A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Borussia Dortmund fans are optimistic that the difference between 6th and Arminia Bielefeld's 16th place in the table will show on the pitch.
- Borussia Dortmund have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Arminia Bielefeld has the fewest points from losing position (0) in Bundesliga
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Borussia Dortmund form and stats
Borussia Dortmund have played 10 Bundesliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).
A strong away win for Borussia against Schalke 04 the last match, as Erling Braut Haaland (2), Jadon Sancho and Raphaël Guerreiro were on target. A strong away win before that one, visiting Sevilla and winning 3-2.
As mentioned above, Borussia Dortmund "killed" Schalke 04 in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Borussia are traveling soon after this match as the DFB Pokal match at Borussia M'gladbach awaits in three days.
Goals decide football matches and Borussia Dortmund are scoring many of them at home; 22 on target from 10 league matches. 14 goals have been conceded.
Arminia Bielefeld form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Arminia Bielefeld so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-6 (win-draw-lose).
Bielefeld's previous game was their home loss versus Wolfsburg (0-3). A 3-3 draw at Bayern München's stadium before that.
With the home team given a winning probability of about 80% by the bookmakers, any positive result for the visitors would be a surprise. Checking earlier matches with similar odds with Arminia Bielefeld as the away team, we found one results. Statistics from these were zero away wins, zero draws and one defeat. The outsiders lost zero of these games by at least two goals.
The visitors have scored 8 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Bielefeld struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 19 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Arminia Bielefeld - Borussia 0-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Borussia Dortmund four wins, three draws and Arminia Bielefeld two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Håland 17 goals |  J. Sancho 5 goals |  R. Guerreiro 3 goals |
Borussia Dortmund missing players
Arminia Bielefeld missing players
| Borussia Dortmund | Arminia Bielefeld | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 21 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 45 | 22 | 8 | Scored | S | 6 | 8 | 18 |
| 31 | 14 | 4 | Conceded | C | 8 | 19 | 38 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 70% | 67% |
| 73% | 80% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 50% | 52% |
| 41% | 50% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 30% | 24% |
| 18% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | 19% |
| 64% | 60% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 43% |
| 32% | 40% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 24% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 38% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.4 | 12.7 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 8.7 | 8.3 |
| 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| 37% | 41% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 32% | 33% |
- All of Borussia Dortmund's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Arminia Bielefeld has the fewest points from losing position (0) in Bundesliga
- Arminia Bielefeld have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Borussia Dortmund have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Borussia Dortmund have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Borussia Dortmund have scored more than double the goals of Arminia Bielefeld.
- Borussia Dortmund haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bayern München | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 62 | 31 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 31 | 49 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 44 |
| 3 | Wolfsburg | 22 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 35 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 16 | 42 |
| 4 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 22 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 45 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 18 | 15 | 42 |
| 5 | Bayer Leverkusen | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 39 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 16 | 36 |
| 6 | Borussia Dortmund | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 45 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 14 | 36 |
| 7 | Union Berlin | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 35 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 33 |
| 8 | Borussia M'gladbach | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 38 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 33 |
| 9 | Freiburg | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 34 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 31 |
| 10 | Stuttgart | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 39 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 4 | 29 |
| 11 | Werder Bremen | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | -3 | 23 |
| 12 | Hoffenheim | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 32 | 39 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 23 | -7 | 23 |
| 13 | Augsburg | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -13 | 22 |
| 14 | Köln | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 36 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -16 | 21 |
| 15 | Hertha BSC | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -11 | 18 |
| 16 | Arminia Bielefeld | 21 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 38 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -20 | 18 |
| 17 | Mainz 05 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 43 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 24 | -20 | 17 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 56 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 30 | -41 | 9 |