📏 Form Guide

Borussia Dortmund

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Borussia Dortmund, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 1-3 Bundesliga victory vs VfL Wolfsburg.

In that game, Borussia Dortmund had 50% possession and 12 shots on goal with 4 on target. For Borussia Dortmund, the goals were scored by Donyell Malen (25'), Maximilian Beier (28') and Julian Brandt (30'). For their opponents, Wolfsburg had 14 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Denis Vavro (58') scored for VfL Wolfsburg.

It has been all too rare in recent times that Borussia Dortmund haven’t conceded. In fact, Borussia Dortmund have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 7 goals in the process.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Borussia Dortmund:

• are unbeaten in the league by Bayer Leverkusen in their last 4 matches.
• have not emerged victorious against Bayer Leverkusen in their previous 2 league games.
• haven’t won at home in the past 2 league games.

Bayer Leverkusen

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Bayer Leverkusen head into the encounter following on from a 5-1 Bundesliga win versus Freiburg in their last match.

In that game, Bayer Leverkusen had 67% possession and 20 shots at goal with 12 on target. For Bayer Leverkusen, the scorers were Patrik Schick (45', 67', 74', 77') and Florian Wirtz (51'). At the other end, Freiburg had 8 shots on goal with 2 on target. Vincenzo Grifo (55') was the scorer for Freiburg.

A run of dependable performances by the Bayer Leverkusen defensive unit has seen their ‘goals against’ tally standing at 3 from their past 6 fixtures combined. In that time, their forwards have scored 13. In any event, it remains to be seen whether such a trend shall be sustained in this next game.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Bayer Leverkusen:

• have not registered a win against Borussia Dortmund when having played them away from home in the previous 2 league matches.
• are unbeaten in their last 24 league matches away from home. They have just been just so solid on their travels.

↔️ Head to head

A review of their past head-to-head clashes stretching back to 11/09/2021 tells us that Borussia Dortmund have won 3 of these games and Bayer Leverkusen 1, with the tally of draws standing at 2.

A combined sum of 21 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 11 from Dortmund and 10 coming from Leverkusen. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.5.

The previous league encounter featuring these clubs was Bundesliga match day 30 on 21/04/2024 when it ended Borussia Dortmund 1-1 Bayer Leverkusen.

On that day, Borussia Dortmund managed 48% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Niklas Füllkrug (81').

At the other end, Bayer Leverkusen got 13 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Josip Stanišić (97') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Daniel Siebert.

🗞️ Team News: Borussia Dortmund

In all likelihood, Dortmund may well go for a 4-1-4-1 system in the match with Gregor Kobel, Julian Ryerson, Emre Can, Nico Schlotterbeck, Ramy Bensebaini, Felix Nmecha, Karim Adeyemi, Maximilian Beier, Julian Brandt, Jamie Gittens and Serhou Guirassy.

🗞️ Team News: Bayer Leverkusen

We’re of the thinking that Leverkusen appear most likely to play in a 3-4-2-1 system, going with Lukas Hradecky, Edmond Tapsoba, Jonathan Tah, Piero Hincapie, Jeremie Frimpong, Alejandro Grimaldo, Exequiel Palacios, Granit Xhaka, Nathan Tella, Florian Wirtz and Patrik Schick.

⚡ Prediction

We envisage that Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Dortmund could well end up finding themselves trading goals here.

Looks like a high-scoring draw might be possible, as we’re expecting it to be that close. That’s why our selection here is for a high-scoring affair with a 2-2 score draw at full-time.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Victor Martins, 19:03 10/01/2025