Borussia Dortmund is facing its weakest first half of the season in 10 years today

Bundesliga half-time in the middle of the week: BVB is under pressure against newly promoted Holstein Kiel in order to prevent bad statistics

Tuesday, 6.30 p.m. / Sky

There were never any league games between the two, in the Bundesliga there are 979 pairings. In 2012 in Kiel (0:4) and in 2021 in Dortmund (0:5) there were two clear defeats for KSV Holstein in the DFB Cup. Kiel have the most home defeats this season (six). BVB is thirteenth in the away table and has lost six of the last nine away games. But he is unbeaten eight times against promoted teams. If Borussia doesn't win, they will have had their weakest first half of the season in ten years.

Tuesday, 8.30 p.m / Sky

Only five of the 36 duels ended in a draw, and only one of the last 19. The record (19-5-12) speaks for Bayer Leverkusen, who have won all three meetings against Mainz in January. In Leverkusen (9-4-5), FSV took something away in 50% of the games. The champions have won their last nine competitive games, are unbeaten in the league for the longest time (14 times) and have only lost one of their last 24 home games there. Mainz are definitely playing their second best preliminary round in the Bundesliga, which they can theoretically finish in third place. Away from home, they won four of their last six games and lost just one of their last eleven.

Tuesday, 8.30 p.m / Sky

VfL Wolfsburg last won against Borussia on December 15, 2019 (2-1) – nine games ago. Recently there were three defeats in a row, but the record in the duel between the cup finalists from 1995 still speaks in favor of VfL (22-10-16), whose coach Ralph Hasenhüttl would like to face Mönchengladbach (3-3-1). Maybe this will help against the Wolves' home weakness that has been going on for a year (only four wins from 19 games)? However, they have always scored in their own stadium since December 9, 2023 (0-1 against Freiburg) – in 18 games, the club record (22 games) is getting closer. The guests want to win two away games in a row for the first time since April 2022.

Tuesday, 8.30 p.m / Sky

Last year both games ended in a draw. Eintracht Frankfurt is unbeaten four times in this historically almost even duel (16-10-14), but has only won three of the last eight home games against Freiburg. After the 1:3 against Mainz, they are now threatened with two home defeats in a row for the first time since February 2022. However, the Freiburg sports club is not an away power: only seven goals in eight games and no win in five games. If Eintracht wins, they would have their highest number of points after a first half of the season (33) since the introduction of the three-point rule. Freiburg, on the other hand, would be level with Eintracht with a win on the Main and could possibly finish the preliminary round in fifth place.

Wednesday, 6:30 p.m / Sky

These clubs have not seen each other in the Bundesliga for over 27 years and on May 24, 1997, VfL shot their way into the UEFA Cup with a 6-0 win against the then relegated team. In Bochum (3-2-0), the neighborhood club never won in the upper house, and this duel has no away wins. VfL Bochum needs the points even more urgently in the basement duel, but has only won one home game this season – and only one of the last 19 (!) home games against promoted teams. St. Pauli scored more points away than at home and would equal their club record from 2010/11 with their second away win in a row. Bochum's Dieter Hecking is level with Christoph Daum (both 426x) and is in the top ten of the coaches with the most Bundesliga games.

Wednesday, 8:30 p.m / Sky

On January 27, 2024 (5:2), VfB Stuttgart finally celebrated its first win in this duel, the record (1-2-9) remains devastating. The spectators got their money's worth, with 16 goals scored in the last three games. Curious: when a team led by Sebastian Hoeneß met one led by Marco Rose, there was still no draw (3-0-3). VfB has only lost two of its last 19 home games, but has been without a win since 2015 at the end of the first half of the season (including the 2nd league). RB is still speculating for third place, but would have to overcome its weakness away from home (three defeats in four games).

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Wednesday, 8:30 p.m / Sky

Bayern have already secured the 27th autumn championship. Now they want to preserve their relatively clean slate at home (ten unbeaten, five wins recently). History also allows for optimism against the floundering TSG; they only lost at home (12-3-1) in October 2019 (1:2). There has not been a 0-0 draw in the last 30 games of this duel. Last year it was 3-0 in Munich, it was game one after Franz Beckenbauer's death. TSG is one of the quartet of losers away from home and has to fear falling into the relegation place after the end of the first half of the season – it was only worse in 2015/16 (bottom), then savior Julian Nagelsmann came.

Wednesday, 8:30 p.m / Sky

Werder Bremen are without a win in three competitive games and even have no points against 1. FC Heidenheim in the Bundesliga. Logically, this is the weakest points average against another club in the Bundesliga. In February 2024 there was a 1:2 at home, before that a 2:4 in Heidenheim. The only league game win in 2021 came in the 2nd league (3-0 at home). Bremen coach Ole Werner never won against Heidenheim (0-1-5). Colleague Frank Schmidt is about to play his 50th Bundesliga game and is hoping for an end to the record series of five away defeats. Werder has been without a win on matchday 17 since 2014.

Wednesday, 8.30 p.m. / Sky

The neighbors in the table (12th against 13th) have negative series with them. Union is nine games without a win, and the club record from the previous first half of the season could now be set. Augsburg has lost three times in a row and has not won away from home in eleven games. For Union, FC Augsburg is the feared opponent in the upper house; in ten games (1-4-5) there was only one win – in January 2020 (2-0). There were three draws in Berlin recently. The new coach Steffen Baumgart, who is unbeaten in four games against FCA, is supposed to bring about the change.