Ace Football previews the Bundesliga game between Borussia Dortmund and Elversberg who meet up on Saturday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.
Borussia Dortmund enjoy home advantage, when visitors Elversberg swing by on Saturday for a clash in the Bundesliga. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.
Borussia Dortmund are number 2 in the table on 18 points after eight matches. Elversberg rank as number 7 with 13 points after eight matches played.
Team form: Borussia Dortmund vs Elversberg
Borussia Dortmund Form
Borussia Dortmund look good before their upcoming match, in which they seek to remain unbeaten. In their last three matches, they first beat Werder Bremen by 3-2, before drawing 2-2 with Bayern Munich. They were back as winners last time out, when they took out Real Betis 2-1. Borussia Dortmund won five of their last six Bundesliga matches at the Signal Iduna Park, scoring 15 and conceding four along they way. They also drew once as they remained without defeat.
Elversberg Form
Elversberg suffered a couple of disappointments in their last three matches as they were run over by RB Leipzig in a 4-0 defeat. Darmstadt also proved too hard to handle as they won 0-2, before Elversberg were able to strike back in a 4-1 win against Mainz 05. Elversberg only have one paltry win to show from the last six away games in the Bundesliga. In these six matches they drew one and lost two as well as being outscored by eight goals to four.
Betting stats and facts for Borussia Dortmund and Elversberg
Here are some facts that might be useful for placing bets on the upcoming game between Borussia Dortmund and Elversberg. The facts are based on the statistics from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all tournaments.
- In 8 of the last 10 Borussia Dortmund home matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 3 of the last 4 Borussia Dortmund matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Borussia Dortmund have won 3 of the last 4 home matches in the Bundesliga and the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 3 of the last 4 Borussia Dortmund home matches in the Bundesliga, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Elversberg have lost the last 3 away matches in a row while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- In the last 3 Elversberg matches in the Bundesliga, the sum of goals was over 3.5
- In 6 of the last 8 Elversberg matches in the Bundesliga, the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 3 of the last 4 Elversberg matches the sum of goals was over 3.5
- In 3 of the last 4 Elversberg matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
In-form players: Borussia Dortmund vs Elversberg
Looking at the market for a goalscorer, it seems a good idea to side with Felix Nmecha, who is performing well for Borussia Dortmund. He found the back of the net twice in his most recent Bundesliga outings. He’ll be out to add more goals against Elversberg.The visitors will be looking to Maurice Krattenmacher to find the net once again, after managing two Bundesliga goals for Elversberg in recent matches.
Popular markets: Borussia Dortmund vs Elversberg
Full-time result
Borussia Dortmund won seven of the previous 10 home matches across all tournaments, while drawing two and losing one as well. Elversberg won three from a possible 10 away from home, as they also drew three and lost four in this run. Borussia Dortmund are on a fine streak of 10 matches without defeat. Borussia Dortmund didn’t lose any of their previous 6 matches at Signal Iduna Park.
Both teams to score
Borussia Dortmund scored the first goal of the game an impressive eight times out of the last ten games. Interestingly, Elversberg scored the opening goal of the match in just three of their last ten games. Elversberg managed the first goal of the game in only three of those 10 previous games played. Meanwhile, Borussia Dortmund were first on target in eight of their last 10 outings.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals came out six times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Borussia Dortmund, who scored an average of 1.6 goals along the way. In the last ten games for Elversberg, seven of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.7 times goals per game themselves.
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