VfB Stuttgart vs Borussia Dortmund

VfB Stuttgart won all three of their competitive games against Borussia Dortmund last season – as many as in their previous 12 seasons spent in the same division combined (25 meetings). Sebastian Hoeneß is the first VfB coach to record three consecutive wins against BVB since Christoph Daum (1992-1993).

VfB Stuttgart are unbeaten in their last 13 Bundesliga home games (W9, D4). It’s their longest run in 15 years (November 2008 to August 2009), while they last went longer without losing at home between September 2006 and September 2007 under Armin Veh (19 home games), a run that included their most recent title win.

With seven points after three games, Nuri Sahin has led Borussia Dortmund to their best start to a Bundesliga season in six years – they also had seven points at this stage in 2018/19 under Lucien Favre.

Borussia Dortmund have failed to win any of their last three Bundesliga away games including last season (D1, L2), even failing to score in their two most recent matches on the road in the top flight. It’s BVB’s longest goalless spell away from home since autumn 2019 – they last went longer without an away goal between April and August 2011 (4 games).

VfB Stuttgart have scored in each of their last 19 Bundesliga games, the longest ongoing streak in the league. They could now equal their best run this century, having found the net in 20 consecutive top-flight matches in the 2009/10 season under Markus Babbel and Christian Gross.