Borussia Dortmund bounced back from a league defeat to Cologne by thrashing Sevilla 4-1 in the UEFA Champions League, with midfield sensation Jude Bellingham playing a starring role.
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Signal Iduna Park plays host to the 124th Bundesliga Der Klassiker as the division’s two heavyweights face off once again amid indifferent starts to the season for both sides. Borussia Dortmund bounced back from a league defeat to Cologne by thrashing Sevilla 4-1 in the UEFA Champions League, with midfield sensation Jude Bellingham playing a starring role. The young England international will have to be at his best again if Dortmund are to claim victory here, though, as his side search for a first H2H victory over Bayern Munich since August 2019, having lost eight consecutive meetings since! Manager Edin Terzic lost his only previous meeting with Bayern Munich and will need to upset the odds to guide his side to a victory here, as Die Schwarzgelben have lost over half of their historical Bundesliga clashes with the Rekordmeister.
Even adding to the draw tally appears unlikely, as Dortmund are one of two sides in the division yet to experience a stalemate this campaign, and there’s not been a draw in this fixture since March 2016.
Bayern Munich
Julian Nagelsmann’s Bayern have returned from the international break with a vengeance, recording back-to-back wins ‘to nil’ and scoring nine goals in the process. The destruction of Viktoria Plzeñ was the perfect warm-up for the Bundesliga champions’ trip to Dortmund, in a fixture that “everyone wants to play in”, according to newly-signed ex-Liverpool forward Sadio Mané. It’s little surprise that Bayern are looking forward to this one, as they’ve won 13 of the last 15 H2Hs, with just one of those defeats coming in league play. Playing away from the Allianz Arena has suited them this term, too, winning five of their seven trips whilst scoring a whopping 26 goals along the way, so that we might expect another action-packed contest here.
Julian Brandt has scored in his last two appearances and netted in this fixture last season inside five minutes. He’ll be up against Bayern keeper Manuel Neuer, who has more wins against Dortmund than any other side in his career (24). Dortmund concede a goal every 512 minutes in the Bundesliga with Mats Hummels on the pitch this season and every 23 minutes when he’s not.