Borussia Dortmund vs RB Leipzig betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 02.April
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Signal-Iduna-Park (81365 seats)

A highly important game in Bundesliga as both teams are struggling for the top spots. With Borussia Dortmund in 2nd position and RB Leipzig at 4th, this is almost guaranteed to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

Insights:
  • Borussia Dortmund have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • RB Leipzig have the fewest dropped points from leading position (6) 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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Borussia Dortmund form and stats

This stadium, Signal-Iduna-Park, has been a fortress for Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 11-0-2. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Signal-Iduna-Park.

Borussia travelled for their previous game, a trip to Köln that ended 1-1. Akanji was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.33 out of 10. The defender Akanji won 7 of 12 duels.

In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Mainz 05.

With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Borussia Dortmund is on fire here. A stunning 40 from 13 league matches. The team are good finishers, as 10 of these goals have been created after the 80th minute. Borussia Dortmund's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 18 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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RB Leipzig form and stats

The visitors are W4-D4-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Bundesliga. Leipzig have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.

RB Leipzig's last game was the home draw against Eintracht Frankfurt (0-0). Nkunku, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.02. Nkunku hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 26 successful passes (of 29 total).

Preceding that game was the away victory against SpVgg Greuther Fürth with the score of 6-1.

RB Leipzig has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 22 goals from 13 games. It's worth mentioning that 13 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 15 goals have been conceded by Leipzig in these games.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these two sides meet this season, as the records show this recent game: RB Leipzig - Borussia Dortmund 2-1. Borussia Dortmund-RB Leipzig H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Borussia six wins, RB Leipzig two wins, two draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Borussia DortmundE. Håland
E. Håland
16 goals
RB LeipzigC. Nkunku
C. Nkunku
15 goals
RB LeipzigA. Valente Silva
A. Valente Silva
10 goals

Borussia Dortmund missing players

RB Leipzig missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Borussia Dortmund RB Leipzig
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 4 Played P 3 13 27
18 11 2 Won W 0 4 13
3 0 0 Drew D 1 4 6
6 2 2 Lost L 2 5 8
67 40 12 Scored S 3 22 57
38 18 11 Conceded C 6 15 30
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
89% 92% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 77% 85%
74% 85% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 31% 52%
52% 62% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 23% 41%
41% 54% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 23% 30%
74% 69% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 62% 59%
22% 31% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 15% 26%
4% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 23% 19%
 
5.6 5.2 6 Corners for (avg) C F 2.3 5.2 4.9
4.4 4.5 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 4.8 3.7
2 1.5 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1.6 1.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14.2 15.8 18 Shots (avg) S ( 10 12.4 13.7
5.8 6.4 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 4.6 5.6
43% 48% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 37% 38%
 
10.8 9.7 8 Shots against (avg) S A 21 13.5 10.6
4.3 4.5 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.3 4.3 3.6
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • Borussia Dortmund have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • 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 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • RB Leipzig have the fewest dropped points from leading position (6) in Bundesliga
  • RB Leipzig haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 27 20 3 4 81 28 14 11 1 2 42 12 13 9 2 2 39 16 53 63
2 Borussia Dortmund 27 18 3 6 67 38 13 11 0 2 40 18 14 7 3 4 27 20 29 57
3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 27 14 6 7 66 41 13 7 2 4 33 20 14 7 4 3 33 21 25 48
4 RB Leipzig 27 13 6 8 57 30 14 9 2 3 35 15 13 4 4 5 22 15 27 45
5 SC Freiburg 27 12 9 6 43 29 13 7 4 2 24 14 14 5 5 4 19 15 14 45
6 TSG Hoffenheim 27 13 5 9 49 40 13 8 3 2 28 14 14 5 2 7 21 26 9 44
7 Köln 27 10 10 7 38 40 14 7 4 3 21 17 13 3 6 4 17 23 -2 40
8 Eintracht Frankfurt 27 10 8 9 39 38 13 4 4 5 16 17 14 6 4 4 23 21 1 38
9 Union Berlin 27 10 8 9 33 38 13 7 4 2 18 14 14 3 4 7 15 24 -5 38
10 Mainz 05 26 11 4 11 39 30 14 9 3 2 28 8 12 2 1 9 11 22 9 37
11 Borussia M'gladbach 27 9 6 12 38 51 13 6 3 4 23 21 14 3 3 8 15 30 -13 33
12 VfL Bochum 1848 27 9 5 13 28 39 14 7 3 4 19 14 13 2 2 9 9 25 -11 32
13 Wolfsburg 27 9 4 14 29 42 14 5 2 7 14 19 13 4 2 7 15 23 -13 31
14 VfB Stuttgart 27 6 8 13 35 50 14 5 3 6 25 28 13 1 5 7 10 22 -15 26
15 Augsburg 26 6 8 12 29 44 12 4 4 4 17 19 14 2 4 8 12 25 -15 26
16 Hertha BSC 27 7 5 15 29 60 14 5 3 6 20 27 13 2 2 9 9 33 -31 26
17 DSC Arminia Bielefeld 27 5 10 12 22 38 13 2 7 4 12 17 14 3 3 8 10 21 -16 25
18 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 27 3 6 18 24 70 14 3 5 6 13 24 13 0 1 12 11 46 -46 15

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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 FC Bayern München 27 20 3 4 81 28 14 11 1 2 42 12 13 9 2 2 39 16 53 63
2 Borussia Dortmund 27 18 3 6 67 38 13 11 0 2 40 18 14 7 3 4 27 20 29 57
3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 27 14 6 7 66 41 13 7 2 4 33 20 14 7 4 3 33 21 25 48
4 RB Leipzig 27 13 6 8 57 30 14 9 2 3 35 15 13 4 4 5 22 15 27 45
5 SC Freiburg 27 12 9 6 43 29 13 7 4 2 24 14 14 5 5 4 19 15 14 45
6 TSG Hoffenheim 27 13 5 9 49 40 13 8 3 2 28 14 14 5 2 7 21 26 9 44
7 Köln 27 10 10 7 38 40 14 7 4 3 21 17 13 3 6 4 17 23 -2 40
8 Eintracht Frankfurt 27 10 8 9 39 38 13 4 4 5 16 17 14 6 4 4 23 21 1 38
9 Union Berlin 27 10 8 9 33 38 13 7 4 2 18 14 14 3 4 7 15 24 -5 38
10 Mainz 05 26 11 4 11 39 30 14 9 3 2 28 8 12 2 1 9 11 22 9 37
11 Borussia M'gladbach 27 9 6 12 38 51 13 6 3 4 23 21 14 3 3 8 15 30 -13 33
12 VfL Bochum 1848 27 9 5 13 28 39 14 7 3 4 19 14 13 2 2 9 9 25 -11 32
13 Wolfsburg 27 9 4 14 29 42 14 5 2 7 14 19 13 4 2 7 15 23 -13 31
14 VfB Stuttgart 27 6 8 13 35 50 14 5 3 6 25 28 13 1 5 7 10 22 -15 26
15 Augsburg 26 6 8 12 29 44 12 4 4 4 17 19 14 2 4 8 12 25 -15 26
16 Hertha BSC 27 7 5 15 29 60 14 5 3 6 20 27 13 2 2 9 9 33 -31 26
17 DSC Arminia Bielefeld 27 5 10 12 22 38 13 2 7 4 12 17 14 3 3 8 10 21 -16 25
18 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 27 3 6 18 24 70 14 3 5 6 13 24 13 0 1 12 11 46 -46 15

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