BVB striker Serhou Guirassy has scored in each of his last four away appearances in Sinsheim. On Matchday 30 of last season, he netted the late 1-1 equaliser for BVB (87th minute), but two handball penalty goals from Andrej Kramaric (27th/90+8) gave the hosts their first home win against the Black and Yellows since December 2019.
Kramaric has scored 11 goals in 18 Bundesliga matches against Borussia Dortmund (including an away four-goal haul in June 2020 and the aforementioned penalty brace). The Croatian has scored more often against only one other Bundesliga side: Hertha BSC.
The Black and Yellows have scored in each of their last 14 matches in Sinsheim, but across 18 away games there, they have kept a clean sheet only twice.
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A look at the record shows that meetings between these two sides are usually not only heated — there have been nine red cards in 36 Bundesliga encounters — but also extremely close: although BVB have generally had the edge (16 wins in 36 matches, 11 draws, nine defeats), they lead by only six goals in the overall goal difference (58:52). Their biggest winning margin in this fixture is 3-1, recorded on three occasions.
It is possible that the 37th meeting between the two clubs will be decided from distance. On the opening matchday, only SC Freiburg attempted more shots from outside the box (11) than Borussia Dortmund (09) and Hoffenheim (seven). While Dortmund’s efforts against HSV came to nothing, Adam Daghim scored from long range in his very first Bundesliga match for Hoffenheim to make it 1-0 in Cologne (final score 3-2 for FC).Boris Rupert
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