Facts
BVB aiming to continue strong run against Werder
BVB will face SV Werder Bremen at the Weser-Stadion in temperatures of two degrees Celsius when the 32-day winter break ends and Bundesliga action resumes on Saturday. Here are the match facts.
Head-to-head facts
- Borussia Dortmund have won four of their last five trips to Bremen and scored 15 goals in those four victories (3-1, 5-1, 5-0 and 2-0).
- BVB have won nine of their last ten league meetings with Bremen.
- Historically, though, Borussia's 31 defeats in Bremen means they have suffered more away losses there than against any other club.
- BVB have found the net 21 times in their last seven meetings, which equates to exactly three goals per match on average.
- There has not been a single draw in the last 13 clashes between the pair, with the last a 1-1 stalemate in Bremen on 8 November 2009.
- Werder Bremen versus Borussia Dortmund was one of eight games played on the first matchday of the inaugural Bundesliga season: Timo Konietzka scored the first-ever Bundesliga goal in the first minute at the Weser-Stadion.
Borussia Dortmund facts
- BVB have won only one of their last five league games, a 4-1 victory over Mönchengladbach on 3 December 2016, and drew all of their final three matches before the winter break.
- Thomas Tuchel has won his last three matches against Werder, with his teams scoring three goals in each.
- Marco Reus has scored eight goals and set up another seven in 12 Bundesliga matches against Bremen.
- Mario Götze has been involved in nine goals (five goals, four assists) in his last seven games against Werder.
Werder Bremen facts
- Bremen are on a five-match unbeaten run since their last defeat, a 2-1 loss to Frankfurt on 20 November 2016.
- Werder have scored at least once in each of their last 15 games. The last time they went on such a long goalscoring run was under Thomas Schaaf's leadership in 2010.
- Claudio Pizarro has scored eight Bundesliga goals against BVB, though the last came almost six years ago, in May 2011. (br)