VfL Wolfsburg and Borussia Mönchengladbach faced off in the last 16 of the DFB Cup earlier this season. If you add the final of the 1994/95 competition as well as the teams’ 47 previous Bundesliga meetings, Sunday’s clash at the Volkswagen Arena (kick-off 17:30 CEST) will be the sides’ 50th encounter in all competitions. The Wolves may have lost those two cup games but they still have their noses in front in the head-to-head stakes, having registered 22 victories to Gladbach’s 17. They have scored 72 goals in those matches, conceding 67.
More facts and stats ahead of Sunday’s home clash:
- Ralph Hasenhüttl has never lost to Gladbach as a coach, recording three wins and three draws from his six encounters with the Foals while in charge of FC Ingolstadt and RB Leipzig.
- The Green-and-Whites have a score to settle after their trip to Borussia-Park earlier this season. The 4-0 defeat was their heaviest of the campaign so far, not to mention Gladbach’s biggest win.
- The Wolves and the Foals have identical records in the second half of this season, with both registering one win, four draws and five defeats so far. Both sides have also scored 12 goals.
- Gladbach are unbeaten in their last eight league games against Wolfsburg.
- VfL last beat Borussia on 15 December 2019, when Maximilian Arnold’s stoppage-time volley earned the Wolves a 2-1 victory and knocked Gladbach off top spot in the Bundesliga.
- Two VfL players are suspended for Sunday’s game. Cedric Zesiger picked up his fifth yellow card of the campaign against Werder Bremen last weekend, while Maxence Lacroix was shown a straight red card at the Weserstadion.
