Record from the VfB view-point (concerning all prior meetings in the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga):
Total: 39 games, 17 wins, 9 draws, 13 defeats, 70:47 goal-difference
Home: 20 games, 13 wins, 5 draws, 2 defeats, 51:13 goal-difference
Away: 19 games, 4 wins, 4 draws, 11 defeats, 19:43 goal-difference
Clear trends
Braunschweig are five consecutive games without a win against VfB (4 defeats, 1 draw). The Lower Saxony club’s last victory over the Cannstatt Boys dates back some 32 years, to February 1985, when the Löwen secured a 3-1 home victory in the Bundesliga. In their last seven competitive games against VfB, Braunschweig have conceded some 24 goals – an average of 3,4 goals per game.
VfB have won all five of their league games since the winter break – making the Wasenelf the only team in professional football in Germany to have won all of their league games in 2017. VfB achieved an even longer run of wins in March / April 2010 (6 consecutive Bundesliga victories).
VfB captain Christian Gentner & Co. are currently top of both the home as well as the away tables in the 2. Bundesliga. The Cannstatt Boys were successful in both of their last away outings (1-0 at FC St. Pauli and 2-1 in Heidenheim.
Simon Terodde has scored more second-flight goals against Braunschweig than any other team. In eight previous clashes with the Lions, the 2. Bundesliga’s current top-scorer netted seven times.