Borussia Mönchengladbach have won all of their last four Bundesliga matches against VfL Bochum, their longest current winning streak against any current BL team. Gladbach scored eight goals in the two duels last season - more than against any other team in 2023-24 - and the first-round clash in 2024-25 ended 2-0 in favour of the Foals.

Borussia Mönchengladbach are winless in their last six Bundesliga matches against a bottom-placed teams such as VfL Bochum (D4 L2) since a 2-0 win at Greuther Fürth in April 2022 - of the current Bundesliga clubs, only Bochum themselves are currently winless for longer against bottom-placed teams (7 matches).

Borussia Mönchengladbach have lost three Bundesliga games in a row for the first time since November/December 2021 (4 at the time) and started a new calendar year with three defeats for the first time since 2014 - putting Gladbach in last place of the 2025 BL standings. Currently, no team in the league has been waiting longer for a win than BMG (3 games, like Dortmund and Bremen).

Borussia Mönchengladbach are winless in 14 consecutive Bundesliga matches on Saturday evenings (D5 L9) - it is the longest such streak across the league since this match slot was introduced in 2009-10. VfL Bochum have not won any of their five Bundesliga top matches (D3 L2).

With 10 points after 18 games, VfL Bochum are playing their second weakest Bundesliga season so far (1992-93: 9 points). However, VfL have picked up eight points from their last five BL games (W2 D2 L1), the same amount as in the previous 18 BL games combined. In the 3-3 draw against Leipzig, Bochum recovered from a three-goal deficit for the first time since August 2009 - back then against Gladbach.