Augsburg vs Borussia Dortmund Bundesliga Match Preview or Key Statistics 🐞
This will be Borussia Dortmund's 1,800th Bundesliga game (and their 900th away game). They are second behind Bayern (3,772 points) in the all-time BL table with 2,878 points.
FC Augsburg have only won one of their last 10 Bundesliga games against Dortmund (D3 L6): 2-1 at home in March 2019. That victory was also their only home win against BVB (D2 L6).
Augsburg have scored in each of their last 13 Bundesliga games against Dortmund -their longest current scoring run against a side in the top-flight, while this is BVB's longest current wait for a clean sheet versus a single side.
Nine of Dortmund's last 15 Bundesliga goals against Augsburg have been scored by substitutes, with a BVB sub netting in each of the last four meetings.
Erling Haaland scored a hat-trick from off the bench on his BL debut on matchday 18 last season.
FC Augsburg won their first game of a Bundesliga season for only the second time (also 2018/19).
They have never managed to win both of their opening fixtures. Borussia Dortmund's 3-0 win over Gladbach was their sixth straight victory on the opening day.
They have also won their second game of the season in three of the last five campaigns, most recently in 2019/20.
FC Augsburg are currently on a seven-game winless run at home in the Bundesliga (D3 L4). They have never endured a longer run of consecutive games without a win at home (also went 7 home games without a win in 2012/13). Borussia Dortmund won each of their last six Bundesliga away games in 2019/20.
They last managed more consecutive wins on the road in Autumn 2010 (8). Heiko Herrlich is yet to beat Dortmund as a Bundesliga coach (D1 L3). The FCA coach has only suffered more top-flight defeats to Bayern (4).
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Dortmund's Erling Haaland scored a brace on the opening day; indeed, only Bayern's Robert Lewandowski (1 6) has scored more Bundesliga goals in 2020 than Haaland (15).
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