Europa League: Losing 2-3 at home to leading Bayern, Firth took part in Wednesday's Bundesliga showdown

Dortmund welcomed the struggling Gresser Firth to the Bundesliga showdown on Wednesday night (19:30 UK time).

Marco Ross' side lost 2-3 at home to leading Bayern Munich last time, while their away team have lost 25 goals (6, 31) in every away game in this season's matches. In league history, only Offenbacher Kix recorded worse after the opening eight games, in 1983/84 (0 points, -29 goals).

Heading into the most recent bundesliga midweek, Borussia Dortmund were Bayern Munich's most recent challengers. Germany's undisputed champions lead by nine points and recently beat Marco Ross's men with two unbeaten streaks. In a sense, the last BVB – he missed Raphael Guerrero, Akanji, Doyer Mullen and Giovanni Renner – didn't win in the Bundesliga in three consecutive games. They also maintained only one record of not conceding a goal in this season's championship (2-0 in the 10th game against Cologne). Borussia Dortmund have never been shut out of 15 league games in a season – last season, BVB had six after 15 games.

At Borussia Dortmund's home, Babe has won just three of the last seven Bundesliga home games. The non-defensive Dutch duo Nick Viergever and Justin Hoogma's Greuther have both lost their last five games against Dortmund in the last five games and recently celebrated their 1-0 win over the Union from May 2013 in the Bundesliga this season. Only one team scored fewer points than Gretel Fowler after 15 games, and that was Colen in the 2017/18(3) season, who completed the final stages of that season.