Borussia Dortmund have won six of their last eight matches against VfB Stuttgart. Here we have compiled all the information you need to know about Sunday's match (kick-off 15:30 CET) at a sold-out Signal Iduna Park into the usual compact format.

The scenario: VfB are unbeaten in eight matches and have climbed from 14th to eighth in the table since their last defeat. BVB, on the other hand, lost last weekend for the first time in 12 games to bring an end to their longest such unbeaten run in two years. Prior to losing the reverse fixture 2-1, the Black & Yellows had been unbeaten in their previous 12 clashes with Stuttgart.

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Stuttgart's 2-1 win in the reverse fixture brought to an end a 12-match winless run against BVB.

Home/away: Borussia Dortmund have won three of their four previous home games and are unbeaten in seven matches at Signal Iduna Park. The last defeat on home turf was inflicted by Werder Bremen (2-1) on 9 December 2017. VfB Stuttgart have won their last three away matches – their longest such run in eight years.

Personnel: BVB will be without Durm (torn lateral collateral ligament in ankle), Guerreiro (torn muscle fibre), Zagadou (muscle tear), Kagawa (ankle), Rode (groin operation) and Yarmolenko (match fitness); Stuttgart are missing Baumgartl (training following concussion) and Carlos Mané (torn thigh tendon).

Record: There have been 35 goals − 24 of which were scored by BVB − in the last eight meetings between the sides. The hosts have only lost one of the last 13 fixtures (seven wins, five draws). Despite Dortmund's recent successes, VfB are one of only three current Bundesliga clubs − alongside Bayern and Leipzig − against whom BVB have a negative record. The last nine meetings in Dortmund have resulted in five home wins and four draws.

Statistics: Matches involving BVB have been the highest-scoring in the league (93 goals), while Stuttgart's have been the lowest-scoring (only 57 goals). Borussia Dortmund have only failed to score in one of their last ten matches. Only Hamburg have scored fewer goals (20) than Stuttgart (26) – but only two teams have conceded fewer goals than the Swabians (31).

Biggest home win: BVB beat VfB 7-1 on 14 March 1964, in the first Bundesliga season. A crowd of 28,000 spectators at the Rode Erde Stadium saw Timo Konietzka bag four goals. The others were scored by Lothar Emmerich (two) and Franz Brungs, while Rolf Geiger made it 1-1 for VfB.

Attendance: Signal Iduna Park will be sold out for the eighth time this season, with 81,360 fans set to attend. There will be 6,600 travelling fans from Stuttgart.

Referee: The appointment will be announced by the DFB on Thursday afternoon at the earliest.

Disciplinary danger: Sokratis and Dahoud (four yellow cards each) are one booking away from suspension, while Stuttgart's Ascacibar has nine yellow cards to his name.
Compiled by Boris Rupert