Real Madrid vs Borussia Monchengladbach UEFA Champions League Match Preview or Key Statistics 🔥
Real Madrid have only lost one of their previous five meetings with Borussia Mönchengladbach in European competition, however they have also only won one of the games, with three of the five ending in draws.
This will be Borussia Mönchengladbach’s first away game against Real Madrid in European competition since December 1985, when they lost 0-4 in the second leg of the Last 16 in the 1985-86 UEFA Cup (Real Madrid progressed from the tie on away goals, with the aggregate score at 5-5).
The previous five games between Real Madrid and Borussia Mönchengladbach have seen 20 goals scored, at an average of four per game. Both teams have netted 10 goals in total against each other.
Real Madrid have lost two of their five UEFA Champions League matches this season – they have never lost three in a single group stage in the competition.
Borussia Mönchengladbach are looking to reach the UEFA Champions League knockout phase for the first time at the third attempt, failing in 2015/16 and 2016/17 – if they avoid defeat, they will go through.
Real Madrid go into this match in third-place, although a win would see them through into the next round. Should they be eliminated, it would be the first time they’ve ever gone out in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League, having progressed from all 28 of their previous group stages in the tournament.
Real Madrid have lost four of their last seven UEFA Champions League matches (W2 D1) – they only lost five of their first 39 games under Zinedine Zidane in the competition (W25 D9).
In five UEFA Champions League appearances so far, Mönchengladbach striker Alassane Plea has been directly involved in eight goals (5 goals, 3 assists), at an average of one every 45 minutes.
In 13 previous seasons featuring in the UEFA Champions League as a player and manager, Zinedine Zidane has only been eliminated at the group stage once – he played four group stage games for Juventus in the first group stage in 2000/01 as they were eliminated.
Alassane Plea has scored two or more goals in two UEFA Champions League starts in a row (hat-trick vs Shakhtar, two vs Inter), he is only the third Frenchman to achieve that in the competition, after David Trezeguet (2003, Juventus) and Karim Benzema (2019, Real Madrid).
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