Pre-match most people would expect a notable difference in quality between these sides based on the league table so far, with Borussia Dortmund leading VfB Stuttgart by 14 points.
- Borussia Dortmund have the most points (18) at home in Bundesliga
- VfB Stuttgart have yet to win a game away.
Both participants have had plenty of rest since their last match. Let's look for an in-your-face fixture!
Borussia Dortmund form and stats
Borussia Dortmund have been very solid at home in the Bundesliga so far, with 18 points collected from 6 matches (6-0-0). This has contributed greatly to their 2nd position in the table. After failing to beat Eintracht Frankfurt here at Signal-Iduna-Park, Borussia has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with six wins in a row.
The fans are hoping that Borussia Dortmund will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Bundesliga game against RB Leipzig (placed 5th). Midfield player Thomas Meunier got a match rating of 7.65 in that game, the max score being 10. Meunier served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that game, the home loss against Ajax with the scoreline 1-3.Borussia are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found nine matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won nine, drew zero and lost zero.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Borussia as they are travelling to their away game against Sporting CP in the Champions League. That match is four days after this one.
Borussia always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Signal-Iduna-Park with 19 goals in 6 league games. 8 goals have been conceded.
VfB Stuttgart form and stats
As the visiting team in Bundesliga matches, VfB Stuttgart have produced an overall stat of 0-3-2 so far.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Bundesliga home defeat versus DSC Arminia Bielefeld with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Defender Waldemar Anton was the best team player with a rating of 7.61. Anton won 10 of 14 duels.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Augsburg wasn't a success with a 1-4 loss.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Stuttgart played away with similar odds. This revealed one game. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected one time.
The attacking power of Stuttgart when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 5 league matches away. For VfB Stuttgart, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: eight - zero - two (Borussia Dortmund wins - draws - VfB Stuttgart wins). As for goals, ten matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Håland 9 goals |  R. Guerreiro 3 goals |  M. Reus 3 goals |
Borussia Dortmund missing players
VfB Stuttgart missing players
| Borussia Dortmund | VfB Stuttgart | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 8 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 28 | 19 | 7 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 15 |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 10 | 20 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 91% |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 82% |
| 82% | 83% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 40% | 55% |
| 55% | 67% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 40% | 55% |
| 36% | 50% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| 82% | 83% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 73% |
| 9% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 9% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 40% | 27% |
| 4.8 | 5.2 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.2 | 4.8 |
| 4.1 | 4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 7 | 5.3 |
| 2.3 | 1.5 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.8 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14.2 | 15.2 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 9 | 12.7 |
| 5.6 | 6.7 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.2 | 4.8 |
| 45% | 48% | 54% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 19% | 28% |
| 11.4 | 10.2 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 26 | 21.2 | 15.8 |
| 4.7 | 4.8 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 11 | 7.8 | 5.5 |
- All of Borussia Dortmund's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- 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 at least twice as many goals at home as VfB Stuttgart have scored away.
- Borussia Dortmund have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Borussia Dortmund have the most points (18) at home in Bundesliga
- Borussia Dortmund have won all their matches at home so far.
- Borussia Dortmund haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- VfB Stuttgart have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- VfB Stuttgart have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- VfB Stuttgart have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- VfB Stuttgart have yet to win a 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 | Bayern München | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 29 | 28 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 24 |
| 3 | Freiburg | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 22 |
| 4 | VfL Wolfsburg | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 19 |
| 5 | RB Leipzig | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 |
| 6 | Bayer Leverkusen | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 18 |
| 7 | Mainz 05 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 17 |
| 8 | Union Berlin | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 17 |
| 9 | Borussia M'gladbach | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 15 |
| 10 | Hoffenheim | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 14 |
| 11 | Köln | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -3 | 14 |
| 12 | Bochum | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 15 | -8 | 13 |
| 13 | Hertha BSC | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 18 | -12 | 13 |
| 14 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | -4 | 12 |
| 15 | VfB Stuttgart | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | -5 | 10 |
| 16 | Augsburg | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -11 | 9 |
| 17 | DSC Arminia Bielefeld | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -9 | 8 |
| 18 | Greuther Furth | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 20 | -21 | 1 |