Borussia Dortmund vs Bayern Munich Preview

Borussia Dortmund started the season well setting a Bundesliga record on the way as they kept 5 clean sheets in their first 5 games of the season but they have been dismal over the past month and have lost some hotly contested games that shows they might not be ready to win the league just yet.

They lost to RB Leipzig (3-2), Hannover 96 (4-2) and drew at Eintracht Frankfurt in the league and they also failed to beat APOEL twice in Europe (1-1 draw in each match) and while their recent result shows their defence is weak, the efforts they are making on the offence is obviously not been converted into goals for them as they created 30 chances in their last game yet they managed to score just one.

They should be scoring goals and it is only a matter of time before they will with the likes of last season’s top scorer Pierre Emerick Aubameyang in their team.

Bayern Munich started the season poorly but after Carlo Ancelloti was booted out and Jupp Heynckes was brought back in, there has been a positive turn of results for the Bavarians.

Having won the treble for them in his last time in charge, he seems to have refound the magic touch as he has brought the winning formula straight back into the team with them winning all six matches that he has been in charge so far.

Their attacking trio of Kingsley Coman, Robert Lewandoski and James Rodriguez is good enough to trouble any defence in the World and with the top of the league table at stake in this game, Bayern Munich will likely put more effort than they have in recent games to try and get the win.

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions

Borussia Dortmund

LAST FIVE GAMES						DATE	COMPETITION
L	Hannover 96		4-2		Borussia Dortmund	Oct 28, 2017	German Bundesliga
W	1. FC Magdeburg		0-5		Borussia Dortmund	Oct 24, 2017	German DFB Pokal
D	Eintracht Frankfurt		2-2		Borussia Dortmund	Oct 21, 2017	German Bundesliga
D	Apoel Nicosia		1-1		Borussia Dortmund	Oct 17, 2017	UEFA Champions League
L	Borussia Dortmund		2-3		RB Leipzig	Oct 14, 2017	German Bundesliga

Bayern Munich

LAST FIVE GAMES						DATE	COMPETITION
W	Celtic		1-2		Bayern Munich	Oct 31, 2017	UEFA Champions League
W	Bayern Munich		2-0		RB Leipzig	Oct 28, 2017	German Bundesliga
W	RB Leipzig		1-1		Bayern Munich	Oct 25, 2017	German DFB Pokal
W	Hamburg SV		0-1		Bayern Munich	Oct 21, 2017	German Bundesliga
W	Bayern Munich		3-0		Celtic	Oct 18, 2017	UEFA Champions League

H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES					DATE	COMPETITION
Borussia Dortmund		2-2		Bayern Munich	Aug 5, 2017	German Super Cup
Bayern Munich		2-3		Borussia Dortmund	Apr 26, 2017	German DFB Pokal
Bayern Munich		4-1		Borussia Dortmund	Apr 8, 2017	German Bundesliga
Borussia Dortmund		1-0		Bayern Munich	Nov 19, 2016	German Bundesliga
Borussia Dortmund		0-2		Bayern Munich	Aug 14, 2016	German Super Cup

Other fixtures taking place this week in the German Bundesliga:

German Bundesliga Table

German Bundesliga Results