Bundesliga Gameweek 26 Fri, Mar 13 · 19:30 BORUSSIA-PARK, Mönchengladbach
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Our take

Borussia Mönchengladbach were slight favourites.

Borussia Mönchengladbach were the stronger side on L90 Strength (41 vs 30). Borussia Mönchengladbach had 7 days of rest, FC St. Pauli 5.2 and had to travel 357 km.

Away travel357 kmRest days7 · 5.2Matches / 14d2 · 2
Borussia Mönchengladbach52%
Draw25%
FC St. Pauli23%
Expected goals 1.70 – 1.05
Borussia Mönchengladbach51%
Draw25%
FC St. Pauli24%
Expected goals 1.67 – 1.07
Borussia Mönchengladbach51%
Draw26%
FC St. Pauli23%
Expected goals 1.67 – 1.05
Borussia Mönchengladbach44%
Draw27%
FC St. Pauli29%
Expected goals 1.51 – 1.18
Borussia Mönchengladbach51%
Draw26%
FC St. Pauli23%
Expected goals 1.63 – 1.02
Over 2.5 52% Both score 54% Likeliest score 1–1
Rebuilt after the match from pre-match Elo. Real context is the full LOAD90 forecast; Strength only is Elo and home edge alone. How it works.
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Referee · GermanyDaniel Schlager
  • Cards per match 4.5
  • Penalties per match 0.29
  • Matches 89

Team strength

Borussia MönchengladbachFC St. Pauli
41 L90 StrengthIn forecast 30
36 Current StrengthIn forecast 24
34 AttackIn forecast 20
21 DefenceIn forecast 23
— Form indexContext —
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

Borussia Mönchengladbach

Attack—
Defense risk—

FC St. Pauli

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

Borussia MönchengladbachFC St. Pauli
1.12 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 0.92
1.72 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.60
1.26 xGVia Att/Def 0.82
1.48 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.39
-0.14 Goals minus xGContext +0.10
60% Scored inContext 60%
36% Clean sheetsContext 20%
11.40 ShotsContext 10.04
4.52 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 3.46
37% On target shareContext 33%
7.92 Shots in the boxContext 5.96
67% Box shareContext 56%
10% ConversionContext 9%
2.20 OffsidesContext 2.53
13.96 Shots allowedContext 11.20
5.48 On target allowedVia Att/Def 5.00
3.28 BlocksContext 3.30
3.80 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.54
69% Save rateContext 70%
46% PossessionIn forecast 44%
426 PassesContext 416
353 Accurate passesContext 327
83% Pass accuracyContext 79%
6.78 Team ratingContext 6.75
10.36 FoulsContext 9.80
10.44 Fouls sufferedContext 9.88
1.44 Yellow cardsContext 1.40
0.08 Red cardsContext 0.04
This league season, per match · 25 and 25 games
1.00 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.00
1.90 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.40
1.25 xGVia Att/Def 0.91
1.65 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.43
-0.25 Goals minus xGContext +0.09
70% Scored inContext 70%
30% Clean sheetsContext 30%
11.50 ShotsContext 9.90
4.56 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 3.40
36% On target shareContext 34%
7.40 Shots in the boxContext 6.56
63% Box shareContext 61%
9% ConversionContext 10%
1.71 OffsidesContext 2.50
14.60 Shots allowedContext 10.70
6.50 On target allowedVia Att/Def 4.90
3.00 BlocksContext 2.44
4.90 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.50
75% Save rateContext 71%
46% PossessionIn forecast 39%
421 PassesContext 373
347 Accurate passesContext 285
82% Pass accuracyContext 76%
6.69 Team ratingContext 6.81
10.70 FoulsContext 9.30
10.80 Fouls sufferedContext 9.80
1.60 Yellow cardsContext 1.20
0.10 Red cardsContext 0.00
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

Borussia Mönchengladbach
Rest7 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d2all competitions
Travel0 km1,002 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.
FC St. Pauli
Rest5.2 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d2all competitions
Travel357 km968 km in 14d
Schedule load6%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
Borussia Mönchengladbach FC St. Pauli
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Low · 6
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match7Bundesliga 2025-2026, 6 Mar5.2Bundesliga 2025-2026, 8 Mar
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km357 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways1,002 km968 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days1 / 2 / 41 / 2 / 4
Next matchdays after this one7.88.9

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

Borussia Mönchengladbach Confirmed XI
3-4-2-1
33M. Nicolas(G)
4K. Diks 30N. Elvedi 16P. Sander
17J. Castrop 6Y. Engelhardt 7K. Stöger 29J. Scally
38A. Bolin 36Wael Mohya
15H. Tabaković
+5 more reported missing outside this XI
FC St. Pauli Confirmed XI
3-4-2-1
22N. Vasilj(G)
15Tomoya Ando 5H. Wahl 25A. Dźwigała
21L. Ritzka 7J. Irvine 8E. Smith 11Arkadiusz Pyrka
28M. Pereira Lage 16J. Fujita
10D. Sinani
+7 more reported missing outside this XI

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
Borussia Mönchengladbach Scores -0.03 · concedes +0.02 goals Absences are shown before kick-off
FC St. Pauli Scores -0.02 · concedes +0.06 goals Absences are shown before kick-off
Total impact vs full squads
  • Borussia Mönchengladbach+0.7 pp
  • Draw-0.3 pp
  • FC St. Pauli-0.4 pp

Home / Away this season

Borussia Mönchengladbach · Home 1.08points per game · 12 home games
W-D-L
3-4-5
Scored
1.17
Conceded
1.75
FC St. Pauli · Away 0.62points per game · 13 away games
W-D-L
2-2-9
Scored
0.77
Conceded
1.69

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Common opponents 16 this season

League games this season against teams both sides have played. A small, uneven sample: context only.

Head to head last 3 of 3 meetings

2 Borussia Mönchengladbach wins1 draws0 FC St. Pauli wins
Goals per game2.33 – 0.33 Over 2.533% Both scored33% Clean sheets67% · 0%
  • 1 Nov 2025FC St. Pauli0–4Borussia Mönchengladbach
  • 6 Apr 2025FC St. Pauli1–1Borussia Mönchengladbach
  • 24 Nov 2024Borussia Mönchengladbach2–0FC St. Pauli

All competitions, finished games before this kick-off. Shown as history: in our tests head-to-head added almost nothing on top of the model.

Referee · Daniel Schlager Germany · 89 matches before this one

Per match, all competitions

Yellow cards4.24league 3.72
Red cards0.24league 0.17
Cards 5+49%league 38%
Fouls22.5league 20.6
Penalties0.29league 0.37
Home wins55%league 45%
Borussia Mönchengladbach10 with this referee
Record2-4-4 Cards · opp.2.2 · 1.3 Pens for · against2 · 2
  • D5 Oct 25H · SC Freiburg0–03
  • W14 Dec 24H · Holstein Kiel4–11
  • W28 Sep 24H · Union Berlin1–03
  • L18 May 24A · VfB Stuttgart0–42
  • D19 Aug 23A · FC Augsburg4–42
FC St. Pauli

No previous matches with this referee.

From eScored match records before this kick-off. "league" is this league season's average; red is notably above it, green below. Cards · opp. is cards shown to the club and to its opponents per match with this referee. Context only: referees are not part of the forecast.

Goal timing

Borussia Mönchengladbach25 games · scored 28 · conceded 43
3 6 0-15
2 7 16-30
5 11 31-45
2 2 46-60
7 8 61-75
9 9 76-90
FC St. Pauli25 games · scored 23 · conceded 40
1 4 0-15
1 3 16-30
7 9 31-45
5 10 46-60
4 6 61-75
5 8 76-90
Borussia Mönchengladbach10 games · scored 10 · conceded 19
2 0-15
1 4 16-30
1 7 31-45
1 46-60
3 4 61-75
3 3 76-90
FC St. Pauli10 games · scored 10 · conceded 14
2 0-15
1 16-30
4 2 31-45
2 3 46-60
3 2 61-75
1 4 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

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