Bundesliga: attendance for Matchday 1 of 2018-19, Dortmund - RB Leipzig draws 80,365 spectators

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Borussia Dortmund - RB Leipzig (4-1), on 26/08/2018 - ©  BVB

Matchday 1 of the 2018-19 Bundesliga season drew an average of 47,170 spectators per game from 24 to 26/08/2018. The average fill rate was 90%. The 18 Bundesliga clubs also posted a fill rate of 90% on Matchday 1 of the 2017-18 season with an average of 44,120 spectators per game.

The Borussia Dortmund - RB Leipzig (4-1) match, on Sunday 26/08/2018 (kick-off at 18:00 CET), was the game that posted the best attendance of Matchday 1 with 80,365 spectators at the Signal Iduna Park (81,360 capacity, a fill rate of almost 99%).

Four matches drew over 50,000 spectators and only one under 25,000 spectators.

  • The 18 Bundesliga German professional football first division. 18 clubs. clubs drew an average of 44,646 spectators per game in 2017-18 for a fill rate of 91%.

Bundesliga (Matchday 1): five out of nine matches with over a 98% fill rate

2018-19 Bundesliga: Matchday 2 is scheduled from 31/08 to 02/09/2018

2018-19 Bundesliga: Matchday 2 programme - ©  Bundesliga

Bundesliga: average attendance in 2017-18

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Borussia Dortmund - RB Leipzig (4-1), on 26/08/2018 - ©  BVB

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