Record against Arminia Bielefeld
Overall: 38 games, 19 wins, 10 draws, 9 defeats, 67:45 goal difference
In Bundesliga 2: 3 games, 3 wins, 7:3 goal difference
Last time out
VfB won 1-0 in the reverse fixture on Matchday 8 of this season thanks to Hamadi Al Ghaddioui’s goal.
Familiar faces
Roberto Massimo and Pascal Stenzel come up against their former side for the second time this season. Massimo came through the Bielefeld academy and went on to make 11 first-team appearances in Bundesliga 2, while Stenzel also played as a youngster at Bielefeld from 2006 to 2011.
On the opposite side, Sven Schipplock made 12 Bundesliga appearances for VfB between January 2008 and summer 2011.
Positive record
VfB have won all of their three previous encounters with Arminia Bielefeld in the second tier (including two at the Schüco-Arena), scoring seven goals in the process. VfB are also unbeaten in their last seven matches against the Blues overall.
A force at home
Monday’s match is a meeting between the best home team in the league (VfB, 30 points from 12 games) and the best away side (Bielefeld, 27 points from 12 games). Pellegrino Matarazzo’s men have won each of their last six matches on home turf, recording clean sheets in the last three.
