BVB scored with its first shot on goal of the match and also took three points home from Fürth due to high efficiency. Tied on 8:8 shots on goal, the "xG value" was 1.90 to 1.23 in favour of the Black & Yellows. The match facts.

On the brink of goal record: Passlack's goal was Borussia Dortmund’s 83rd goal of the season. Only in one other season did BVB score more often: in 2019/20 BVB racked up 84 goals after 34 match days. For Felix Passlack, it was only his second goal in his 33rd Bundesliga match. He had previously scored in October 2020 at home against Freiburg, also as a substitute.

Wide-ranging scoring threat: No team has as many different goal scorers in its ranks this season as BVB (19).

Brandt's season record: With his ninth goal of the season, Julian Brandt has equalled his personal best scoring tally from the 2017/18 and 2015/16 seasons (when he also scored nine times for Leverkusen). Brandt scored his third brace in the Bundesliga, the second time he has done so this season (previously on Matchday 29 in Stuttgart). Brandt has scored seven of his nine goals this season away from home, making him Borussia's sole top scorer on their travels. Erling Haaland has scored 17 of his 21 goals at home.

Great substitutes:  Nico Schulz set up the goal to make it 2-1 and Felix Passlack increased the lead to 3-1. This was BVB's 13th goal from a substitute this season - a league best! Historically, only in 2018/19, BVB scored more goals through substitutes (17).

More points: Borussia Dortmund now have 66 points on the board, in the complete 2020/21 Bundesliga season under Lucien Favre and Edin Terzic, BVB managed 64 points.

Runners up: BVB claim the runners-up spot for the eighth time in the Bundesliga, the sixth time in the past ten years.

Debutant: 21-year-old Immanuel Pherai made his first Bundesliga appearance.