Borussia Dortmund v 1. FC Nürnberg
Dortmund haven't lost any of their last eight meetings with Nürnberg (W6 D2).Nürnberg's last victory over Dortmund came in November 2007 (2-0). It has been their only win in their last 25 meetings (L15 D9).
Nürnberg's last away victory at Dortmund (2-0) came in November 1990; none of their last 13 away matches at Dortmund have resulted in victory (L10 D3). Nürnberg haven't scored at Dortmund a goal in 511 minutes (8.5 hours) with their last goal there coming from Marek Nikl in April 2006.
Dortmund have lost only one of their last 16 competitive matches (W11 D4) - 2-3 vs. Wolfsburg (MD 16).
However, Dortmund have won only five points from their last five BL home game and have never gained fewer points in five consecutive BL home games under coach Jürgen Klopp.
Nürnberg haven't won any of their last seven away matches - the team have won two of 21 points in this period (L5 D2).
Dortmund have scored at least once in all but one of their last 27 BL matches -a 0-0 draw at home to Stuttgart on MD 10.
Dortmund have scored 10 goals in their last two competitive matches (5-1 vs. Hannover in the German Cup; 5-0 at Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga).
In his last nine competitive games, Mario Götze has had a hand in 13 goals (eight goals, five assists) and has surpassed his previous best of seven goals in an entire campaign.
In 27 appearances this season, Robert Lewandowski has directly contributed to 24 goals (17 goals, 7 assists) - more than any other BL player. Collectively, Nürnberg players have scored just 20 goals in their 19 competitive outings this season.
In November 2005, Dortmund player Nuri Sahin became the youngest goal-scorer in BL history: He was 17 years and 82 days old when Dortmund won 2-0 vs. Nürnberg.
Nürnberg's Michael Wiesinger makes his away debut as a BL coach. As an active player, he won one of eight BL meetings with Dortmund (April 2000, a 1-0 away victory with Bayern).
Borussia Mönchengladbach v Fortuna Düsseldorf
Their meeting in the first half of the season was the first in more than 15 years. It resulted in a scoreless draw - for the first time in the history of this meeting which spans to 45 BL games.These teams met in October in the German Cup when Düsseldorf won 1-0 in extra time.
Mönchengladbach have lost only one of their last 18 BL home games vs. Düsseldorf (W14 D3) - 0-2 in November 1984. It was the only time that Mönchengladbach failed to score in a home game vs. Düsseldorf.
Mönchengladbach have lost two of their last eight home games. Before that, they had lost only two of the 23 BL home games under coach Lucien Favre.
Mönchengladbach haven't lost any of their last eight competitive games (W4 D4). Their last defeat came on November 17th, when they lost 1-2 at home vs. Stuttgart. Only Bayern München have currently gone longer without defeat in the league (nine games) than Mönchengladbach (six games).
Düsseldorf haven't won any of their last five away matches, gaining only one point from a possible 15.
Düsseldorf won seven of their eight away points during their first three games on the road this season.
Mönchengladbach have won their last two BL home games with 2-0, Düsseldorf have lost their last two away games by scorelines of 2-0 (BL and German Cup).
Mönchengladbach have amounted 174 shots this season, Düsseldorf 153 - the two lowest figures in the German top flight. Bayern München alone have managed as many shots (327) as both teams combined.
Mönchenlgadbach keeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen saved only 61% of shots during the first 13 matches of this season. During the last five games, he has saved 92% - more than any other BL keeper during this period (considering only those keepers to have played twice or more).
Among all BL keepers with at least 50 games, Marc-Andre ter Stegen is the one with the lowest conceded goals pergame average (0.88 goals per game).
Düsseldorf striker Stefan Reisinger has scored five goals in his last six BL matches having fired only nine shots in total.
Düsseldorf coach Norbert Meier has had a history with Mönchengladbach as an active player as well as a coach, whilst Levels, van den Bergh, Rafael, Voronin and Lambertz also have spent time as players with Mönchengladbach. Even Düsseldorf's director of sports Wolf Werner is a former Mönchengladbach coach.
Eintracht Frankfurt v 1899 Hoffenheim
Hoffenheim have lost only one of the seven BL meetings with Frankfurt (W4 D2 and a 0-4 home loss earlier this season).Hoffenheim have never gained fewer points (13) from their first 18 BL games than this season and had won 23 points at this stage last season. 41 goals conceded is also a negative record for Hoffenheim.
Hoffenheim's recent draw with Mönchengladbach ended a six-match losing streak. The team haven't won any of their last eight BL matches (L6 D2) and they have scored only two goals in their last four BL matches.
Frankfurt have kept a clean sheet twice this season (one of which was against Hoffenheim) - the lowest number of shut outs this season (together with Fürth and Bremen).
Frankfurt have scored in all of their nine home games 2012/13. They have scored 23 home goals (an average of 2.6 per game) and only Bayern München have scored more at home (26).
Hoffenheim have won fewer points on the road than any other team this season, gaining only four points in their eight away games.
No other team have scored more headers than Frankfurt (10) and no other team have conceded as many headers as Hoffenheim (13).
Frankfurt coach Armin Veh's has a strong record vs. Hoffenheim; winning four, drawing one and losing one (0-2 with Augsburg in third division in August 2004).
Armin Veh has already coached four different teams vs. Hoffenheim; Hamburg, Wolfsburg, Stuttgart and Augsburg. Frankfurt will be his fifth team.
Hoffenheim defender Chris has a long history as player with Frankfurt, he made 125 BL appearances for the club between 2003 and 2011, scoring nine goals. His teammate Patrick Ochs made 174 BL appearances for Frankfurt between 2004 and 2011, scoring 4 goals.
Frankfurt's Martin Lanig played for Hoffenheim between 2003 and 2006 in the German third division. He moved on to Fürth after Hoffenheim and narrowly missed out on promotion to Bundesliga 2. Lanig hasn't lost any of his seven BL meetings with Hoffenheim (W2 D5).
FC Augsburg v FC Schalke 04
Both teams have met in four competitive games of which Augsburg haven't won any (L3 D1).Augsburg haven't won any of their last five home games (L3 D2). Their last home victory came in early October 2012 vs. Bremen (3-1), their only home victory in 2012/13.
Schalke have lost four consecutive away games in the BL. Their last away victory came at Dortmund in October 2012 (2-1).
Schalke haven't lost on matchday 19 for eight years (W5 D2). Their last defeat on MD 19 came on January 29 2005 at Kaiserslautern (0-2).
Schalke have suffered 49 BL away losses in the state of Bavaria and have won only one of their last seven matches in Bavaria (L4 D2) - 2-0 at Fürth on MD 3.
Schalke midfielder Lewis Holtby has directly contributed to more goals (14 in 26 competitive matches) than in his entire 2011/12 campaign (13 in 41 competitive matches).
Augsburg striker Sascha Mölders has scored six goals in eight BL appearances this season. He had scored only five BL goals in his entire 2011/12 campaign (29 appearances).
After Mölders (11 goals), Augsburg midfielder Ja-Cheol Koo is the top goal-scorer (8 goals) in the club's BL history. Seven of his eight BL goals have been scored in the first half of matches and this season, the South Korean scored all three of his goals either in 44th or 45th minute.
Schalke striker Jan-Klaas Huntelaar will return after a one-game ban vs. Hannover. He has netted in each of his three BL meetings with Augsburg (3 goals).
Jens Keller, who faces his first away game as Schalke boss, has never won an away match as a BL coach (L3 D2 with Stuttgart).
Hannover 96 v VfL Wolfsburg
There have been 21 BL meetings between Hannover and Wolfsburg of which Wolfsburg have won 12 and Hannover only six (D3). However, Hannover have won their last two BL encounters Wolfsburg and kept a clean sheet in both games.Wolfsburg have won an average of 1.86 points per BL game vs. Hannover - a higher average than against any other side (considering only teams which they have played at least two times).
Wolfsburg's 5-0 victory at Hannover on MD 33 in the 2008/09 campaign (which resulted in the Championship for Wolfsburg) was Wolfsburg's biggest away victory in their BL history.
Hannover won 4-0 at Wolfsburg in the first half of the season, when Szabolcs Huszti assisted all four goals.
Hannover have lost three consecutive competitive games in which they conceded twelve goals. Before this run, they hadn't lost three consecutive games since February 2012 when they lost nine on the bounce.
In Hannover's BL games this season, an average of four goals have been netted (72 in 18 matches), the highest average this season.
Wolfsburg have gained 13 of their 22 points away from home and have already collected more points on their travels than in their entire 2011/12 campaign (12).
However, no other BL team has failed to score in five away games this season as Wolfsburg have done.
Wolfsburg coach Dieter Hecking has had a history with Hannover as an active player (1997 - 1999) as well as a coach (2006 - 2009). Only current Hannover coach Mirko Slomka has coached more BL games for the club (102) than Hecking (101).
Wolfsburg's Diego has had a hand in his side's last five BL goals (two goals and three assists). He has directly contributed to nine goals (five goals and four assists) in the 10 games since the dismissal of former head coach Felix Magath.
Hannover striker Mame Diouf has had a hand in 20 goals in 24 BL appearances (13 goals and seven assists).
SpVgg Greuther Fürth v 1. FSV Mainz 05
Fürth's first BL ever victory came against Mainz in the first half of the season (MD 2). Felix Klaus netted in a 1-0 victory to become Fürth's first ever goal-scorer in the BL.There has never been a scoreless draw in 24 competitive games between these teams. On average, 3.25 goals were netted in these games.
Fürth have won nine points in 18 BL games. In BL history, there have been eight teams on nine points or less in their first 18 matches - all of whom were relegated.
Fürth haven't won any of their last 16 BL games (L10 D6) - the longest winless run of the season.
Only in 2010/11, when they eventually finished fifth, have Mainz gained more points in their first 18 BL games (33) than their current total (27).
Fürth have never won a home game in their BL history (L6 D3). Only four other teams hadn't won any of their first nine BL home games.
Fürth have scored four goals in nine home games - only one team have scored fewer in their first nine BL home games; Hertha Berlin in 1990/91 who netted three.
As a player, Mainz coach Thomas Tuchel met with Ulm in the third division in five games. He didn't won any of these (L2 D3), amd was sent off three times.
Fürth players Zoltan Stieber (2011/12) and Milorad Pekovic (2005 - 2010) used to play for Mainz.
Mainz players Marco Caligiuri (2007 - 20010) and Nicolai Müller (2007 - 2011) played for Fürth in the German second division.
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SC Freiburg v Bayer Leverkusen
Leverkusen have won seven of their last nine meetings with Freiburg (L1 D1). They have lost only one of their last 10 BL away games at Freiburg (W6 D3).Freiburg have failed to score in their last three home games vs. Leverkusen. They have lost four consecutive home games vs. Leverkusen at an aggregate score of 1-10. They have previously lost five consecutive league games only to Bayern München (2001/02 - 2010/11).
Considering only the last seven BL match days, Leverkusen rank top of the table with 18 points. Freiburg are fourth in this form table with 14 points.
Freiburg have conceded as few as 18 BL goals this season, which is a club record after the first 18 games. Only Bayern München have conceded fewer goals this season (7). When Christian Streich debuted in BL as Freiburg head coach in January 2012, the team had conceded more goals than any other team in the league (39).
In the first half of the season, Freiburg lost all four games against the current top four BL teams.
Freiburg haven't lost a game since their 0-2 defeat vs. Bayern München on MD 14 (W3 D2). This loss vs. Bayern München has been their only one during their last 11 competitive games (W6 D4).
Leverkusen have scored in each of their last 15 BL games (an average of 2.2 goals per game, 33 altogether). Only Bayern München have currently scored in more consecutive BL games (21) than Leverkusen.
Leverkusen striker Stefan Kiessling is currently the top goal-scorer in German top flight with 13 goals. He has scored 11 in his last 12 BL appearances, making three assists in that time. He is currently on 99 BL goals.
Leverkusen haven't lost any of the last 13 games with Ömer Toprak (a former Freiburg defender) in the starting line-up (W10 D3), winning the last eight.
Former Freiburg player Daniel Schwaab has won all of his five of his BL matches against Freiburg.
Hamburger SV v Werder Bremen
There have been as many as 97 BL games between Hamburg and Bremen, making this the most contested fixture in BL history.Bremen have won the last three contests with Hamburg.
Hamburg have won three consecutive home games - never have they had a longer winning streak at home since 2009/10 when they won four on the trot.
Bremen have won only two of their last 14 BL away games (L9 D3) and have conceded in each of their last 16 games on their travels.
Bremen have conceded 34 goals this season, only two teams have leaked more. They have conceded 15 goals in their last five games.
Bremen have conceded 23 goals in the second half of matches this season, a division-high and more than Hamburg have conceded this season (22).
In 2012/13, Hamburg haven't lost a game after taking the lead (W7 D3). However, they have lost every game after falling behind (L7).
Hamburg striker Artjoms Rudnevs has scored the team's last three goals and has had a hand in nine of Hamburg's last 13 goals (seven goals and two assists).
Former Hamburg player Eljero Elia) has failed to score in his last 36 BL games (2616 minutes).
Thomas Schaaf has won 14 matches against Hamburg as a BL coach, only against Hertha Berlin has he tasted more success (W15).
VfB Stuttgart v Bayern München
Bayern München have won seven consecutive competitive games against Stuttgart. They have lost only one of their last 13 matches against Stuttgart (W10 D2).Bayern won this fixture 6-1 earlier this season when Stuttgart striker Vedad Ibisevic was shown a straight red.
Bayern München haven't lost any of their last 14 competitive games (W10 D4).
Bayern have lost only one competitive away game this season (1-3 at BATE Borisov in the Champions League). They have been the best guest team of the Bundesliga (W7 D1).
Bayern's 14 league victories this season have come with cushions of at least two goals.
Bayern have scored in all 28 competitive games in 2012/13 and have scored in 35 consecutive competitive games.
Bayern striker Mario Mandzukic has scored 14 competitive goals this season, while Stuttgart striker Vedad Ibisevic has 18, more than any other player in Germany.
Bayern player Philipp Lahm played 53 matches for Stuttgart between 2003 and 2005 on a prolonged loan. Mario Gomez scored 63 BL goals in 121 appearances for Stuttgart and won the Bundesliga with them in 2007. He was also elected player of the year in 2007.
Stuttgart coach Bruno Labbadia played for Bayern München and won the Bundesliga with them in 1994.
Labbadia made his debut as Stuttgart coach in a 3-5 loss vs. Bayern.
Stuttgart director of sports Fredi Bobic has never won a competitive game against Bayern - neither as an active player, nor in his current role (L20 D10).
As a player, Bayern executive Matthias Sammer won the Bundesliga with Stuttgart in 1992. As a coach, he led Stuttgart to a fifth place finish in 2004/2005.
