Borussia Dortmund only celebrated more Bundesliga wins against Eintracht Frankfurt (49) than against Werder Bremen (48). Away at Werder, BVB lost only one of the last 11 Bundesliga away games (W8 D2) – 1-2 in December 2014 – since then Dortmund have remained undefeated in seven BL away games in a row at Bremen (W5 D2).
Since a 0-2 loss in Bremen in May 2011, Borussia Dortmund has scored in each of its last 23 Bundesliga games against Werder Bremen – only against Hannover 96 did BVB have an equally long scoring streak in the top flight from 1967 to 2005, and a longer one against no team .
Borussia Dortmund is in third place in the second half of the season with 14 points, Werder Bremen is in fourth place with 13 points – only Bayer 04 Leverkusen (19) and VfB Stuttgart (16) scored more points in the second half of the season. Only B04 conceded fewer goals in the second half of the season (4) than BVB (5) and SVW (6).
Borussia Dortmund has only lost one of the last 15 Bundesliga away games (W6 D8) – with 1-2 at VfB Stuttgart in mid-November 2023. Most recently, BVB remained undefeated away from home seven times in a row (W3 D4), and recently achieved a longer unbeaten streak away from home from 2012 to 2013 under Jürgen Klopp (10 games).
Borussia Dortmund only conceded one goal in the five Bundesliga away games in 2024 – never before have BVB conceded so few goals in the first five BL away games of a calendar year. In 2024, Dortmund has already kept as many clean sheets away from home in the league (4 in 5 games) as in the whole of 2023 (4 in 16 games).
Werder Bremen scored in each of the last 11 Bundesliga games, making it the longest current scoring streak in the league. The last time Werder remained goalless was in the last BL top game on Saturday evening, in the 0-2 defeat at VfB Stuttgart at the beginning of December – Werder lost six of the last seven BL top games.
Skelly Lavero recently scored Werder Bremen’s eighth joker goal of this Bundesliga season in Hoffenheim – only their upcoming opponents Borussia Dortmund (9) and RB Leipzig (10) have scored more joker goals so far this BL season.
Niclas Füllkrug collected 19 direct goal involvements in his first 22 Bundesliga games for Borussia Dortmund (11 goals, 8 assists) – only Erling Haaland has collected since then. Data collection 2004/05 more direct Torbet. in his first 22 BL games for BVB (27, Marco Reus also 19). For Werder Bremen he played 80 BL games (28 goals) and was top scorer in the previous season (16 goals).
Dortmund’s Donyell Malen is eligible to play again after being suspended – he already set a new personal record with his 10th goal of this Bundesliga season against Hoffenheim. With five goals, he has already scored as many goals in five games in the second half of the season as he did in 16 games in the first half of the season.
Dortmund’s Julian Brandt, who was born in Bremen, recently played without a direct goal in four Bundesliga games in a row for the first time in a year. Brandt has already scored seven goals in 20 competitive games against Bremen (including in the first half of the season), only more against Hertha BSC (8).