Borussia Dortmund are away to Eintracht Frankfurt on Sunday. BVB claimed a hard-fought 2-1 victory last season, having come back from 2-0 down to win 3-2 on the Main the year before. It was no coincidence: Borussia have more comeback wins against the Eagles than against any other opponent. The facts preview.

Match facts

  • Borussia Dortmund have lost only one of the previous 13 meetings with Eintracht Frankfurt (2-0 loss at home on Matchday 27 in 2020/21).
  • SGE are winless in six home games against BVB. There were initially four draws between the teams, then two Dortmund away victories.
  • Borussia have won 49 Bundesliga matches against the Hesse outfit to date – more than against any other club – and the 50th victory could now follow.
  • BVB have not scored more goals against any other opponent (194 to date).
  • Only against Bayern Munich have Eintracht Frankfurt suffered more defeats (57) and conceded more goals (212) than against Borussia Dortmund (49 and 194).
  • Eintracht Frankfurt are the only opponent Borussia Dortmund have beaten 10 times after falling 1-0 behind.

Eintracht Frankfurt facts

  • SGE have lost only one of their last 11 league games stretching back into last season (2-0 in Wolfsburg on 30 September).
  • No team has shared the spoils more often this season (already four draws).
  • Frankfurt have conceded the fewest goals (only six).
  • Eintracht have not lost any of the 21 league outings in which they opened the scoring to go 1-0 ahead.
  • Frankfurt have taken points in three games in which they were behind.
  • Frankfurt are unbeaten in 14 home games stretching back into last season. Their last home defeat came on 29 October 2022, when they lost 2-0 to…Borussia Dortmund!

Borussia Dortmund facts

  • BVB have won each of their last five league matches.
  • The Black & Yellows are unbeaten in 16 matchdays stretching back into last season. Their last such run came over 11 years ago under Jürgen Klopp.
  • Borussia Dortmund have always scored at least one goal in their last 28 matches.
  • BVB have not lost any of the last 25 matches in which they scored to go 1-0 up.
  • Including last season, Edin Terzic’s charges have won three of their last four Bundesliga away games.

Player facts

  • Emre Can and Niklas Süle were born in Frankfurt and played for SGE at youth level.
  • Marius Wolf won the 2018 DFB-Pokal with Eintracht Frankfurt.
  • Sébastien Haller played for Eintracht from 2017 to 2019 (60 Bundesliga games, 24 goals and 15 assists).
  • Gregor Kobel is unbeaten against Eintracht (five wins, four in four matches with Borussia Dortmund, plus two draws).
  • Donyell Malen, Mario Götze and Philipp Max were team-mates at PSV Eindhoven in 2020/21.
  • Mario Götze made 158 Bundesliga appearances for BVB (35 goals, 47 assists) and became a champion with them twice.
  • Ansgar Knauff moved from BVB to Eintracht in January 2022.
  • Sebastian Rode won the cup with Borussia in 2017.