Borussia Dortmund vs RB Leipzig
Competition – German Bundesliga
Stadium – Signal-Iduna-Park
Date: 14th October 2017
Kick-off time – 17:30 GMT+1
Borussia Dortmund have set the pace early in this season as they sit 5 points clear at the top of the Bundesliga table – a standing that has led defending champions Bayern Munich to fire Italian manager, Carlo Ancelotti.
They have been solid if not spectacular setting a new record of keeping a clean sheet in their opening 5 games of a new season under a new manager and last season’s top scorer Pierre Emerick Aubameyang has continued where he stopped last season with 8 goals already making him joint top scorer this season.
However, the focus should be on Maximilian Philipp as he has scored two braces in his last two home games and he could continue that run here.
Dortmund are currently enjoying their best home unbeaten run which stretches to 41 games since April 2015 and they have won 83% of their home games within that period.
RB Leipzig were the toast of the German league last season however even though it is still early in the season they are obviously not as good domestically as they were last season.
Admittedly their participation in Europe has played a major role in their poor showing domestically so far.
They recently won what would be described as favourable fixtures against FC Cologne and Eintracht Frankfurt but they lost their last European game 2-0 at Besiktas with star striker Timo Werner famously complaining of the deafening noise at the Vodacom Arena.
The Signal Iduna Park is also famous for the noise from fans and it will be interesting to see if he will be unable to perform again in this game.
Leipzig are obviously struggling in front of goal and with Borussia Dortmund’s defence looking very good, it is hard to see them coming away from this game with victory.
Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions
Borussia Dortmund
LAST FIVE GAMES |
DATE |
COMPETITION |
W |
FC Augsburg |
|
1-2 |
|
Borussia Dortmund |
Sep 30, 2017 |
German Bundesliga |
L |
Borussia Dortmund |
|
1-3 |
|
Real Madrid |
Sep 26, 2017 |
UEFA Champions League |
W |
Borussia Dortmund |
|
6-1 |
|
Borussia Monchengladbach |
Sep 23, 2017 |
German Bundesliga |
W |
Hamburg SV |
|
0-3 |
|
Borussia Dortmund |
Sep 20, 2017 |
German Bundesliga |
W |
Borussia Dortmund |
|
5-0 |
|
FC Cologne |
Sep 17, 2017 |
German Bundesliga |
RB Leipzig
LAST FIVE GAMES |
DATE |
COMPETITION |
W |
FC Cologne |
|
1-2 |
|
RB Leipzig |
Oct 1, 2017 |
German Bundesliga |
L |
Besiktas |
|
2-0 |
|
RB Leipzig |
Sep 26, 2017 |
UEFA Champions League |
W |
RB Leipzig |
|
2-1 |
|
Eintracht Frankfurt |
Sep 23, 2017 |
German Bundesliga |
L |
FC Augsburg |
|
1-0 |
|
RB Leipzig |
Sep 19, 2017 |
German Bundesliga |
D |
RB Leipzig |
|
2-2 |
|
Borussia Monchengladbach |
Sep 16, 2017 |
German Bundesliga |
H2H
DATE |
COMPETITION |
Borussia Dortmund |
|
1-0 |
|
RB Leipzig |
Feb 4, 2017 |
German Bundesliga |
RB Leipzig |
|
1-0 |
|
Borussia Dortmund |
Sep 10, 2016 |
German Bundesliga |
Other fixtures taking place this week in the German Bundesliga:
May 10, 2024 |
Augsburg 1907 |
19:30 |
Stuttgart |
May 11, 2024 |
SC Freiburg |
14:30 |
Heidenheim |
Borussia Mönchengladbach |
14:30 |
Eintracht Frankfurt |
FC Cologne |
14:30 |
Union Berlin |
RB Leipzig |
14:30 |
Werder Bremen |
Mainz |
17:30 |
Borussia Dortmund |
May 12, 2024 |
Darmstadt |
14:30 |
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim |
Bayern Munich |
16:30 |
Wolfsburg |
VFL Bochum |
18:30 |
Bayer 04 Leverkusen |
May 18, 2024 |
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim |
14:30 |
Bayern Munich |
Stuttgart |
14:30 |
Borussia Mönchengladbach |
Werder Bremen |
14:30 |
VFL Bochum |
Borussia Dortmund |
14:30 |
Darmstadt |
Wolfsburg |
14:30 |
Mainz |
Eintracht Frankfurt |
14:30 |
RB Leipzig |
Bayer 04 Leverkusen |
14:30 |
Augsburg 1907 |
Union Berlin |
14:30 |
SC Freiburg |
Heidenheim |
14:30 |
FC Cologne |
German Bundesliga Table
# |
Team |
MP |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
G |
P |
1 |
Bayer 04 Leverkusen |
32 |
26 |
6 |
0 |
82 |
23 |
+59 |
84 |
2 |
Bayern Munich |
32 |
22 |
3 |
7 |
90 |
41 |
+49 |
69 |
3 |
Stuttgart |
32 |
21 |
4 |
7 |
73 |
39 |
+34 |
67 |
4 |
RB Leipzig |
32 |
19 |
6 |
7 |
74 |
36 |
+38 |
63 |
5 |
Borussia Dortmund |
32 |
17 |
9 |
6 |
64 |
40 |
+24 |
60 |
6 |
Eintracht Frankfurt |
32 |
11 |
12 |
9 |
48 |
47 |
+1 |
45 |
7 |
SC Freiburg |
32 |
11 |
8 |
13 |
43 |
55 |
-12 |
41 |
8 |
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim |
32 |
11 |
7 |
14 |
56 |
64 |
-8 |
40 |
9 |
Augsburg 1907 |
32 |
10 |
9 |
13 |
49 |
57 |
-8 |
39 |
10 |
Heidenheim |
32 |
9 |
11 |
12 |
45 |
53 |
-8 |
38 |
11 |
Werder Bremen |
32 |
10 |
8 |
14 |
43 |
52 |
-9 |
38 |
12 |
Wolfsburg |
32 |
10 |
7 |
15 |
40 |
51 |
-11 |
37 |
13 |
Borussia Mönchengladbach |
32 |
7 |
12 |
13 |
55 |
62 |
-7 |
33 |
14 |
VFL Bochum |
32 |
7 |
12 |
13 |
41 |
65 |
-24 |
33 |
15 |
Union Berlin |
32 |
8 |
6 |
18 |
29 |
54 |
-25 |
30 |
16 |
Mainz |
32 |
5 |
14 |
13 |
33 |
50 |
-17 |
29 |
17 |
FC Cologne |
32 |
4 |
12 |
16 |
24 |
54 |
-30 |
24 |
18 |
Darmstadt |
32 |
3 |
8 |
21 |
30 |
76 |
-46 |
17 |
German Bundesliga Results
May 5, 2024 |
Heidenheim |
1 - 1 |
Mainz |
Eintracht Frankfurt |
1 - 5 |
Bayer 04 Leverkusen |
Union Berlin |
3 - 4 |
VFL Bochum |
May 4, 2024 |
FC Cologne |
0 - 0 |
SC Freiburg |
Stuttgart |
3 - 1 |
Bayern Munich |
Werder Bremen |
2 - 2 |
Borussia Mönchengladbach |
Wolfsburg |
3 - 0 |
Darmstadt |
Borussia Dortmund |
5 - 1 |
Augsburg 1907 |
May 3, 2024 |
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim |
1 - 1 |
RB Leipzig |
April 28, 2024 |
Darmstadt |
0 - 1 |
Heidenheim |
Mainz |
1 - 1 |
FC Cologne |
Borussia Mönchengladbach |
0 - 0 |
Union Berlin |
April 27, 2024 |
Bayer 04 Leverkusen |
2 - 2 |
Stuttgart |
Bayern Munich |
2 - 1 |
Eintracht Frankfurt |
RB Leipzig |
4 - 1 |
Borussia Dortmund |
SC Freiburg |
1 - 2 |
Wolfsburg |
Augsburg 1907 |
0 - 3 |
Werder Bremen |
April 26, 2024 |
VFL Bochum |
3 - 2 |
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim |