The Borussia Dortmund & Schalke 04 managers L. Favre and D. Wagner are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Bundesliga league table.
The Revierderby, also known as the Ruhr Derby, is the name given to any football match played between Borussia Dortmund and Schalke 04. There are also other teams in the area, but these are the biggest two and they enjoy an intense rivalry.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Champions League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Paris Saint Germain.
Borussia Dortmund form and stats
9-3-0 is the performance here at Signal-Iduna-Park so far in the Bundesliga, giving Borussia Dortmund a total of 30 from their 12 games here. Outstanding results! The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena. Borussia Dortmund has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Signal-Iduna-Park. We remember; it was RB Leipzig.
Borussia Dortmund faced defeat in their previous match, away at Paris Saint Germain (0-2). A strong away win before that one, visiting Borussia M'gladbach and winning 2-1.
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 nine games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in seven wins, two draws and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, five matches were won by at least two goals.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Borussia Dortmund is on fire here. A stunning 41 from 12 league matches. From these home matches, Borussia Dortmund have conceded only 10 goals.
Schalke 04 form and stats
4-4-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Schalke 04 in their Bundesliga matches away.
Schalke 04's last game was the home draw against Hoffenheim (1-1). The game before that, in the DFB Pokal, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Bayern München.
You'll want to know how Schalke 04 managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found one similar match resulting in zero away wins, one draw and zero home wins.
The visiting Schalke 04 have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 15 goals from 12 games. In the opposite end, Schalke 04 have conceded 18 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Schalke 04 - Borussia Dortmund 0-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Borussia Dortmund three wins, five draws and Schalke 04 two victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Sancho 14 goals |  M. Reus 11 goals |  E. Håland 9 goals |
Borussia Dortmund missing players
Schalke 04 missing players
| Borussia Dortmund | Schalke 04 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 15 | 9 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 68 | 41 | 8 | Scored | S | 4 | 15 | 33 |
| 33 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 8 | 18 | 36 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 75% | 84% |
| 88% | 83% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 75% | 80% |
| 84% | 83% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 58% | 56% |
| 68% | 75% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 28% |
| 32% | 50% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 25% | 20% |
| 56% | 42% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 52% |
| 40% | 58% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 25% | 28% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 36% |
| 6.2 | 7 | 8.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.2 | 4.2 | 5 |
| 3.1 | 2.5 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.5 | 5.3 | 5.2 |
| 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 361 | 202 | 41 | Total Shots | T S | 33 | 121 | 289 |
| 152 | 87 | 21 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 45 | 105 |
| 45% | 47% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 33% | 31% |
- Borussia Dortmund has the fewest conceded goals (10) at home
- Borussia Dortmund has the fewest matches under the total-line (5)
- Borussia Dortmund has the most clean sheets (7) at home
- Borussia Dortmund has the most matches over the total-line (18)
- Borussia Dortmund has the most points (30) at home
- Borussia Dortmund has the most scored goals (41) at home
- Borussia Dortmund has the most scored goals in the second half (45)
- Borussia Dortmund has the the best goal difference (+31) at home
- Borussia Dortmund have not yet lost a game at home.
- Borussia Dortmund have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Borussia Dortmund have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Borussia Dortmund have scored more than double the goals of Schalke 04.
- Borussia Dortmund have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Borussia Dortmund haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Schalke 04 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| 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 | 25 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 73 | 26 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 15 | 47 | 55 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 25 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 68 | 33 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 23 | 35 | 51 |
| 3 | RB Leipzig | 25 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 62 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 36 | 50 |
| 4 | Borussia M'gladbach | 25 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 49 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 19 | 49 |
| 5 | Bayer Leverkusen | 25 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 45 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 47 |
| 6 | Schalke 04 | 25 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 33 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 18 | -3 | 37 |
| 7 | Wolfsburg | 25 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 34 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 36 |
| 8 | Freiburg | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 34 | 35 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 21 | -1 | 36 |
| 9 | Hoffenheim | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 43 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | -8 | 35 |
| 10 | Köln | 25 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 39 | 45 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 29 | -6 | 32 |
| 11 | Union Berlin | 25 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 32 | 41 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 25 | -9 | 30 |
| 12 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 38 | 41 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 25 | -3 | 28 |
| 13 | Hertha BSC | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 32 | 48 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 20 | -16 | 28 |
| 14 | Augsburg | 25 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 36 | 52 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 31 | -16 | 27 |
| 15 | Mainz 05 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 34 | 53 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 19 | 32 | -19 | 26 |
| 16 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 25 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 50 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 27 | -23 | 22 |
| 17 | Werder Bremen | 24 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 27 | 55 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 29 | -28 | 18 |
| 18 | Paderborn | 25 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 30 | 54 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 31 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 23 | -24 | 16 |