The league table in Bundesliga tells a story about these teams so far, with Borussia Dortmund leading Fortuna Düsseldorf by 11 points. Match preview to follow:
It's no vacation for neither Borussia Dortmund nor Fortuna Düsseldorf as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Borussia Dortmund form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Signal Iduna Park as Borussia Dortmund, who have the most clean sheets (4) at home in Bundesliga, have scored 18 goals to get 14 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the Bundesliga are 4-2-0 (wins-draws-losses).
The Borussia Dortmund supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Fortuna Düsseldorf in Bundesliga and win 5-0. Before that match, a win away at Hertha BSC.
As mentioned above, Borussia Dortmund "killed" Fortuna Düsseldorf in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Borussia Dortmund home games with this odds we find eight games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 4 matches were won by at least two goals.
Borussia Dortmund are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Signal Iduna Park in their league games, having scored an impressive 18 goals in 6 matches. Borussia Dortmund's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 6 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Fortuna Düsseldorf form and stats
There's been little loot from Fortuna Düsseldorf's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 7 away games in the Bundesliga. Fortuna Düsseldorf only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws.
Two away games in a row for Fortuna Düsseldorf, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-5 versus Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Hoffenheim that ended 1-1.
Fortuna Düsseldorf lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-5 beating and focus on this one.
You'll want to know how Fortuna Düsseldorf managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found four similar matches resulting in 0 away wins, 2 draws and 2 home wins.
Fortuna Düsseldorf are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 7 games (in the league). Fortuna Düsseldorf have conceded 14 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Borussia Dortmund and Fortuna Düsseldorf have met before this season: Borussia Dortmund - Fortuna Düsseldorf 5-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Borussia Dortmund 5 wins, 2 draws and Fortuna Düsseldorf 1 victory. As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Hennings 10 goals |   M. Reus 8 goals |  J. Sancho 7 goals |
Borussia Dortmund missing players
Fortuna Düsseldorf missing players
| Borussia Dortmund | Fortuna Düsseldorf | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 14 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 33 | 23 | 10 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | 16 |
| 19 | 6 | 6 | Conceded | C | 5 | 19 | 29 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 86% | 86% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 64% |
| 71% | 71% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 43% |
| 21% | 43% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 25% | 14% |
| 57% | 43% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 64% |
| 36% | 57% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 21% |
| 6.5 | 7.9 | 9.7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.5 | 4 |
| 3.6 | 2.4 | 1.3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.4 | 5.4 |
| 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3.4 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 200 | 126 | 58 | Total Shots | T S | 27 | 96 | 178 |
| 81 | 53 | 22 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 31 | 55 |
| 41% | 43% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 32% | 29% |
- All of Fortuna Düsseldorf's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Borussia Dortmund has the most clean sheets (4) at home
- Borussia Dortmund has the most scored goals in the second half (23)
- Borussia Dortmund have not yet lost a game at home.
- Borussia Dortmund have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Borussia Dortmund have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Borussia Dortmund have scored more than double the goals of Fortuna Düsseldorf.
- Borussia Dortmund have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Borussia Dortmund have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Borussia Dortmund haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Fortuna Düsseldorf has the most dropped points from leading position (14)
- Fortuna Düsseldorf have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Fortuna Düsseldorf have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Fortuna Düsseldorf 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 | Borussia M'gladbach | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 28 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 21 | 27 |
| 3 | Schalke 04 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 25 |
| 4 | Bayern München | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 24 |
| 5 | Borussia Dortmund | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 23 |
| 6 | Freiburg | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 22 |
| 7 | Bayer Leverkusen | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 22 |
| 8 | Hoffenheim | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | -2 | 21 |
| 9 | Wolfsburg | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 20 |
| 10 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 18 |
| 11 | Union Berlin | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -3 | 16 |
| 12 | Mainz 05 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 19 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 22 | -13 | 15 |
| 13 | Werder Bremen | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 15 | -6 | 14 |
| 14 | Augsburg | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | -7 | 14 |
| 15 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -8 | 12 |
| 16 | Hertha BSC | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -9 | 12 |
| 17 | Köln | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -16 | 8 |
| 18 | Paderborn | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -16 | 5 |