Borussia Dortmund last failed to score away at Hannover 96 back in 1966 and have scored in their last 21 matches away to Die Roten. It is the second-longest such goalscoring run in Bundesliga history after Bayer Leverkusen, who scored in 23 successive away matches in Bremen between 1991 and 2012. Here are the match facts for Saturday.

Match facts

  • BVB have won four of their last five matches against Hannover 96, and have lost just one of their last seven against the men from Lower Saxony - an unlucky 1-0 defeat in Dortmund last season.
  • The Black and Yellows have also only lost one of their last seven away matches in Hanover (2-1 in 2011/12) and have taken seven out of a possible nine points from their last three away games there.

Never a quiet affair

  • Seven Hannover players have already been sent off in this fixture - with both of last season's matches witnessing red cards. They have had more men dismissed against Dortmund than any other club.
  • Ten penalties have been awarded in matches between the two sides in Hanover (six for 96, four for BVB).
  • None of their 48 Bundesliga encounters have ended goalless (only Frankfurt and Leverkusen have played more often without producing a goalless scoreline).

 

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Hannover 96 facts

  • The men from Lower Saxony are still waiting for their first win this season.
  • Hannover 96 have conceded in their last 21 consecutive matches. The last time there was such a long run conceding goals was 13 years ago. Their last match without conceding was a 2-0 win over Augsburg on 16/12/2014.
  • On the flip side, Die Roten have only failed to score in one of their last 14 home matches.

BVB facts

  • Borussia Dortmund have only lost one of their last nine matches stretching back into last season (2-1 in Wolfsburg on 16/05/2015).
  • BVB have always scored at least one goal in their last ten matches.
  • The Black and Yellows have won their last eleven matches in which they opened the scoring. The last time they dropped points after taking a 1-0 lead was in a 2-2 draw against Wolfsburg on 17/12/2014.

 

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Personnel matters        

  • Michael Frontzeck has won none of his last 14 Bundesliga clashes with Borussia Dortmund, including all eight times he has faced them as a coach.
  • But Thomas Tuchel is also hoping for better luck in this fixture: with Mainz 05 the new BVB boss did not win any one of his five away matches in Hanover (three draws and two defeats).
  • Shinji Kagawa has scored in each of his three away matches in Hanover.