PREVIOUS ENCOUNTERS: SGE-BVB
- Eintracht won 2 of the last 4 Bundesliga meetings with BVB (1 draw, 1 defeat).
- SGE conceded more than 1 goal only twice in the last 16 Bundesliga home games against Borussia – 1995 (3-4) and 2009 (0-2).
- Good home record: Eintracht won 20 matches v Dortmund on home soil (9 draws, 10 defeats).
- It ist he first top match between the two since 1993.
- SGE’s biggest win against Dortmund since 1963 was a 6-2 in the first DFB Cup round in 1969 (goals by Bellut 3, Grabowski 2 and Nickel).
SERIES & RUNS
- Only 14 teams in Bundesliga history managed to win their first 4 games of the season. None of them ended up lower than spot 7 at the end of their campaigns.
- BVB’S 2-3 defeat away to Hamburg was the end of a run of 31 unbeaten matches, the second longest in the history of Bundesliga.
- Dortmund started the season exactly like last year: 2 wins at home and a draw plus a defeat away from home. Last season they lost on matchdays 5 and 6.
THE TEAMS
- BVB have not managed an away win in 2012/13, collected only 1 of possible 6 points.
- Eintracht scored 11 goals in 4 matches – their best tally in 19 years.
- Both SGE and BVB created 11 big chances each so far – second best in the league.
INDIVIDUALS
- Both managers are awaiting a milestone goal: Klopp’s teams scored 399 Bundesliga goals so far, Veh’s teams 299.
- Takashi Inui scored Eintracht’s third long range goal against Nürnberg – top in Bundesliga.
- Alexander Meier took over the team captaincy from Pirmin Schwegler in Nürnberg, his first time as Eintracht skipper in the top flight.
- Sebastian Jung scored his very first Bundesliga goal against Borussia – during the 3-2 away win in 2010 (Eintracht’s first win away to Dortmund after 19 years).
Sources: Impire - Opta
