There have been 27 competitive meetings between the clubs since April 2012 – but this is the first time in seven years that Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich will only play each other two times in a season. BVB won the reverse fixture 3-2.

Match facts

  • FCB have a worse Bundesliga record against BVB than they do against any other club in the top flight. However, the Bavarians have only lost two of their last nine league clashes with the Black & Yellows.
  • Dortmund are one of only two teams – Mönchengladbach are the other – to have won three times at the Allianz Arena in the league. They have beaten Bayern away a further two times in the DFB Cup (semi-finals in 2015 and 2017), taking their tally to five victories at the stadium.
  • The two clubs will only face each other twice (both Bundesliga) this season. For each of the past seven years, there have been between three and five competitive meetings.

Bayern Munich facts

  • Only Bayern and Dortmund have 19 wins to their name this term. Only Leverkusen have drawn fewer matches than Bayern (four), while only Dortmund have lost fewer games (two) than the Bavarians (four).
  • The reigning champions have scored at least one goal in each of their past 20 matches.
  • Bayern have won their last seven home games in a row. Only Dortmund (12 home wins) have won more matches on home soil than Bayern (nine).
  • FCB have lost once at home, leaving BVB as the only team in the division yet to lose in front of their own fans.
  • Bayern have won their last four league home games against Dortmund, scoring 17 goals (6-0, 4-1, 5-1, 2-1).
  • Niko Kovac has not won any of his last five competitive meetings with Borussia Dortmund (one draw, four defeats).

Borussia Dortmund facts

  • The Black & Yellows have scored nine goals in the 90th minute or later. Bayern currently hold the record with 11 (2016/17). BVB have won their last two matches – against Wolfsburg and Hertha – thanks to stoppage-time goals.
  • Borussia Dortmund have only failed to find the net in one of their past 25 matches.
  • BVB have lost the fewest away games in the division (two) and have already amassed more points on their travels (25) than they did in the entirety of last season (24).
  • Marco Reus has notched a remarkable 16 scorer points (10 goals, six assists) in his 24 competitive appearances against Bayern. He grabbed a brace in the reverse fixture.
  • Lucien Favre is unbeaten in his last three matches against FC Bayern (two wins, one draw). He won 2-0 with Mönchengladbach on his last Bundesliga visit to Munich back in March 2015. (br)