BVB versus VfB: the second-highest goalscoring match-up in the Bundesliga | OneFootball

The scenario: Third against fourth. Only four goals separate the two teams, who are level on points in the table. The Black & Yellows have not won against the Swabians in six competitive matches. Their last victory was a 5-0 win in the Bundesliga in October 2022.

Home & away: Before the international break, BVB had to play four competitive matches in a row away from home. Now they can finally play in front of their home crowd again. Borussia are unbeaten in ten home games across all competitions this season – there have been nine wins and one draw (1-1 against Leipzig). Their last home defeat was over eight months ago: on 8 March, the Black & Yellows lost 1-0 to FC Augsburg. VfB have picked up 15 of their 21 points at home – away from home, they have recorded two wins (2-1 in Cologne, 3-0 in Wolfsburg) and three defeats (in Berlin, Freiburg and Leipzig). Across all competitions, they have alternated between away wins and away defeats since the start of the season.

Head-to-head record: With seven wins from eight matches between 2018 and 2022, Borussia Dortmund turned a negative record against VfB Stuttgart since 1971 into a positive one. Since then, there has been one draw and then four defeats in a row against VfB (overall record now 41 wins, 25 draws, 44 defeats). Only against Bayern Munich have BVB suffered more Bundesliga defeats (55).

Statistics: Compared to last season, BVB have five more points after ten matchdays – and that with only 16 goals scored. Seven teams have scored more goals. BVB are also in eighth place in terms of shots on goal and xGoals. In the last five Bundesliga matches, Borussia have scored exactly one goal on each occasion – the last time BVB had a run like this was in 2009 (when they scored one goal in seven consecutive games). VfB have seven wins to their name. The Swabians have never managed more at this stage of the season.

Last season: In Niko Kovac's debut, his team dominated (64%), had significantly more shots on goal (16 to three), but failed to capitalise on them. First, Waldemar Anton scored an own goal, then Stuttgart's Jeff Chabot scored his first Bundesliga goal. Julian Ryerson received the only red card of his professional career (for a second yellow in the 89th minute). Not long before that, Julian Brandt had pulled one back to make it 2-1

Biggest win: 7-1 on 14 March 1964 in the first Bundesliga season. In front of 28,000 spectators at the Rote Erde stadium, Timo Konietzka scored four times! The other goals were scored by Lothar Emmerich (2) and Franz Brungs. Rolf Geiger scored the visitors' goal to briefly bring the score to 1-1.Compiled by Boris Rupert