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Match info:
Borussia Dortmund vs Bayern Munich
Competition – German Bundesliga
Stadium – Signal Iduna Park
Date: 23rd November 2013
Kick-off time – 17:30 GMT+1
German Champions Bayern Munich travel to Signal Iduna Park this Saturday evening to face the side they defeated in the 2013 Champions League final, Borussia Dortmund.
These two sides met after the Champions League final in the German Super Cup in July and Dortmund won that match 4:2.
Since that loss, Bayern Munich haven’t lost a single match in 22 games in all competitions.
Recent form:
Borussia Dortmund – L L W W W W L
Ponte Preta – W W W W W W D
Borussia Dortmund have lost 3 of their last 7 while Bayern Munich have not lost in 22 consecutive games (Last loss = Borussia Dortmund – German Super Cup).
The German Bundesliga table looks like this:
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | G | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 34 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 89 | 24 | +65 | 90 |
| 2 | Stuttgart | 34 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 78 | 39 | +39 | 73 |
| 3 | Bayern Munich | 34 | 23 | 3 | 8 | 94 | 45 | +49 | 72 |
| 4 | RB Leipzig | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 77 | 39 | +38 | 65 |
| 5 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 68 | 43 | +25 | 63 |
| 6 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 51 | 50 | +1 | 47 |
| 7 | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 66 | 66 | +0 | 46 |
| 8 | Heidenheim | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 50 | 55 | -5 | 42 |
| 9 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 48 | 54 | -6 | 42 |
| 10 | SC Freiburg | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 45 | 58 | -13 | 42 |
| 11 | Augsburg 1907 | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 50 | 60 | -10 | 39 |
| 12 | Wolfsburg | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 41 | 56 | -15 | 37 |
| 13 | Mainz | 34 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 39 | 51 | -12 | 35 |
| 14 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 56 | 67 | -11 | 34 |
| 15 | Union Berlin | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 33 | 58 | -25 | 33 |
| 16 | VFL Bochum | 34 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 42 | 74 | -32 | 33 |
| 17 | FC Cologne | 34 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 28 | 60 | -32 | 27 |
| 18 | Darmstadt | 34 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 30 | 86 | -56 | 17 |
Borrussia Dortmund are currently 2nd and a win will move them to within 1 point of leaders Bayern Munich.
Head-to-head
These two sides have met 47 times in recent years and Bayern Munich have come out on top most often.
The last 5 meetings between these two sides finished 4:2, 1:2, 1:1, 0:1 and 1:1.
Possible line-ups
Borussia Dortmund (4-5-1)
Bayern Munich (4-5-1)
Bookmakers make Bayern Munich favourites to come out on top in this match.
Odds: Dortmund (13/5) Draw (13/5) Munich (1/1)Gamingtips Prediction – Dortmund 2:3 Munich
Dortmund have potential injury worries in the form of Neven Subotic, Mats Hummels and Lukasz Piszczek while Bayern will be without Bastian Schweinsteiger, Claudio Pizarro and Xherdan Shaqiri. Borussia Dortmund finished 25 points behind Bayern Munich last season and even though Bayern Munich have bought some world class players, Dortmund always seem to up the ante against Bayern, especially when they play at home. The last time Bayern lost was in the German Super Cup 23 games ago and there is no doubt that this will be somewhere in the minds of the Munich players when this game comes around on the 23rd. The main difference between these two sides is in their defensive records – Bayern Munich conceded just 18 goals in 34 games last season while the rest of the division conceded more than 1 goal per game on average. These two sides scored a combined total of 179 goals last season and from a neutrals perspective, we should be in for a terrific game with plenty of quality on show. 
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