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Bundesliga · Matchweek 4

VfB Stuttgart

STU

0–1Full time

Borussia Dortmund

DOR

How they playPossession, press, how they create

Nothing in the numbers separates these two by much — which is itself worth knowing, and more common than most previews admit.

58%Possession55%
45%Territory41%
31%From set plays32%
0.12Chance quality0.08
4.8%Directness4.3%

Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 3 for VfB Stuttgart, 3 for Dortmund. Too few to lean on heavily.

Players to watchMost goal involvement per 90

Goal involvements per 90, among players with at least 45% of the most-used player’s minutes. Drawn from the last 23 of 72 matches, not the full season.