Bundesliga – Borussia Dortmund to face Bayer Leverkusen on Match-day 21

Bundesliga action on Sunday as Dortmund and Bayer meet at the Signal Iduna Park – 3:30pm GMT.

BothDortmund and Bayer currently share Champion’s League qualification hopes, as they occupy second and third in the League, respectively.

Borussia Dortmund have 43 points to their name, going into this tie

Can Dortmund make it three out of three, having turned over Hoffenheim 2-3 and SC Freiburg 5-1 in their last two games?

Also, Dortmund keep finding ways to win, having secured 13 victories in their last 18 meetings is astonishing this season and they are looking worthy of the aspiration to qualify for Champion’s League football. With a second position in the league and 14 wins, 5 losses and 1 draws, they currently have 43 points in the League having won 14 matches, drawn one game, and lost five games.

When Dortmund host Bayer, they will do so on the back of nine victories and one defeats on their own ground.

A victory for Borussia Dortmund would put them on 46 points.

Marco Rose could be missing up to four of their players through injury or illness for the game on Sunday.

This season’s Bundesliga campaign, has so far seen Bayer Leverkusen achieve 35 points

Gerardo Seoane will hope that success brings further success, as his side look for another win in a row. Their last two outings resulted in victories against Augsburg and B Mönchengladbach.

Also, Bayer keep finding ways to win, having secured 10 victories in their last 19 games is astonishing this season, a rich vein of form that has drastically improved their Bundesliga position. Their position is third in the League and they have 35 points, that is, 10W, 5L and 5D having won 10 matches, drawn five fixtures, and lost five fixtures.

Bayer’s away record is remarkable and poses a significant threat to Dortmund. In the 10 games they’ve played on the road this season, they have so far won five games, drawn three matches, and lost two meetings.

Victory for Bayer Leverkusen would take their points tally to 38 so far this season.

Good Attacking Performance

This has been a good season so far for Bayer, in terms of goals scored (49). This season, their stand-out attacking players have been Patrik Schick (18), Moussa Diaby (8), and Florian Wirtz (5). Teams that leak goals on a consistent basis, don’t tend to win anything, such is the situation with Bayer so far, having conceded 32 goals in their last fixtures so far.

Bayer’s squad has depth, but even so, Gerardo Seoane is likely to be missing five of they key players when they start Sunday’s game.

Borussia Dortmund v Bayer Leverkusen – Head-to-Heads.

Regarding their historical duels the teams have previously played each other 59 times with the result being 23 wins and 15 draws for Dortmund. Further, Bayer are unbeaten in their ten of the last 20 games played against Dortmund.

Performance Report

For Dortmund, Erling Haaland is one of the top performing players after having scored
16 goals in 20 League games this campaign, while Patrik Schick contributed with
18 goals in 20 League matches so far for Bayer.

Other standout players for Dortmund are Marco Reus and Julian Brandt with five goals and five goals respectively and for Bayer are Moussa Diaby and Florian Wirtz with eight goals and five goals respectively.