Borussia Dortmund vs Bayer Leverkusen

Bayer 04 Leverkusen have lost seven of their last nine Bundesliga away matches against Borussia Dortmund (W1 D1), the most away defeats of the Werkself against any team in the top flight since the start of the 2015-16 season. The two clubs drew 1-1 twice in the previous season - both times Leverkusen came back from a goal down.

Since 2004, Borussia Dortmund has been unbeaten in both the first Bundesliga match of a new calendar year (W15 D5) and in Friday home matches (W30 D9) - both are ongoing records in BL history. In both cases, the last such defeat was a 0-1 at home to Schalke 04 in January 2004.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen have won their last five Bundesliga games in a row, which is more victories than the Werkself managed in the first 10 matchdays of this Bundesliga season (4). Leverkusen have even won their last eight competitive matches, and the last time Bayer 04 won nine in a row was from September to November 2023 (14).

Borussia Dortmund are currently unbeaten in five consecutive Bundesliga games (W2 D3), the first time under Nuri Sahin (lastly at the turn of the year 2023-2024, even 8), and currently only Bayer 04 Leverkusen are unbeaten for longer (13). BVB could now manage two BL wins in a row for the first time under Sahin.

Borussia Dortmund have not lost any of their last 11 home games in the Bundesliga (W8 D3), while Bayer 04 Leverkusen are unbeaten in 24 Bundesliga away matches (W18 D6 - a current club record, only FC Bayern in the top flight twice longer: 33 from 2012 to 2014 and 26 from 1985 to 1987). This means that the longest current home unbeaten streak in the Bundesliga meets the longest away unbeaten streak.