Stats, facts, key info – all you need to know about Bayern v BVB | OneFootball

It’s Klassiker time again. On early Saturday evening (October 18, 6:30 p.m.), FC Bayern Munich will host Borussia Dortmund at the Allianz Arena. No other matchup in German professional football has taken place more often.

Across all competitions, Munich and Dortmund have faced each other 138 times so far: Champions League (3), Bundesliga (112), German Supercup (10), DFB Cup (11), and League Cup (2). The record champions have 67 wins, while the Westphalians have 34. A total of 37 matches ended in a draw. Goal difference: 269:173.

In the Bundesliga alone, the two teams have met 112 times. Here too, FCB is clearly ahead with 54 wins to 26, 32 draws, and a goal difference of 226:138.

This year, the Klassiker is not only a top clash in name, but also due to the league standings. Munich and Dortmund are the only remaining unbeaten clubs in the Bundesliga and boast the league’s best defenses. FCB has conceded only three goals, BVB just one more. Not least: first place meets second in the top flight.

Kane vs. Guirassy

The spotlight next Saturday will also be on the attack. There, Munich have a huge lead with 25 goals scored compared to the Borussia forwards, who have found the net only twelve times.

Both teams have a top-class center forward in their ranks. Harry Kane has already scored eleven times in his six Bundesliga appearances—almost as often as all BVB players combined. If the Englishman maintains his rate, he would end the season with an incredible 62 (!) goals.

Dortmund’s Guirassy has “only” four goals in five top-flight matches, but across all competitions he has registered a strong nine goal involvements in eight games (six goals, three assists). But Kane is in a league of his own. Across all competitions, he has collected 21 scorer points in ten appearances (18 goals, 3 assists).

The results of the most recent Klassiker meetings favor the Black and Yellows. They have not lost any of the last three matches (1 win, 2 draws). In 2023/24, the Westphalians won 2–0 in Fröttmaning thanks to goals from Karim Adeyemi and Julian Ryerson.

A potential guarantor of success for Dortmund isn’t even on the pitch. Head coach Niko Kovač, formerly also in the service of FCB, has won 65 percent of his Bundesliga games with Dortmund. With an average of 2.1 points per game, he is the most successful BVB coach in Bundesliga history.

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