BVB has always liked playing against VfL Wolfsburg. Borussia nearly average 1.8 points against the Wolves. And the fans can look forward to goals. Here is the usual summary of the most important information to the game.

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Situation: second against tenth: BVB has 74 points and nearly double the amount of points as last year's second place team VfL Wolfsburg (39). There have been 40 goals in the last ten Bundesliga games between these two teams (so on average four) and at least three per game.

Home/away: Borussia Dortmund has only lost one of the last 23 home games in all competitions this season so far and they have only been involved in one game in front of their own fans where they have not scored. VfL Wolfsburg has lost the last three games away from home. No teams has won less games on their travels (just two wins).

Personnel: Subotic (thrombosis in his arm) and Park (over exertion on his shin bone) are missing for BVB. Ascues (torn fiber), Jung (cruciate ligament), Draxler (muscle injury) and Bruno Henrique (shin bone injury) are missing for VfL.

Record: VfL Wolfsburg has only suffered more defeats (29) and conceded more goals (85) against Bayern than they have against Dortmund (19 and 71) and they have not lost to any other opponent more often after having taken the lead by 1-0 (four defeats). Borussia Dortmund has always scored in the last 13 games against VfL Wolfsburg and they have scored 30 goals in that time. BVB has only lost one of their last seven games in the SIGNAL IDUNA PARK against VfL.

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Statistics: BVB has won five of their last six games and they are unbeaten in 14 games. The last time they have had such a good run was over three years ago. Black Yellow has scored three or more goals in 16 games (best record in league) and they have managed to score at least twice in the last six matches. Wolfsburg has lost three of their last four matches and they have not won for six match days. The last time they won all three points was when they beat Mönchengladbach 2-1 on the 5.March. VfL has not managed to prevent the opposition from scoring in the last seven games.

Highest home win: BVB has beaten VfL with a four goal margin on three occasions. They won by 5-1 on the 5.November 2011 through goals by Götze (2), Kagawa, Bender and Lewandowski.

Spectators: the Signal Iduna Park is sold out for the 13.time this season with 81 359 spectators coming to the game. 1500 fans will be coming from Wolfsburg

Referee: Robert Hartmann, 36 year economist from Wangen in Allgäu will be in charge of his second Bundesliga game with BVB as one of the teams. The first time he was in charge was for the 2:2 in September 2015 against Darmstadt 98. Summary by Boris Rupert