Borussia Dortmund beat VfB Stuttgart 1-0 in the Bundesliga on Saturday as Maximilian Beier struck the only goal of the game after 70 minutes. Here are the 15 key stats from the match:
1) Borussia Dortmund won back-to-back games against VfB Stuttgart for the first time since 2022. They were previously winless in seven consecutive clashes with Die Roten.
2) The BVB also won consecutively away to the Baden-Württemberg side for the first time since a run of three between 2018 and 2022.
3) Die Borussen also registered two consecutive clean sheets in the fixture against Stuttgart for the first time since 2-0 and 5-0 wins in 2022.
4) Dortmund also hadn't kept clean sheets in consecutive visits to Stuttgart since 0-0 and 5-0 results in 1995 and 1996 respectively.
5) For the first time in the Bundesliga this season, neither Sehrou Guirassy nor Fabio Silva had a direct goal-contribution in the game; both were involved in at least one goal in all three previous matches this season.
6) Maximilian Beier scored his first goal of the Bundesliga season, becoming the fifth player from the BVB squad to score in the competition this season.
7) Beier's goal is also his first in the German top-flight since April 2026 (vs Freiburg), ending a six-game drought in the competition. He now has 18 league goals for Dortmund since joining in 2024.
8) With four wins from their opening four Bundesliga games of the season, Borussia Dortmund have made their best start to a top-flight campaign since 2015-16 term.
9) Die Borussen are now on a six-game winning streak in all competitions, also a first since 2015-16 season. Earlier this year, they had won six in a row in the Bundesliga.
10) With Jobe Bellingham coming off the bench to provide an assist, this was the seventh Dortmund goal this season already which directly involved a substitute.
11) Bellingham registered his first Bundesliga assist since January 2026 against Union Berlin; interestingly, he teed up Maximilian Beier on that day too.
12) Dortmund have a 100% win record after four games, bagging 12 points from a possible 12 - it's just the fourth time in history the club has pulled off such a feat.
13) Across Europe's top five leagues, only Manchester City (4) and FC Barcelona (7) have won all their league games so far this season besides Borussia Dortmund.
14) Dortmund's win over Stuttgart was their 50th in history; they have previously registered at least half a century of wins only against Borussia Monchengladbach (62), Werder Bremen (58), Eintracht Frankfurt (57), FC Koln (55) and FC Schalke (54).
15) Stuttgart were unbeaten in five home games till Dortmund beat them 1-0 on Saturday; the last side to prevail at the MHPArena? Also Dortmund (2-0 in April 2026).
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