Bayer 04 Leverkusen vs Borussia Dortmund: Full pre-match guide and statistics

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 11.September
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: BayArena (30210 seats)

Bayer 04 Leverkusen battle against Borussia Dortmund for kudos and football prosperity.

Insights:
  • Bayer 04 Leverkusen have the the best goal difference (+7) in Bundesliga

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Bayer 04 Leverkusen form and stats

Bayer 04 Leverkusen have only played one Bundesliga game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 8 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats from 17 matches.

Leverkusen are returning here after visiting Augsburg in a Bundesliga game and winning with a 4-1 scoreline. Patrik Schick and Florian Wirtz scored the goal(s). Midfield player Kerem Demirbay got a match rating of 8.12 in that game, the max score being 10. Demirbay served one assist, hit four key passes and had 34 successful passes (of 41 total).

Before that game, the 4-0 home victory against Borussia M'gladbach.

Early season league goal statistics from Bayer 04 Leverkusen's 1 home game: 4 goals, 0 conceded.

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Borussia Dortmund form and stats

Borussia Dortmund have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the Bundesliga were 9 victories, 2 draws and 6 defeats from 17 fixtures.

Borussia go into this game after a win, the home game against TSG Hoffenheim that ended 3-2. The attacker Erling Braut Haaland got a match rating of 8.15 in that game. Haaland scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times. Late drama in the previous game, when Erling Braut Haaland scored the winning goal one minutes into stoppage time to defeat TSG Hoffenheim.

A 1-2 defeat away at SC Freiburg before that.

The schedule is very tough for Borussia Dortmund now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Champions League game at Besiktas is waiting in only four days.

It's early days yet, but Borussia Dortmund has scored 1 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

Leverkusen-Borussia Dortmund H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Bayer 04 Leverkusen three wins, Borussia Dortmund six wins, one draw. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Borussia DortmundE. Håland
E. Håland
3 goals
Bayer 04 LeverkusenP. Schick
P. Schick
2 goals
LeverkusenM. Diaby
M. Diaby
2 goals

Bayer 04 Leverkusen missing players

Borussia Dortmund missing players

Bayer 04 Leverkusen Borussia Dortmund
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 1 1 3
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 2
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 1 1 1
9 4 0 Scored S 1 1 9
2 0 0 Conceded C 2 2 6
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 67%
33% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 67%
67% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 100%
33% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5.7 7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 10 10 7
2.7 3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 3.3
2 4 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 4 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15 14 0 Shots (avg) S ( 19 19 19
5.7 7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4 8.7
53% 57% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 25% 35%
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • Bayer 04 Leverkusen have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0) in Bundesliga
  • Bayer 04 Leverkusen have the most scored goals in the first half (5) in Bundesliga
  • Bayer 04 Leverkusen have the the best goal difference (+7) in Bundesliga
Bayer 04 Leverkusen Last season Borussia Dortmund
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
14 8   Won W   9 20
10 5   Drew D   2 4
10 4   Lost L   6 10
53 34   Scored S   35 75
39 22   Conceded C   26 46
88% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
74% 88%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   94% 97%
56% 71%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   71% 74%
26% 35%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   47% 47%
12% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   24% 24%
59% 82%   BTTS BTTS   71% 65%
26% 12%   Clean Sheets C S   24% 32%
26% 12%   Failed to Score F T   6% 3%
 
5.4 4.9   Corners for (avg) C F   4.6 5.1
3.6 3.5   Corners against (avg) C A   4.4 3.7
1.7 1.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.3
0 0   Red cards R C   1 1
 
13 14.1   Shots (avg) S (   14.3 14.1
4.9 5.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.2 5.4
32% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   39% 41%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 VfL Wolfsburg 3 3 0 0 4 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 9
2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3 2 1 0 9 2 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 5 2 7 7
3 FC Bayern München 3 2 1 0 9 3 2 2 0 0 8 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 6 7
4 SC Freiburg 3 2 1 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 7
5 Borussia Dortmund 3 2 0 1 9 6 2 2 0 0 8 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 6
6 1. FC Köln 3 2 0 1 7 5 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 2 6
7 1. FSV Mainz 05 3 2 0 1 4 2 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 6
8 Union Berlin 3 1 2 0 5 4 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 5
9 TSG Hoffenheim 3 1 1 1 8 5 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 6 3 3 4
10 RB Leipzig 3 1 0 2 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 3
11 Bochum 3 1 0 2 3 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 3 0 3
12 Arminia Bielefeld 3 0 3 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 3
13 Stuttgart 3 1 0 2 7 8 2 1 0 1 7 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 -1 3
14 Eintracht Frankfurt 3 0 2 1 3 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 3 6 -3 2
15 Borussia M'gladbach 3 0 1 2 2 7 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 6 -5 1
16 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 3 0 1 2 2 9 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 8 -7 1
17 Augsburg 3 0 1 2 1 8 2 0 0 2 1 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 -7 1
18 Hertha BSC 3 0 0 3 2 10 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 1 8 -8 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 FC Bayern München 34 24 6 4 99 44 17 13 4 0 64 21 17 11 2 4 35 23 55 78
2 RB Leipzig 34 19 8 7 60 32 17 11 4 2 29 13 17 8 4 5 31 19 28 65
3 Borussia Dortmund 34 20 4 10 75 46 17 11 2 4 40 20 17 9 2 6 35 26 29 64
4 VfL Wolfsburg 34 17 10 7 61 37 17 10 4 3 32 16 17 7 6 4 29 21 24 61
5 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 16 12 6 69 53 17 10 7 0 37 20 17 6 5 6 32 33 16 60
6 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 34 14 10 10 53 39 17 8 5 4 34 22 17 6 5 6 19 17 14 52
7 Union Berlin 34 12 14 8 50 43 17 8 8 1 32 18 17 4 6 7 18 25 7 50
8 Borussia M'gladbach 34 13 10 11 64 56 17 8 4 5 32 19 17 5 6 6 32 37 8 49
9 Stuttgart 34 12 9 13 56 55 17 5 6 6 27 26 17 7 3 7 29 29 1 45
10 SC Freiburg 34 12 9 13 52 52 17 7 6 4 33 23 17 5 3 9 19 29 0 45
11 TSG Hoffenheim 34 11 10 13 52 54 17 8 3 6 32 24 17 3 7 7 20 30 -2 43
12 1. FSV Mainz 05 34 10 9 15 39 56 17 4 4 9 16 26 17 6 5 6 23 30 -17 39
13 Augsburg 34 10 6 18 36 54 17 6 4 7 21 25 17 4 2 11 15 29 -18 36
14 Hertha BSC 34 8 11 15 41 52 17 5 5 7 21 26 17 3 6 8 20 26 -11 35
15 Arminia Bielefeld 34 9 8 17 26 52 17 6 2 9 13 23 17 3 6 8 13 29 -26 35
16 1. FC Köln 34 8 9 17 34 60 17 3 5 9 20 31 17 5 4 8 14 29 -26 33
17 Werder Bremen 34 7 10 17 36 57 17 3 5 9 16 28 17 4 5 8 20 29 -21 31
18 Schalke 04 34 3 7 24 25 86 17 3 3 11 14 34 17 0 4 13 11 52 -61 16

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