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What Borussia Is Pitting Against Bayern Munich’s Goal Machine
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What Borussia Is Pitting Against Bayern Munich's Goal Machine
With five shutouts and just four goals allowed in seven games, Borussia Dortmund currently boasts the league's best defense. Opponents have managed only three clear-cut scoring chances, and Gregor Kobel has saved an impressive 82 percent of the shots on his goal.
Facing them is a Munich offense on a record-breaking streak. In the Bundesliga, Bayern scored 18 goals in their first three home games (5–1 against Stuttgart, 7–0 against Union, 6–1 against Leipzig)—a new record. Across all competitions, they've even scored 31 goals in six home games. Only in the 2–2 draw against Arsenal did they score fewer than five goals. Borussia Dortmund, on the other hand, tends to score late: 9 of their 12 goals this season have come in the second half, six of them after the 80th minute.
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Both teams share a high defensive line: the average distance from Bayern's last defender to their own goal line is 44 meters, while for the Borussians it's 40 meters. No other teams defend this high. Nevertheless, both teams' defensive solidity is evident: FC Bayern has allowed only a single opponent shot on goal following a counterattack this Bundesliga season (no goals conceded), while BVB has allowed just four (one goal conceded).
History also offers hope: No other Bundesliga team has kept as many clean sheets against Bayern as BVB (23 times). Following matches in April 2025 (2–2) and March 2024 (2–0), the odds are good that they'll once again come away with points from Munich if the defense holds firm for a long time. This is also only the second time both teams have entered a Bundesliga matchup tied on points. The first time, on Matchday 9 of the 2022–23 season, both teams had 15 points and the match ended 2–2 after Anthony Modeste scored in the fifth minute of stoppage time. FC Bayern was also the team with the most goals scored back then. The big difference from today: Four years ago, BVB had only the fifth-best defense. (br)
