Borussia Dortmund vs VfB Stuttgart Bundesliga Match Preview or Key Statistics 💬
Dortmund have only lost one of their last 16 Bundesliga games against VfB Stuttgart (W10 D5), 1-2 away in November 2017.
Borussia Dortmund are unbeaten in 11 home games against Stuttgart (W6 D5), winning each of the last three home clashes.
Stuttgart have struggled to score against Dortmund in recent games, failing to net in three of their last 5 (0.6 goals per game). On top of that, VfB have conceded an average of 2.8 goals per game in their last five against BVB.
Borussia Dortmund haven’t won either of their last two Bundesliga games (D1 L1), last going three consecutive matches without a win between matchday 5 and 7 last season.
Borussia Dortmund have lost their last two Bundesliga home games, last suffering three straight defeats at home under Jürgen Klopp in 2013/14.
VfB Stuttgart are still undefeated on the road this season (W3 D2), their best streak away from home in the top-flight from the start of a campaign since their title-winning campaign in 2006/07.
Stuttgart manager Pellegrino Matarazzo is unbeaten in his first five away games as a Bundesliga coach. Indeed, only six other coaches have managed to avoid defeat in their first six games on the road, with one of them being Joachim Löw (also with VfB Stuttgart) in 1996/97.
14 points from their first 10 games represents Stuttgart’s best tally at this stage since 2011/12. Back then, VfB had 17 points and went on to qualify for the Europa League – their last European qualification.
BVB are on a 13-game unbeaten run at home to promoted sides (W10 D3) – the longest current run of any side in the Bundesliga. Dortmund have scored at least three goals in their last six home games against promoted teams (26 goals in total).
VfB Stuttgart have scored in all 10 of their Bundesliga games this season, a feat only Union Berlin, Werder Bremen and Bayern can match. This is only the fourth time the Swabians have managed this in the top-flight (most recently in 1984/85).
VfB Stuttgart’s Gonzalo Castro will miss the game in Dortmund after picking up five yellow cards. He’s one of five Stuttgart players to start every Bundesliga game so far this season.
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