FC Bayern München meet Borussia Dortmund as obvious favourites: Big football preview

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 23.April
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Allianz Arena (75000 seats)

The FC Bayern München & Borussia Dortmund managers Nagelsmann and Rose are both fearful of and feeling excited about this important fixture in the higher regions of the Bundesliga standings.

Insights:
  • FC Bayern München have the most scored goals (89) in Bundesliga
  • Borussia Dortmund haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Both squads have had plenty of rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's wish for an energetic fixture!

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FC Bayern München form and stats

37 points is a decent return from 15 Bundesliga games here at Allianz Arena for FC Bayern München. The data says 12 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. The happy trend is alive also outside their own arena as FC Bayern München has won their last four matches.

München are confident in defense, having played 207 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

FC Bayern München enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at DSC Arminia Bielefeld's place. The match ended 3-0 with Musiala and Gnabry scoring. Gnabry (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 9.04/10. Gnabry scored one goal, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

München 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 eight matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won six, drew one and lost one.

FC Bayern München are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (43 goals in 15 games). München are not conceding a lot of goals here at Allianz Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 12 from 15 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Borussia Dortmund form and stats

8-3-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Borussia Dortmund in their Bundesliga matches away. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Hertha BSC game have they lost an away game, meaning Borussia Dortmund has taken points from seven away matches in a row.

Borussia Dortmund go into this game after a win, the home game against Wolfsburg that ended 6-1. As mentioned above, Borussia was the only team on the pitch versus Wolfsburg in their previous game, winning 6-1. This could be a tougher task. Attacker Haaland got a player rating of 8.5 in the game. "Man of the match" Haaland scored two goals, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

Prior to that result Borussia Dortmund won their away game at Stuttgart. The scoreline was 2-0.

The travelling fans enjoy Borussia's attacking play in away games, having scored 29 goals in 15 league matches away. Borussia Dortmund have conceded 20 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have played before this season: Borussia Dortmund - München 2-3. Head-to-head numbers (for the prior ten meetings): FC Bayern München won eight games, zero matches ended with a draw and Borussia Dortmund managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / two One of the profiles has been Lewandowski with 14 goals scored against Borussia Dortmund in these 10 encounters.

Top Goalscorers

FC Bayern MünchenR. Lewandowski
R. Lewandowski
32 goals
Borussia DortmundE. Håland
E. Håland
18 goals
FC Bayern MünchenS. Gnabry
S. Gnabry
12 goals

FC Bayern München missing players

Borussia Dortmund missing players

FC Bayern München Borussia Dortmund
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
30 15 4 Played P 4 15 30
23 12 3 Won W 2 8 20
3 1 1 Drew D 0 3 3
4 2 0 Lost L 2 4 7
89 43 10 Scored S 9 29 76
29 12 4 Conceded C 7 20 43
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
90% 87% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 87% 90%
80% 80% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 73%
60% 53% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 40% 53%
43% 33% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 27% 43%
63% 53% 75% BTTS BTTS 75% 73% 73%
37% 47% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 20% 23%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 7% 3%
 
6.2 5.7 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.9 5.5
3.1 2.8 2 Corners against (avg) C A 2.8 4.2 4.4
0.9 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.3 1.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
20.3 20.3 21.8 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 12.7 14
8.3 8.1 8.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 5.2 5.7
36% 36% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 37% 44%
 
9.7 9.5 12 Shots against (avg) S A 11.5 11.9 10.8
3.7 3.3 4.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 4 4.2
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • Borussia Dortmund haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • FC Bayern München have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • FC Bayern München have scored in all their matches so far.
  • FC Bayern München have the fewest conceded goals (29) in Bundesliga
  • FC Bayern München have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12) in Bundesliga
  • FC Bayern München have the most clean sheets (11) in Bundesliga
  • FC Bayern München have the most points (37) at home in Bundesliga
  • FC Bayern München have the most scored goals (89) in Bundesliga
  • FC Bayern München have the most scored goals in the first half (42) in Bundesliga
  • FC Bayern München have the most scored goals in the second half (47) in Bundesliga
  • FC Bayern München have the the best goal difference (+31) at home in Bundesliga
  • FC Bayern München have the the best goal difference (+60) in Bundesliga
  • FC Bayern München have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • FC Bayern München 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 FC Bayern München 30 23 3 4 89 29 15 12 1 2 43 12 15 11 2 2 46 17 60 72
2 Borussia Dortmund 30 20 3 7 76 43 15 12 0 3 47 23 15 8 3 4 29 20 33 63
3 RB Leipzig 30 16 6 8 65 31 15 10 2 3 38 15 15 6 4 5 27 16 34 54
4 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 30 15 7 8 68 43 15 8 2 5 35 22 15 7 5 3 33 21 25 52
5 Freiburg 30 14 9 7 49 34 15 8 4 3 28 18 15 6 5 4 21 16 15 51
6 Union Berlin 30 13 8 9 40 39 15 9 4 2 21 14 15 4 4 7 19 25 1 47
7 FC Köln 30 12 10 8 44 44 15 8 4 3 24 19 15 4 6 5 20 25 0 46
8 TSG Hoffenheim 30 13 6 11 50 45 15 8 4 3 29 16 15 5 2 8 21 29 5 45
9 Mainz 05 30 11 6 13 43 36 15 9 4 2 28 8 15 2 2 11 15 28 7 39
10 Eintracht Frankfurt 30 10 9 11 40 42 15 4 5 6 17 19 15 6 4 5 23 23 -2 39
11 Borussia M'gladbach 30 10 7 13 42 55 15 6 4 5 25 25 15 4 3 8 17 30 -13 37
12 Bochum 30 10 6 14 30 43 15 7 4 4 19 14 15 3 2 10 11 29 -13 36
13 Wolfsburg 30 10 4 16 34 51 15 6 2 7 18 19 15 4 2 9 16 32 -17 34
14 Augsburg 30 8 8 14 34 47 15 6 4 5 22 21 15 2 4 9 12 26 -13 32
15 Hertha BSC 30 8 5 17 32 66 15 5 3 7 21 31 15 3 2 10 11 35 -34 29
16 Stuttgart 30 6 10 14 36 53 15 5 3 7 25 30 15 1 7 7 11 23 -17 28
17 DSC Arminia Bielefeld 30 5 11 14 23 46 15 2 8 5 13 21 15 3 3 9 10 25 -23 26
18 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 30 3 8 19 24 72 15 3 5 7 13 26 15 0 3 12 11 46 -48 17

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