Borussia Dortmund tend to fare well away to VfL Wolfsburg. The Black & Yellows have not dropped points at the Volkswagen-Arena since 16 May 2015, when Dieter Hecking and Jürgen Klopp were both still in charge. The facts preview.

The match facts

  • Borussia Dortmund have dropped points in only one of their last 12 Bundesliga meetings with VfL Wolfsburg – a 0-0 draw at SIGNAL IDUNA PARK on 14 January 2018.
  • BVB have won each of the last six meetings. It is their longest ongoing winning streak against a league rival.
  • Borussia have actually kept nine clean sheets in a row against the Wolves. That's an ongoing Bundesliga record.
  • In their Bundesliga history, VfL Wolfsburg have only suffered more defeats (38) and conceded more goals (120) to Bayern Munich than they have against Borussia Dortmund (29 losses, 99 goals conceded).

VfL facts

  • Only two teams have won more matches than Wolfsburg (six wins).
  • VfL have lost only one of their past four games – a 2-0 defeat to Freiburg on 23 October.
  • No team has kept more clean sheets. VfL have done so on five occasions, but have conceded 14 goals in total.
  • Wolfsburg have given away the most penalties (four).
  • The Lower Saxony side have taken points from three games in which they were in losing positions – only Cologne have done so more often (five times).
  • VfL have won only one of their last four home games and have only scored five goals on home turf.

BVB facts

  • Borussia Dortmund have already amassed 27 points – five more than they had at the same stage of last season.
  • No team has won more penalties (four).
  • Only Bayern have a better goal difference (+28) than Borussia (+12).