Borussia Dortmund today faces its weakest first half of the season in 10 years.

Midweek Bundesliga halftime: BVB under pressure against newly promoted Holstein Kiel to avoid poor stats

There have never been any league matches between the two, in the Bundesliga there are 979 pairs. In 2012 in Kiel (0:4) and in 2021 in Dortmund (0:5), KSV Holstein suffered two clear defeats in the DFB Cup. Kiel has the most home defeats this season (six). BVB are thirteenth in the away table and have lost six of the last nine away games. But they are unbeaten on eight occasions against promoted teams. If Borussia does not win, it will have experienced its weakest first half of the season in ten years.

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

VfL Wolfsburg last won against Borussia on December 15, 2019 (2-1) – nine games ago. Recently there have been three defeats in a row, but the record of the duel between the 1995 cup finalists 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 counter Wolves’ year-long weakness at home (only four wins in 19 games)? However, they have always scored in their 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 consecutive away matches for the first time since April 2022.

Last year, both matches ended in a draw. Eintracht Frankfurt is undefeated on four occasions 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 consecutive home defeats 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 victory in five. games. If Eintracht win, they will get their highest number of points after the first half of the season (33) since the introduction of the three-point rule. Freiburg, on the other hand, would be tied with Eintracht in the event of a victory on the Main and could possibly finish the preliminary round in fifth place.

These clubs have not seen each other in the Bundesliga for over 27 years and on May 24, 1997, VfL fought their way into the UEFA Cup with a 6–0 victory over the then relegated team. In Bochum (3-2-0), the local club has never won in the upper house, and this duel has no away victory. VfL Bochum needs even more points 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 have scored more points away than at home and would equal their club record from 2010/11 with a second consecutive away win. Dieter Hecking from Bochum is tied with Christoph Daum (both 426x) and is in the top ten coaches with the most Bundesliga matches.

On January 27, 2024 (5:2), VfB Stuttgart finally celebrated its first victory in this duel, the record (1-2-9) remains overwhelming. The spectators got their money’s worth, with 16 goals scored in the last three matches. Curious: when a team led by Sebastian Hoeneß met the one led by Marco Rose, there was still no draw (3-0-3). VfB have only lost two of their last 19 home games, but are winless since 2015 at the end of the first half of the season (including the 2nd league). The RB still speculates on third place, but should overcome its away weakness (three defeats in four games).

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Bayern has already won the 27th autumn championship. From now on, they want to keep their table relatively clean at home (ten undefeated, five victories recently). The story also allows for optimism regarding the struggling 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 matches of this duel. Last year it was 3-0 in Munich, it was the first match after the death of Franz Beckenbauer. TSG are part of the quartet of away losers and must fear falling into relegation after the end of the first half of the season – it was even worse in 2015/16 (bottom), then savior Julian Nagelsmann has arrived.

Werder Bremen are winless in three competitive matches and do not even have a point against 1. FC Heidenheim in the Bundesliga. Logically, this is the lowest points average against another Bundesliga club. In February 2024 there was a 1:2 at home, before that a 2:4 in Heidenheim. The only league match victory in 2021 came in the 2nd League (3-0 at home). Bremen coach Ole Werner has never won against Heidenheim (0-1-5). His colleague Frank Schmidt is about to play his 50th Bundesliga match and hopes to end a record run of five away defeats. Werder are without a victory on Matchday 17 since 2014.

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