Borussia Dortmund were the more dangerous side in their 2-1 victory over Borussia Mönchengladbach, having twice as many shots (12-6) and dominating the balance of play. Here we bring you the facts on the match and the first half of the season.

Second-best pre-Christmas points tally: Borussia Dortmund have picked up 42 points (W13 D3 L1) in the first half of the season, which is their second-highest tally at the halfway stage ever. Only in the 2010/11 title-winning season did they have a better record at Christmas (14 wins and 43 points).

Friday night floodlights: BVB are now unbeaten in their last 26 home games on Friday nights (W19 D7). The last defeat under the floodlights on a Friday came in January 2004.

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Cream of the crop: Borussia Dortmund have beaten every other team in the top third of the table in the first half of the season: 2-1 vs. Gladbach, 3-2 vs. Bayern, 4-1 against Leipzig, 3-1 against Frankfurt and 1-0 in Wolfsburg.

Favourite foe: The victory tonight extended the winning run over Mönchengladbach to seven matches. The Foals have not lost more consecutive games to any other team.

Second-youngest: Four of the seven goals Jadon Sancho has netted have been the all-important opener. Only Timo Werner was younger (18 years and 271 days) when he scored his seventh Bundesliga goal.

Personal best: Marco Reus scored his 11th goal of the season on his 250th Bundesliga appearance. Never before has he scored so many goals in a half-season. Furthermore, that was his seventh goal in 10 games against his former club.

Returning to top form: Mario Götze was making his 200th Bundesliga appearance and set up both goals. The last time he claimed two assists in a game was in March 2015, as Bayern thrashed Bremen 4-0.

Strong at home: Lucien Favre did not lose a single one of his 13 competitive home games in the first half of the season (W11 D2).

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