Thanks to an improved performance after the break which saw BVB create significantly more chances, they ran out deserved winners in Bremen. The xG score was 0.75-2.31. The facts on the match on the Weser.

Landmark victory: Borussia Dortmund won away for the 300th time in their Bundesliga history. Only Bayern Munich have more victories on the road.

All or nothing: The Black & Yellows have not drawn an away game in the Bundesliga this term; there have been six wins and five defeats on their travels.

Best start to the year since 2012: Borussia Dortmund have won their first six competitive games after the winter break for the first time in 11 years. Back then, they won the domestic double at the end of the 2011/12 season...

Away streak under Terzic: For the first time under Edin Terzic, Borussia Dortmund have won four competitive away games in a row.

The Midas touch: Edin Terzic has brought on five players who have scored goals in the five Bundesliga matches since the winter break and did so in the cup game in Bochum in midweek too. Overall, BVB have scored 10 goals from the bench – the most of any club in the league.

Super sub: Jamie Bynoe-Gittens scored his third Bundesliga goal as a substitute – no other player in the division has scored more often from the bench this term (team-mate Gio Reyna is level on three goals).

Top scorer: Bremen-born Julian Brandt also scored against Freiburg last Saturday and now has six goals to his name this season. That makes him BVB's joint top-scorer along with Youssoufa Moukoko.

Back in action: After several injury problems, Thomas Meunier returned to the BVB squad for the first time since mid-October and came on in the closing stages.

Old versus young: Werder Bremen started with the oldest Bundesliga starting line-up in almost six years (29.05 years). The Black & Yellows were almost four years younger on average (25.6 years) and still had more Bundesliga appearances between them thanks to experience heads like Reus, Brandt and Süle.

No longer a welcome visitor: Although Werder have won more Bundesliga home games against BVB than they have against any other club historically, their last victory over the Black & Yellows came more than eight years ago. Bremen have taken only two points from their last seven home games against Dortmund.