The second-longest winning run in Bundesliga history

Borussia Dortmund have won each of their last 12 Bundesliga meetings with SC Freiburg. It is the longest winning run that BVB have ever recorded against any team in the Bundesliga and there has only ever been one longer winning run between two teams in the German top flight: Bayern Munich have now claimed victory in their last 14 matches against Werder Bremen.

Match facts

• Borussia Dortmund have only failed to find the net against SC Freiburg on one occasion: a 2-0 home defeat on 21 October 2001. The Black & Yellows have never ended a fixture in Breisgau goalless, but have only kept clean sheets in five of their 17 away fixtures – though four of those have come in their last five visits.
• BVB have won each of their last 12 clashes, scoring 38 goals and conceding five.
• Freiburg have only lost more games to Bayern (24) than they have to Dortmund (23).
• Freiburg are currently on a longer winless run (12 matches) against BVB than any other club. Their last victory over Dortmund was a 3-1 home win under coach Robin Dutt in May 2010.
• Freiburg have lost more matches in which they have scored first against Dortmund (six) than any other club. They have only won two of their 13 games against BVB after breaking the deadlock.

Freiburg facts

• SC Freiburg are now on a four-match winless run that started last season; their last win came in a 2-0 victory over Schalke on 7 May.
• However, they are unbeaten in their last five matches at home, having last lost in Breisgau on 1 April in a 5-2 defeat by Bremen.

Borussia Dortmund facts

• BVB are now on a three-match winning run that started last season.
• Borussia Dortmund have only failed to find the net on one of their last 27 outings.
• The Black & Yellows have not lost any of the last 32 matches in which they scored the opening goal (the last such defeat was a 2-1 loss in Cologne on 19 December 2015). (br)