Bundesliga: Dortmund already better than last season | OneFootball

With the 2-0 win over FC Augsburg, BVB has now collected 58 points in the Bundesliga. This means that Borussia Dortmund has already surpassed their entire points tally from last season after just 26 matchdays. This, in turn, highlights several aspects of BVB’s current situation in the league.

BVB has suffered only two defeats in the current Bundesliga season, and both were by the narrowest of margins—just one goal each. However, the powerhouse FC Bayern Munich also prevailed in both direct encounters with their closest pursuer. As a result, BVB is currently nine points behind. Nobody is talking about the championship anymore, even though there are still eight matches to play.

Bayern’s unusually successful season, even by their standards, overshadows just how strong BVB’s campaign in the Bundesliga actually is. Looking back at the 26th matchday of last season might come as a shock to some. Back then, Borussia Dortmund was actually in the lower half of the table, with a record of 10-5-11, having lost more games than they had won.

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Only Favre Recently Better Than Kovac at BVB

The period under the ill-fated coach Nuri Sahin had caused the club to drop out of the top group early on. His departure meant that successor Niko Kovac faced the Herculean task of making up the large points deficit to secure qualification for the Champions League. Thanks to a remarkable comeback, this was achieved. In the end, however, they only finished in fourth place with exactly those 57 points that have now already been surpassed.

If Bayern were not having such an exceptionally dominant season, BVB would certainly still be in the running for the championship with their current points tally. However, the striking consistency of the record champions does not allow for this, despite BVB’s strong season.

The fact that this is a particularly good season for BVB is also highlighted by the fact that only once in the last ten years did they have more points after the 26th matchday than they do now. Under Lucien Favre in 2018/19, the team had already collected 60 points at this stage, although even that was not enough to win the German championship in the end. All other predecessors of Niko Kovac in the last ten years, however, were not as successful as Kovac is currently.

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