About Match
9 points for Borussia Dortmund (2nd), 3 for VfB Stuttgart (14th): a 6-point gap. Scoring rates set the scale: Borussia Dortmund 2.67 scored and 0.67 conceded per game, VfB Stuttgart 2 and 2.67, with the league averaging 1.93. A win would lift Borussia Dortmund to 12 points and up to 1st (other results unchanged).
Borussia Dortmund come in having won five on the spin, having scored in 9 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Borussia Dortmund 15/15, VfB Stuttgart 9/15.
32 meetings are on record — 15 won by Borussia Dortmund, 8 by VfB Stuttgart, 9 drawn, at 3.72 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 34% of meetings won. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 72% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 69%.
The match takes place at Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund (capacity 81,365).