Dortmund vs Leverkusen | Bundesliga | Pre Match
Dortmund vs Leverkusen
INSIGHTS
Pre Match
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Bayer 04 Leverkusen have not won any of their last three Bundesliga matches against Borussia Dortmund (D1 L2), their longest ongoing winless run against any current top-flight side. B04’s Xabi Alonso has not won a single Bundesliga match as a manager against BVB (D1 L1).
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Bayer 04 Leverkusen secured their first German championship in their 45th Bundesliga season last weekend. B04 are the 13th different club in Bundesliga history to become champions. In the history of the Bundesliga, there have only been two earlier championship wins in a league with 18 teams: FCB clinched the championship on matchday 27 in 2013-14, and on matchday 28 in their 2012-13 treble season.
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With 79 points after 29 games, Bayer 04 Leverkusen are playing the best season by any club at this stage in Bundesliga history, and are the first team in Bundesliga history to remain undefeated in their first 29 games of a season (W25 D4). With five games remaining, the Werkself could also break FC Bayern's Bundesliga points record from the 2012/13 season (91) - B04 could still reach 94 points with five games to go.
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Bayer 04 Leverkusen recorded their 10th Bundesliga win in a row against Werder Bremen last time out, a club record. In their 5-0 win against Bremen, the Werkself also achieved their joint-highest Bundesliga win under Xabi Alonso (also 5-0 against Union Berlin in November 2022).
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Borussia Dortmund have won five of their last six Bundesliga matches (L1) - that's the same number of wins as in their 15 previous Bundesliga games. However, Dortmund lost their last Bundesliga home game 0-1 to Stuttgart, and could lose two consecutive Bundesliga home games for the first time since November-December 2020. They have already suffered four home league defeats this season – only in 2014-15 (5) have had more in the last 15 seasons.
