Football match betting preview: Borussia Dortmund vs Bayer 04 Leverkusen

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 06.August
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Signal-Iduna-Park (81365 seats)

It's a new beginning in Bundesliga - the first fixture of the season. Read our full preview and see how Borussia Dortmund and Bayer 04 Leverkusen did in their pre-season friendlies!

Borussia Dortmund and Bayer 04 Leverkusen should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Borussia Dortmund form and stats

The previous season, Borussia Dortmund's league results were 22 wins, 3 draws and 9 losses, resulting in 2nd place in the Bundesliga. Over these 34 matches they scored 85 goals and gave away 52. Playing as the home side in the last season Borussia Dortmund managed 13-0-4 (win-draw-lost) with 52 goals and 28 conceded.

Borussia Dortmund have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and seven practice matches played. These training games have ended with 3 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Borussia Dortmund scored 14 goals and let in 10 goals during these seven games.

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Bayer 04 Leverkusen form and stats

Let's have a look at how Bayer 04 Leverkusen performed last season in the Bundesliga: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 19 victories, 7 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 80 and conceded 47 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 9 - drew 5 and lost 3 with 41/24 goals scored/conceded.

That defeat was their first after three consecutive league games winning points.

We have checked recent matches where Leverkusen have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 5 games were 2 victories, 0 draws and 3 defeats.

It's a day of discovery for Bayer 04 Leverkusen as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Bayer 04 Leverkusen have played three with the results W2-D1-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Bayer 04 Leverkusen has scored 8 goals and conceded 2 times.

Head 2 Head

Data for the former ten meetings between these two teams are: six wins for Borussia Dortmund, one draw and three wins for Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Over 2,5 goals: nine times; under 2,5 goals: one game.

Borussia Dortmund missing players

Bayer 04 Leverkusen missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Borussia Dortmund Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Borussia Dortmund Last season Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
22 13   Won W   9 19
3 0   Drew D   5 7
9 4   Lost L   3 8
85 52   Scored S   41 80
52 28   Conceded C   24 47
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 97%
91% 94%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   94% 85%
76% 88%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   71% 68%
56% 65%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   59% 53%
41% 59%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   35% 32%
76% 76%   BTTS BTTS   82% 68%
21% 24%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 24%
3% 0%   Failed to Score F T   6% 12%
 
5.4 5.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.9 5.7
4.3 4.4   Corners against (avg) C A   4.9 4.3
1.9 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.9
1 0   Red cards R C   1 2
 
13.7 15.2   Shots (avg) S (   12.4 13.8
5.6 6.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.4 5.9
44% 49%   Goal Efficiency G E   45% 40%
 
10.8 9.5   Shots against (avg) S A   14.5 13.4
4.2 4.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.9 4.8

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Borussia Dortmund 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Borussia M'gladbach 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Eintracht Frankfurt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Augsburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Bayern München 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Köln 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Union Berlin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Mainz 05 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Hertha BSC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 RB Leipzig 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Freiburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Schalke 04 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Hoffenheim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Stuttgart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Bochum 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Wolfsburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Werder Bremen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Bayern München 34 24 5 5 97 37 17 13 2 2 48 15 17 11 3 3 49 22 60 77
2 Borussia Dortmund 34 22 3 9 85 52 17 13 0 4 52 28 17 9 3 5 33 24 33 69
3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 34 19 7 8 80 47 17 10 2 5 39 23 17 9 5 3 41 24 33 64
4 RB Leipzig 34 17 7 10 72 37 17 11 2 4 43 17 17 6 5 6 29 20 35 58
5 Union Berlin 34 16 9 9 50 44 17 10 5 2 25 17 17 6 4 7 25 27 6 57
6 Freiburg 34 15 10 9 58 46 17 8 5 4 32 25 17 7 5 5 26 21 12 55
7 Köln 34 14 10 10 52 49 17 9 4 4 27 21 17 5 6 6 25 28 3 52
8 Mainz 05 34 13 7 14 50 45 17 10 5 2 33 11 17 3 2 12 17 34 5 46
9 Hoffenheim 34 13 7 14 58 60 17 8 4 5 34 24 17 5 3 9 24 36 -2 46
10 Borussia M'gladbach 34 12 9 13 54 61 17 8 4 5 33 27 17 4 5 8 21 34 -7 45
11 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 10 12 12 45 49 17 4 7 6 20 22 17 6 5 6 25 27 -4 42
12 Wolfsburg 34 12 6 16 43 54 17 7 3 7 25 21 17 5 3 9 18 33 -11 42
13 Bochum 34 12 6 16 38 52 17 8 4 5 21 17 17 4 2 11 17 35 -14 42
14 Augsburg 34 10 8 16 39 56 17 7 4 6 25 26 17 3 4 10 14 30 -17 38
15 Stuttgart 34 7 12 15 41 59 17 6 4 7 28 32 17 1 8 8 13 27 -18 33
16 Hertha BSC 34 9 6 19 37 71 17 6 3 8 24 33 17 3 3 11 13 38 -34 33
17 Arminia Bielefeld 34 5 13 16 27 53 17 2 10 5 15 23 17 3 3 11 12 30 -26 28
18 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 34 3 9 22 28 82 17 3 5 9 15 33 17 0 4 13 13 49 -54 18

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Borussia Dortmund 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Borussia M'gladbach 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Eintracht Frankfurt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Augsburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Bayern München 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Köln 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Union Berlin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Mainz 05 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Hertha BSC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 RB Leipzig 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Freiburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Schalke 04 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Hoffenheim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Stuttgart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Bochum 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Wolfsburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Werder Bremen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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