Following a highly tactical opening half in which Dortmund had only two shots at goal, an improvement after the restart paved the way for the victory. In the second half, BVB won 59% of the challenges and had 11 shots to their opponent's eight. Here are the match facts.

Superior? Gladbach had 16 shots (compared to BVB's 13), but 10 of those 16 efforts were from distance.

Semi-final: Borussia Dortmund have reached the penultimate round for the first time in four years. In 2016/17, they went on to beat Frankfurt 2-1 in the final.

Even record: It was the fourth meeting between the two Borussias in the DFB Cup. Gladbach won the first two ties in 1986 and 2003, but BVB have emerged victorious in both of the last two seasons – 2-1 and 1-0 respectively.

Clean sheet: For the first time this season, BVB have kept clean sheets in three consecutive competitive games.

On target: Jadon Sancho has scored in every round of the cup: against Duisburg, Braunschweig, Paderborn and now against Gladbach. He's Borussia's top scorer in this season's competition with four goals. He had never scored in the competition before this season.

Favourite foe: Borussia Dortmund have won 13 of their past 14 competitive meetings with Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Reus to Sancho: The duo had already linked up this season to score the second goal in the 2-0 cup win in Braunschweig.

Safe hands: Marwin Hitz saved four shots from Gladbach and made a particularly strong stop to deny Bensebaini.

Career first: Mo Dahoud was red-carded for the first time in his professional career. (br)