Bayern Munich vs Borussia Dortmund Bundesliga Match Preview or Key Statistics 📊
Bayern have won all three competitive games against Dortmund under Hansi Flick. They won the two Bundesliga games by an aggregate scoreline of 5-0 and beat them 3-2 in the Supercup this season.
Since the founding of the Bundesliga in 1963, Bayern have won 60 of their 126 competitive matches against Dortmund, drawing 34 times and losing on 32 occasions. FCB have won six of their last seven BL matches against BVB by an aggregate scoreline of 25-5 (lost 3-2 away in November 2018).
Dortmund have won two of their last three home games against Bayern: 3-2 in the Bundesliga in November 2018 and 2-0 in the Supercup in August 2019 (the other game being a 1-0 BL loss in May 2020).
Borussia Dortmund have the best defence in the Bundesliga this season (two goals conceded) and they could equal the BL record of five consecutive clean sheets against Bayern. FC Bayern’s 24 goals from six games is also a new BL record.
Second-placed Borussia Dortmund will host league leaders FC Bayern on Saturday. While top of the league, FCB are unbeaten in eight games against their nearest rivals in the table (W6 D2), with their last such loss coming against Wolfsburg in January 2015 (4-1).
FC Bayern have won 12 of their last 13 Bundesliga games (L1), although they have conceded at least once in their last three matches on the road – their longest run of this kind under Hansi Flick.
Bayern’s Joshua Kimmich is level with Thomas Müller at the top of their club’s assist charts (both on four). In five league games this season, Kimmich has recorded more than half as many assists than he managed last season (seven).
Dortmund’s Mats Hummels scored the second brace of his Bundesliga career in the 2-0 win over Bielefeld. The ex-Bayern man has scored in back-to-back games (three goals in total) and therefore as often as in his previous 98 BL games combined.
Robert Lewandowski has scored 18 goals in 21 competitive games against BVB – he hasn’t scored as often for Bayern against any other team. He has netted 12 times in the last seven Bundesliga meetings between the two sides.
Dortmund coach Lucien Favre has recorded more than three times as many competitive wins against Bayern than any other current Bundesliga coach (plus D4 L10).
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