Manchester City vs Borussia Monchengladbach UEFA Champions League Match Preview or Key Statistics 📊
Manchester City are unbeaten in their five games against Borussia Mönchengladbach in the UEFA Champions League (W4 D1), scoring at least two goals in each of their four victories.
Borussia Mönchengladbach’s previous trip to face Manchester City ended in what remains their joint-heaviest defeat away from home in the UEFA Champions League (0-4 v Man City and Barcelona in the 2016-17 season).
Since losing three consecutive home games in the competition between March and September 2018, Manchester City have won 10 of their last 11 UEFA Champions League outings at the Etihad Stadium (D1) - averaging 3.5 goals per game in this run.
Borussia Mönchengladbach have never previously won away to English opponents in the European Cup/UEFA Champions League (D1 L3), while they’ve conceded eight goals in the last two trips – 2-4 in 2015-16 and 0-4 in 2016-17, both against Manchester City.
Pep Guardiola’s first match in charge of Manchester City in the UEFA Champions League was a 4-0 home win against Borussia Mönchengladbach – since the start of the 2016-17 season, Guardiola’s side have won more games (16) and scored more goals (59) in home games than any other English side in the competition.
Since beating Shakhtar Donetsk 6-0 and 4-0 in consecutive UEFA Champions League games in the group stage, Borussia Mönchengladbach have lost three in a row and failed to score in the most recent two.
Since the start of the 2016-17 season, Raheem Sterling has scored 13 goals in home games for Manchester City in the UEFA Champions League (19 appearances) – the most of any player for the club and also the most by an English player in the competition in this period.
Excluding own goals, Borussia Mönchengladbach’s Alassane Plea has been directly involved in five of the team’s seven goals away from home in the UEFA Champions League this season (three goals and two assists).
Manchester City striker Sergio Agüero has scored 19 goals in 28 UEFA Champions League games during Pep Guardiola’s time in charge – if he finds the net in this game, he would equal Thomas Müller (20) and trail only Lionel Messi (43) for most goals scored in the competition while playing under Pep Guardiola.
Borussia Mönchengladbach’s Lars Stindl has netted 67% of his goals in European competition away from home (10/15), excluding qualifiers.
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