Another clean sheet? BVB eye new club record | OneFootball

Because Borussia Dortmund ultimately secured a 4-1 victory against Athletic Bilbao, they were able to handle the temporary goal from the visitors from the Basque Country on Wednesday evening quite well. Nevertheless, BVB aims to keep a clean sheet in the upcoming chaser duel against RB Leipzig on Saturday, which would be associated with a club record.

Against 1. FC Union Berlin (3-0), at 1. FC Heidenheim (2-0), against VfL Wolfsburg (1-0), and at 1. FSV Mainz 05 (2-0), BVB won the last four Bundesliga matches all without conceding a goal. Borussia has never recorded five consecutive clean-sheet victories in the Bundesliga in its history. And five games in a row without conceding a goal have not happened for a while, last achieved in the first five matchdays of the 2017/18 season.

Never a clean sheet against Leipzig with Kobel

The prospect of the record certainly provides a small additional motivation for BVB and especially goalkeeper Gregor Kobel. However, the fact that they are facing RB Leipzig on Saturday does not statistically increase the chances of another clean sheet for the Swiss national goalkeeper.

In the most recent twelve encounters with the Red Bulls in the Bundesliga and the DFB-Pokal, BVB never kept a clean sheet. In total, Borussia has only managed three matches without conceding a goal in the previous 20 encounters with the Saxons, two of them in Leipzig.

The last time BVB kept a clean sheet in this pairing was on the 33rd matchday of the 2019/20 season, when they won 2-0 in Leipzig in a match played behind closed doors due to the coronavirus pandemic. On that June 20, 2020, Erling Haaland scored a brace for Borussia, and Roman Bürki was able to enjoy 90 minutes without conceding a goal in their net. In other words, with Kobel in goal, Dortmund has always conceded a goal against Leipzig.

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