Borussia Dortmund will be expecting to win a fifth straight match in the Bundesliga when they host Werder Bremen on Friday evening.
The visitors have lost five of their opening seven matches, and they will head into the weekend's action sitting only two points above the relegation zone.
Successive wins against Freiburg, Wolfsburg, Hoffenheim and Union Berlin have seen Edin Terzic's side move level on points with Bayern Munich, whom they endured a titanic title tussle with last season, with Bayer Leverkusen and Stuttgart surprisingly leading the way ahead of them.
In the Champions League, results have not been so positive, with BVB losing 2-0 away to Paris Saint-Germain in their opening match before claiming a 0-0 draw at home against AC Milan. As such, a defeat away to Newcastle United next Wednesday could leave their prospects of progressing from the "Group of Death" looking extremely slim.
It is still incredibly early days in both competitions, of course, and there is little doubt that Dortmund have enjoyed a much gentler start to the season in terms of their domestic fixture list. That looks set to continue at Westfalenstadion on Friday, with fixtures against the three sides currently above them plus RB Leipzig all to come within their succeeding six matches.
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