SC Freiburg ran out 2-1 winners last season to bring their 19-match winless run against Borussia Dortmund to an end. The two teams will go head-to-head again on Saturday. Here we bring you the match facts.

Match facts

  • Apart from Greuther Fürth, whom they have only faced twice, Borussia Dortmund have a better record against Freiburg than they do against any other current Bundesliga club: 27 wins, 11 draws and only four defeats.
  • BVB have only failed to score in two of their 42 meetings – a 2-0 home defeat in Dortmund on 21 October 2001 and a 0-0 draw in Freiburg on 9 September 2017.
  • Freiburg have only suffered more Bundesliga defeats to Bayern Munich (29) than they have to Borussia Dortmund (27).

Dortmund facts

  • Borussia Dortmund were the most clinical team in the league in the opening round, requiring just 2.4 shots per goal.
  • The Black & Yellows are the only team to score three goals on the counter-attack.
  • Marco Reus has amassed 12 scorer points in his 10 Bundesliga matches against Freiburg with BVB (five goals, seven assists).

Freiburg facts

  • Only Leipzig (11) won more corner-kicks in the opening round than Freiburg (9).
  • No other team was as clinical as Freiburg with its major goalscoring opportunities last season, with 69% of their gilt-edged chances resulting in a goal.
  • Only Schalke's opponents had more shots (590) throughout the 2020/21 season than Freiburg's (506).