Borussia Dortmund struggled for half an hour against a Freiburg side that were defending well, but after taking the lead, BVB got into their stride and celebrated a well-deserved and easy 4-0 victory, a margin that was not too excessive with 16:6 shots on goal in BVB’s favour. Here are the matchday facts.

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Bite in the tackle: Borussia Dortmund won 58% of their challenges. Mats Hummels was the strongest player on the pitch, winning 74% of challenges.

Goal premiere: Felix Passlack scored his first goal in his 18th Bundesliga match. He was the youngest ever German UEFA Champions League goalscorer at the age of 18 and 177 days when he scored his first goal in the UEFA Champions League on November 22, 2016 in an 8-4 win over Legia Warsaw.

Matchwinner: Giovanni Reyna was involved in five shots on goal, set up each of the first three goals and won 70% of his challenges - also an outstanding amount for an attacking player.

Historical: Since the start of data collection in 1992, Giovanni Reyna is the first 17-year-old to provide three assists in a Bundesliga match and the first Dortmund player to do so since Marco Reus managed three assists in a single match in December 2016.

Second double: Erling Haaland notched two goals for the second successive home game this season. It was the sixth time in his 18 Bundesliga games that he has scored at least twice. In total, he has scored 17 goals in those 18 games.

Third time lucky: Emre Can scored his first goal this season, but his third Bundesliga goal since joining BVB in January. The last time he managed to score a header in the Bundesliga was seven years ago, in October 2013 for Leverkusen.

Good Omen: The Black and Yellows have won every match in calendar year 2020 when they have gone into half-time leading.