Borussia Dortmund face FC Bayern München in a competitive match for the 14th time in the last three years - League, Cup, Supercup, Champions League. The facts for this renewed fixture on Saturday.

Facts to the match

  • Since the Champions-League-Final 2013 Bayern and BVB have taken it in turn to win each match – after the 2:1 FCB victory in the first half of the season, it would now be BVB’s turn to win again.
  • Ever since Jürgen Klopp has been the head coach at Dortmund (2008), the win, draw and defeat statistics in competitive matches between BVB and Bayern is nearly even (eight wins, three draws, nine defeats), in the Bundesliga the stats are even (5-3-5).
  • Bayern have the worst record against Borussia than they have against any other current Bundesliga team.
  • They have lost four of the last six competitive matches in Dortmund, however they won the last Bundesliga match here by 3:0.

Facts to BVB

  • Borussia Dortmund has not lost for seven matches. The last defeat was 0:1 on 4.2.2015 against Augsburg.
  • BVB has not conceded more than two goals in any match of the current season.
  • Borussia has only lost one of the twelve matches where they took the lead (in the first half of the season).
  • Dortmund has not gone behind by 0:1 in any of their last five matches.
  • BVB has only lost one of their last seven home games.

Facts to FCB

  • Bayern München has won the most games in the league. They have won three quarters of their matches (20 of 26).
  • However FCB has “only” won 64 points – that is ten points less than at the same stage of the season last year (74).
  • München has not lost any of their last 102 games, where they have scored to take the lead 1:0.  
  • Bayern has won the most games away from home in the league (nine) and has won the last four games on the road in a row.

Personal facts

  • Shinji Kagawa has played against FC Bayern five times wearing the BVB jersey and he has won four of those matches.
  • Marco Reus has been involved in nine goals in eleven matches against Bayern (five goals, four assists).
  • Rafinha has been sent off twice while playing for FCB – both times against Dortmund.
  • Xabi Alonso has played in Dortmund three times for Real Madrid and he lost all three games.