The Numbers Game: Matchday 15

Some sad, some odd and some encouraging records.

100. After already missing 100+ sitters much earlier in his career, Kevin Kuranyi now scored his 100th Bundesliga goal on Sunday. He scored it against Hertha, mind you, but congratulations anyway! He is the 47th player in the history of the Bundesliga to score 100 or more goals. Kuranyi joins Claudio Pizzaro (123) and Miroslav Klose (117), who are the only other active strikers with more goals.

4. Bochum’s striker Diego Klimowicz picked up his fourth straight red card in his Bundesliga career on Saturday. Oddly enough all four red cards where awarded by the same referee: Lutz Wagner. Klimowicz’ team mate Marcel Maltritz offered the following explanation: “Maybe Diego pinched his wife at some point.”

42. Borussia Mönchengladbach travelled to Munich 42 times in their Bundesliga history. They won only once on October 14th 1995 (2-1). With a different set of goalkeepers on both sides, Gladbach would have had a good chance to grab their second victory. A Holger Badstuber freekick eventually ended the hopes of at least a draw for the foals. It was Badstuber’s first Bundesliga goal.

7. Hamburg failed to win their last seven Bundesliga games, drawing five and losing two. The feared and predicted second half of the season collapse comes early this time around and maybe it’s over until new year.

37. 37 goals have been scored in Wolfsburg’s home games this season. The highest of any Bundesliga club and as Wolfsburg fans will point out, way too many of those were contributed by the visiting teams.

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