The 64th Bundesliga meeting with VfL Bochum will take place at Castroper Straße on Friday evening. We’ve compiled the match facts in a compact format below.

Match facts

  • Borussia Dortmund have lost only one of their last nine Bundesliga meetings with VfL Bochum: a 4-3 home defeat at SIGNAL IDUNA PARK on Matchday 32 of last season. Including the DFB-Pokal, BVB are unbeaten in five away games at Castroper Straße (three wins and two draws). But: the Black & Yellows have won only six of their 31 Bundesliga games away to VfL (19%).
  • BVB did not win a “Little Derby” in 2021/22 (1-1 and 4-3) – in the current campaign, there have already been two competitive wins (3-0 at home in the league, 3-1 away in the cup).
  • VfL have drawn more games against BVB than against any other club (21).
  • Neither of the two teams has won this fixture in Bochum after falling 1-0 behind.

VfL facts

  • VfL Bochum are winless in four matches. Their last victory to date was a 1-0 triumph over Leipzig on 18 March.
  • Bochum have amassed only 27 points – that is nine fewer than at the same stage of last season (36).
  • No other team has lost as many matches as VfL (18), who have already suffered more defeats than they did in the entirety of last season (16 losses).
  • Bochum have lost four of their last five home games and have kept only one clean sheet in their last nine matches on home turf (the aforementioned game against Leipzig).

BVB facts

  • Borussia Dortmund have lost only one of their 14 Bundesliga matches in 2023.
  • The Black & Yellows have won the most games in the league. Two thirds of their matches (19/29) have ended in victory.
  • Only Bayern have won more often on the road (eight away wins) than Borussia (seven). But they have won only one of the last four games on their travels: 1-0 at TSG Hoffenheim on 25 February.