The league resumes this weekend: Borussia Dortmund play away against VfB Stuttgart on Saturday (15:30 CET). Nowhere else have the Black and Yellows won more games than at the Swabians. Here we present you with the match facts.

Facts on the fixture

  • Borussia Dortmund have won seven of their previous nine encounters against VfB Stuttgart, and have only lost one of the last 14!
  • Nowhere else have BVB won more games than at VfB (13 wins, the same as for HSV). Nonetheless, they have still lost more than twice as many games there (27).
  • BVB have scored in each of their last 12 away matches in Stuttgart (cup and league). The last time they departed the Arena without having scored was in March 2006.
  • Marco Reus was involved in 14 goals against Stuttgart in his 14 Bundesliga matches against them (7 goals, 7 assists).
  • The team with the fewest wins so far (Stuttgart, one win) goes up against the team with the most (Dortmund, five wins).
  • Neither team has been awarded a penalty so far this season, and neither has conceded one.

Facts on VfB

  • Stuttgart have only scored six goals, which is well below the league average (11). No other team has failed to score more frequently (four matches without scoring).
  • The Swabians have only lost one of their last ten home matches across seasons (on 1.9.2018, 0-3 against Bayern Munich).

Facts on BVB

  • Dortmund remain unbeaten in seven matches and are the only undefeated team this season.
  • BVB have gone on to get points in four matches where they were behind at one point (best in the league).
  • The players fielded were 24.9 years old on average. That is well below the league average of 25.9 years. No other club has played more players under the age of 21 than Borussia (five).