Saturday evening (18:30 CET) sees Borussia Dortmund visit Bayer 04 Leverkusen in the top match of Round 6. BVB have enjoyed their recent visits to the BayArena, where they have only lost once in the last 11 years. Here are the match facts.

Match facts

  • Dortmund might have lost 17 of their first 28 away matches in Leverkusen, but they have only tasted defeat once in the 11 visits since then. They have even managed to win on four of their last six trips.
  • Only Bayern Munich have played and beaten Leverkusen more often in the Bundesliga (79 matches, 47 victories) than Borussia Dortmund have (29 victories).

Bayer 04 facts

  • Having kicked off their league campaign with three defeats, Leverkusen have since won three competitive matches on the bounce (3-2 in Razgrad, 1-0 against Mainz and 2-1 in Dusseldorf). The last time the Werkself managed that feat was in October 2017.
  • Only Hertha (five) have conceded more penalties than Leverkusen (three).
  • Heiko Herrlich has never beaten his former club Dortmund as a coach (two defeats, one draw with Leverkusen and Bochum) or as a player (three draws, three defeats with Mönchengladbach and Leverkusen)

Borussia 09 facts

  • Borussia Dortmund remain unbeaten in the current campaign.
  • BVB's wait for a win away from home stretches back into last season (seven away games without a win).
  • Borussia Dortmund are unbeaten in competitive matches under Lucien Favre (five wins and two draws). Only two BVB coaches since the inception of the Bundesliga have started their tenures with longer unbeaten runs: Karl-Heinz Feldkamp went eight games in 1982, while Thomas Tuchel's run lasted 14 matches.