The Borussia Dortmund & Bayern München managers L. Favre and H. Flick are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Bundesliga league table.
Der Klassiker, also known as the ‘German Clasico’, is the name given to any match between these two German sides. They are two of the most successful teams in German football. The rivalry grew during the 1990s when Borussia started challenging for trophies again after an almost 30 year long period as a more average side.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Borussia and Bayern München.
Borussia Dortmund form and stats
As mentioned below, Borussia Dortmund are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 3 Bundesliga games. With a nice streak brewing from their home games, Borussia are also looking for their fifth consecutive victory regardless of location.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Borussia, as their goalkeeper Roman Burki has completely shut out the opponents for 396 minutes in the Bundesliga.
Happy days for Borussia Dortmund in their previous game, a Champions League match away at Club Brugge that ended with a 3-0 victory. Before that match, a Bundesliga win away at Arminia Bielefeld.
The 3-0 win against Club Brugge was decided after a strong and deadly first half, making the second half more of a journey towards the final whistle.
Borussia always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Signal-Iduna-Park with 10 goals in 3 league games. Borussia have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 0 goals.
Bayern München form and stats
Bayern München, who have the most scored goals (24) in Bundesliga, have six points from their first three away games in the Bundesliga, meaning two victories and a loss. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. München hope to make it five in this match. Momentum is building for Bayern München in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
Two travels in a row for Bayern München, whose manager H. Flick could celebrate last time after the Champions League win against Salzburg. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Köln.
As you can tell from the results above, Bayern München was very dominant against Salzburg, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 6-2 (!) with Robert Lewandowski (2), Jérôme Boateng, Lucas Hernández and Leroy Sané providing the goals. Goalkeeper Manuel Neuer was absolutely vital in the München victory against Salzburg, making eight saves.
The München manager H. Flick has got the team scoring on the road, with 7 away goals in 3 league matches. The Bayern München manager H. Flick has some worries about the defense as 6 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Borussia two wins, one draw and Bayern München seven victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Lewandowski 10 goals |   E. Håland 5 goals |  S. Gnabry 4 goals |
Borussia Dortmund missing players
Bayern München missing players
| Borussia Dortmund | Bayern München | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | 10 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 67% | 83% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 67% | 83% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 17% | 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 |
| 1.3 | 0.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.3 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 100 | 46 | 10 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 44 | 107 |
| 38 | 19 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 15 | 46 |
| 34% | 53% | 75% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 47% | 52% |
- All of Bayern München's matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- All of Borussia Dortmund's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Bayern München has the most scored goals (24) in Bundesliga
- Bayern München has the most scored goals in the first half (12) in Bundesliga
- Bayern München has the most scored goals in the second half (12) in Bundesliga
- Bayern München has the the best goal difference (+15) in Bundesliga
- Bayern München have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Bayern München have scored in all their matches so far.
- Bayern München haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Borussia Dortmund has the fewest conceded goals (0) at home in Bundesliga
- Borussia Dortmund has the fewest conceded goals (2) in Bundesliga
- Borussia Dortmund has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in Bundesliga
- Borussia Dortmund has the most clean sheets (3) at home in Bundesliga
- Borussia Dortmund has the most clean sheets (5) in Bundesliga
- Borussia Dortmund have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Borussia Dortmund have won all their matches at home so far.
- 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 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 15 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 15 |
| 3 | RB Leipzig | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 4 | Bayer Leverkusen | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | Borussia M'gladbach | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| 6 | Augsburg | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | Stuttgart | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | Union Berlin | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 9 | Werder Bremen | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 10 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 9 |
| 11 | Wolfsburg | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 12 | Hoffenheim | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 13 | Freiburg | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 6 |
| 14 | Hertha BSC | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -3 | 4 |
| 15 | Arminia Bielefeld | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -6 | 4 |
| 16 | Köln | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -5 | 2 |
| 17 | Schalke 04 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | -17 | 2 |
| 18 | Mainz 05 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -13 | 0 |