Bundesliga preview: Home team members predicting a victory when Borussia Dortmund host SpVgg Greuther Fürth

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

Borussia Dortmund form and stats

Borussia Dortmund have been very solid at home in the Bundesliga so far, with 21 points collected from 8 matches (7-0-1). This has contributed greatly to their 2nd position in the table.

Borussia Dortmund shared the glory with Bochum in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. The hometeam coach Rose made a successful contribution in the game against Bochum, bringing on Brandt who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw. Midfielder Jude Bellingham was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.65 (out of ten) in that game. Bellingham hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times and had 31 successful passes (of 36 total).

Before that game, the 5-0 home victory against Besiktas.

Everyone expects Borussia to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found one game: one home win, zero draws and zero defeats. Borussia Dortmund have won with at least two goals margin one time in similar situations.

The manager Rose will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Hertha BSC in only three days.

Borussia are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (23 goals in 8 games). Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 12 goals have been conceded.

SpVgg Greuther Fürth form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for SpVgg Greuther Fürth so far with only 0 points returning home. The records show 0-0-8 (win-draw-lose). The manager Leitl is not happy with the away performances in the Bundesliga so far, as all 8 matches have been lost. A depressing eight defeats in a row for SpVgg Greuther Fürth in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Paderborn.

Greuther won their last game, 1-0 versus FC Union Berlin played at home. Goalkeeper Burchert was absolutely vital in the SpVgg Greuther Fürth victory against FC Union Berlin, making six saves. Sascha Burchert was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.12. The agile goalkeeper Burchert stopped the opponent with six saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Preceding that game, the 1-7 loss visiting Bayer 04 Leverkusen's place.

Nobody expects SpVgg Greuther Fürth to collect anything from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath one time before, with the overall statistics of won zero, draw zero and lost one. When defeated, one match have been lost by two or more goals.

A quick return to home after this game, as Greuther are hosting Augsburg in the Bundesliga only three days away.

The visitors have scored 6 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Greuther can't defend away. 31 goals have been scored by the opposition in 8 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above. Greuther has visited these top teams two times, and 2 of 2 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last four meetings: four - zero - zero (Borussia wins - draws - SpVgg Greuther Fürth wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

E. Håland 11 goals

J. Brandt 4 goals

M. Reus 4 goals

Borussia Dortmund missing players

SpVgg Greuther Fürth missing players