RB Leipzig vs Dortmund | Pre Match
RB Leipzig vs Dortmund
INSIGHTS
Pre Match
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Since the start of the 2021-22 season, RB Leipzig have won five of their six matches in all competitions against Borussia Dortmund (L1). RB have beaten no team more often than BVB in this period (Freiburg and Hoffenheim also five times each), while Dortmund have not lost more often to any other side than against the Saxons (also five times against Bayern). Leipzig have won all three home games against BVB in that period.
2
RB Leipzig are unbeaten in eight successive matches in all competitions for the first time this season (W6 D2), recently winning three in a row for the first time since December 2023 (run of four). Borussia Dortmund have won just two of their last five matches in all competitions (D1 L2), having previously won five in a row.
3
With 57 points, Borussia Dortmund have their worst Bundesliga record after 30 games since 2020-21 (52), while RB Leipzig, with 59 points, have their best record since that same season (61). BVB (currently 5th) could finish a Bundesliga season outside the top four for the first time since 2014-15 (7th).
4
Borussia Dortmund are unbeaten in 10 Bundesliga away matches (W6 D4) for the first time since between September 2012 and February 2013 (10 matches). Only once have BVB gone longer without an away defeat in the Bundesliga: from September 2011 to September 2012 (15). Indeed, BVB have spent the most minutes in leading positions away from home this season (633), while RB Leipzig have done so in home matches (741).
5
Only Leverkusen (20) have conceded fewer goals than RB Leipzig (34) and Borussia Dortmund (35) this Bundesliga season. However, these teams have also proportionately conceded the most goals from set pieces (RB 47%, Dortmund 40% like B04). RB Leipzig have not conceded a goal in five Bundesliga home matches, tying their club record (as in 2018-19), with Leverkusen the last team to manage six in a row in 2014-15.
