VfL Bochum vs Borussia Mönchengladbach

Borussia Mönchengladbach have won each of their last three Bundesliga games against VfL Bochum. They aren’t on a longer ongoing winning run against any other current Bundesliga side (also 3 vs. Wolfsburg). The Foals scored eight goals against Bochum in 2023/24, more than versus any other side.

Borussia Mönchengladbach lost 3-2 to Leverkusen in the first game of the new season, their first defeat on matchday 1 since 2020. The Foals last lost their opening two Bundesliga matches in 2015/16, though they still came fourth that season – they haven’t finished higher since then.

Since promotion in 2021, VfL Bochum have started all four Bundesliga seasons with a defeat. They endured a nine-game winless run to start off last season, a new negative club record, as was their five-game wait for a home win at the start of the campaign.

With 17 points apiece, Borussia Mönchengladbach and VfL Bochum have the fewest points of any Bundesliga side in 2024. Gladbach have the fewest wins of all teams this year (3, incl. vs. Bochum), while VfL have suffered the most defeats (10 – all stats exclude sides to have been relegated or promoted).

Only relegated Darmstadt (86) conceded more goals than VfL Bochum (74) and Borussia Mönchengladbach (67) in the Bundesliga last season. This was Bochum’s worst ever defensive record in the top flight, while it was Gladbach’s worst this millennium.