BVB-SGE: Facts & Figures

Borussia won 40 of their 84 Bundesliga games vs. Frankfurt (D16, L28). They have beaten SGE more often than any other side in the top flight.
Of the last 10 league encounters Eintracht won 3, drew 2 and lost 5.
These sides have met 84 times in the Bundesliga and only 2 of these games have ended 0-0 (September 1987 in Frankfurt and April 1980 in Dortmund). At least 1 goal has been scored in each of the last 38 clashes in the top flight.
Last season each game was won by the home team (both 2-0).
The only season when Dortmund have had more points after 15 games than now (35) was in their 2010/11 title-winning campaign (40). A nine-point gap over third place after 15 matches is also a new top-flight record (since the introduction of the 3-points-rule in 1995/96).
Only the Dortmund team of 1963/64 (45) can beat the current side’s total of 42 goals after 15 games. BVB are the only side to score in every league game this term.

SGE have put away 58.8% of their clear-cut chances this term – the third best rate in the league after Hannover (61.1%) and Hoffenheim (59.1%).
Frankfurt have scored 5 goals from counter attacks – only Schalke have scored more (7).
Dortmund are the only side to score in all 15 BL matches this season.
Only Bayern (43) have scored more goals than Borussia so far this season (42).

Marco Russ, Carlos Zambrano and Marc Stendera are all suspended for the game. This is the first time since the last weekend of the 2013/14 season that 3 players for the same team have been serving bans at the same time – it was Nürnberg facing Schalke on that occasion.
SGE changed their starting central defenders 8 times in 15 games, Zambrano and Abraham started in 11 matches each, Russ in 8. Overall there were 14 changes to the starting back four.
Marco Reus scored 5 goals in 8 games v SGE (4 in 4 for BVB).