Friday, September 30, 2011

Bundesliga 2011/12 Opta Facts – Round 8


Kaiserslautern v Stuttgart

Stuttgart have only lost two of their last nine BL away games (five wins, two draws).
Kaiserslautern have only enjoyed one win so far this season, but have only lost one of their last five BL games on home soil (three wins, one draw).
The Swabians have, in total, scored 156 goals against the Red Devils in the Bundesliga - more than against any other team in the German top flight.
Only against Dortmund (38) and Schalke have Stuttgart enjoyed more victories in the Bundesliga than against FCK (36).
Lautern took four points from the two meetings with Stuttgart last season despite having trailed in both matches.
Stuttgart have lost three of their last four Friday night games by a margin of one goal (one win).

Dortmund v Augsburg

FCA have only won one of their last 11 league games (five draws, five defeats) and are still looking for their first ever win in the Bundesliga.
BVB have only suffered one defeat in their last 19 BL games at Signal Iduna Park (14 wins, four draws).
After Hamburg picked up their first victory last Friday, Augsburg are now the only team still winless in the Bundesliga this season.
Augsburg's top scorer Sascha Mölders has now gone 532 minutes without scoring in the Bundesliga.
FCA kept their first ever clean sheet in the Bundesliga last weekend in a goalless draw against Hannover.
Five of Dortmund's last seven goals this term have been scored after the interval.

Leverkusen v Wolfsburg

The Wolves have lost their last three BL games on the road, conceding a total of ten goals in the process.
Bayer have only lost one of their last 10 BL home games (seven wins, two draws), but that defeat came in their last match at BayArena when they received a 1-4 drubbing at the hands of local rivals Köln.
Leverkusen have never lost a home game against Wolfsburg in the German top flight (11 wins, three draws).
The 28 BL duels between these two attack-minded sides have seen an average of 3.18 goals per game.
Bayer have won their last four BL games against the Wolves
Leverkusen have scored at least twice in eight of their last nine meetings with Wolfsburg.

Nürnberg v Mainz

Nürnberg have only won one of their last seven BL games on home soil (three draws, three defeats).
Mainz are winless in five games (one draw, four defeats). The FSV haven't gone that long without a victory in the top flight since January 2010 when they had a run of six winless games.
Mainz have only won one of the last 12 games against Nürnberg in all competitions (four draws, seven defeats).
FSV have only kept one clean sheet in their 10 games in all competitions this season.
In each of the last six league games that these two sides, the home team has managed to shut their visitors out.
Mainz have won five of their 10 BL duels against FCN (two draws, three defeats).

Freiburg v Gladbach

Freiburg have lost six of the last eight BL games played in front of their home crowd (two wins).
Gladbach have won three of their last five games away from the Borussia-Park (one draw, one defeat).
SCF have only suffered one defeat in their so far 10 BL home games against Borussia (five wins, four draws).
The Foals have only lost one of their last 11 BL games (eight wins, two draws).
Freiburg have only won one of their last 10 matches in all competitions, when they beat Wolfsburg 3-0 at home on the fourth matchday. That game also saw their only clean sheet during this period.
The Foals have now gone 296 minutes without conceding in the Bundesliga.

Hoffenheim v Bayern

Bayern have won their last four BL games on the road - a feat they last achieved in February 2010.
None of Hoffenheim's last 13 games have ended in a draw - the longest current run of its kind in the German top flight.
1899 are yet to win a BL game against the German record champions. So far they have lost four and drawn two of six duels against the Munich-based side.
Holger Stanislawski's men have won four of their last six BL games (two defeats).
Following their 2-0 win over Man City on Tuesday Bayern have now gone 10 matches in all competitions without conceding - a new club record.
FCB have only lost one of their last 16 league games (13 wins, two draws) and are on a run of six straight wins.

Hertha v Köln

Hertha BSC have only won one of their last 19 home games in the German top flight (seven draws, 11 defeats).
Köln have only suffered one defeat in their last five BL games (three wins, one draw).
The Berlin-based side have won five of their last seven BL home games against Köln, but have lost two of their last three games at Olympiastadion against the Billygoats.
Stale Solbakken's men have netted eight goals in their last two BL games on the road.
Lukas Podolski has been directly involved in five of the Billygoats' last six BL goals (three goals, two assists).
Both Hertha and Köln have managed to score at least once in each of their last six respective BL games.

Hannover v Bremen

Bremen have only lost two of their last eight BL away games (four wins, two draws).
Hannover have only suffered one defeat in their last 11 BL games on home soil (eight wins, two draws).
Werder have only lost two of their last 15 BL outings at Hannover (seven wins, six draws).
Hannover's last nine BL home games against their northern rivals Bremen have seen a total of 45 goals scored (an average of five goals per game).
Bremen's Peruvian striker Claudio Pizarro has been directly involved in each of his side's last six goals in the Bundesliga (four goals, two assists).
Werder have won the last seven BL games in which Pizarro found the back of net.

Hamburg v Schalke

Schalke have lost four of their last five away games in the Bundesliga (one win).
Hamburg have failed to take all three points from any of their last seven top-flight games in front of their home crowd (four draws, three defeats).
S04 are winless against HSV in six games (three draws, three defeats).
HSV have now gone 11 games without shutting their opponents out - their longest run without a clean sheet since 2009.
Schalke have scored more goals against Hamburg (117) than against any other side in the Bundesliga.
Hamburg ended a run of 13 winless top-flight games when they beat Stuttgart 2-1 last weekend.