Borussia Dortmund will play their third-last Bundesliga match of the 2017/18 season at the Weserstadion in Bremen on Sunday (kick-off 18:00 CET). It will be the 100th time the Green & Whites have squared off with the Black & Yellows in the league.

Match facts

  • Werder ended a streak of five successive defeats by BVB with their 2-1 victory in the reverse fixture earlier this season.
  • Dortmund have won 11 of their last 13 meetings with Bremen.
  • The only team Borussia have beaten more often in the Bundesliga than Bremen (42 times) is Frankfurt (43 times).
  • Borussia Dortmund have won on five of their last six visits to Bremen.

SV Werder facts

  • Bremen have won only one of their last four matches (a 2-1 win over Frankfurt on 1 April).
  • However, Werder have won four of their last five home games and are unbeaten in their last ten outings in front of their own fans. The last such run dates back over 12 years to when Thomas Schaaf was in charge. Their last home defeat was a 3-0 loss to Augsburg on 29 October 2017.

BV Borussia facts

  • Borussia Dortmund have lost none of their last 12 matches in which they scored first.
  • Only Bayern (three) have suffered fewer away defeats than Dortmund (four). However, the Black & Yellows have only won one of their last four away trips (a 1-0 victory in Mönchengladbach on 18 February 2018).