Signal Iduna Park will play host to a genuinely top match on Saturday afternoon (kick-off 15:30 CET) when sixth-placed Hertha BSC pay a visit to league leaders Borussia Dortmund. We have compiled all the match facts you need to know below.

The scenario: First-placed Borussia Dortmund, the only team in the division yet to suffer a single defeat, take on a Hertha side that has only lost once (in Bremen) and currently sit sixth in the table with 15 points – six more than they had at the same stage last season. The Black & Yellows have only lost one of their last nine meetings between the teams – that was the season before last, when they were beaten 2-1 in the capital.

Home/away: BVB have won each of their six home games in all competitions this term, scoring 25 goals in total (4.2 per game on average). Hertha have only lost one of their five away matches in all competitions.

Personnel matters: BVB will be without the injured Akanji and Schmelzer, while Alcácer's involvement is doubtful. The visitors are missing Gersbeck, Torunarigha, Grujic and Kade.

Head-to-head record: Dortmund have only lost one of their last nine competitive matches against Hertha (by a 2-1 scoreline in Berlin in 2016/17). The capital club have only conceded more than 100 goals against Dortmund (108), Bayern and Bremen. BVB have only been beaten in four of their previous 31 home games against Hertha (all by a 2-1 scoreline). Their home record has been mixed since the 2011/12 campaign, however (W3 D1 L2).

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Statistics: BVB have only failed to find the net in one of their past 12 Bundesliga matches and have scored the most goals in the division this season (27). No team has conceded fewer either (eight). The Black & Yellows have taken points from four matches in which they have been losing. Hertha have only failed to score on one of their last 14 outings, have only been behind on two occasions this season and have only lost one of their eight league games.

The biggest win: On 19 October 1963, Borussia thrashed Hertha 7-2 in front of 28,000 supporters at the Rote Erde Stadion. They went 1-0 up when Rylewicz converted an 11th-minute penalty and, although Rühl levelled for the visitors (21), the Black & Yellows struck three times before the break with Emmerich (22), Schmidt (29) and Konietzka (44) all finding the net before the break. Sturm, Emmerich and Konietzka then netted after the interval.

Referee: Sascha Stegemann, 33, is overseeing a Bundesliga match involving BVB for the third time. He has previously taken charge of an away win in Hamburg and an away draw in Augsburg.
Compiled by Boris Rupert