The Bundesliga champions’ impressive opening day record: 17 wins and five draws

Winning the Bundesliga guarantees one point in the curtain-raiser for the previous season. This has been the case in every single campaign since the competition opted for the league champions to kick off the new term.

This tradition began in the 2002-03 season, and since then, none of the champions have faltered in their opening fixture. The record shows 17 victories for the champions and just five draws.

RB Leipzig will aim to break the Bundesliga's unwritten rule. The energy drink-backed side faces Bayern Munich, the very team that reclaimed the crown last season.

As expected, the Bavarian giants have been the team to appear most frequently in this opening match, playing it on 16 occasions, with a record of 13 wins and three draws.

Let's take a look at those matches:

02-03: Borussia Dortmund 2-2 Hertha Berlin
03-04: Bayern Munich 2-0 Freiburg
04-05: Werder Bremen 1-0 Schalke 04
05-06: Bayern Munich 3-0 Borussia Monchengladbach
06-07: Bayern Munich 2-0 Borussia Dortmund
07-08: Stuttgart 2-2 Schalke 04
08-09: Bayern Munich 2-2 Hamburg
09-10: Wolfsburg 2-0 Stuttgart
10-11: Bayern Munich 2-1 Wolfsburg
11-12: Borussia Dortmund 3-1 Hamburg
12-13: Borussia Dortmund 2-1 Werder Bremen
13-14: Bayern Munich 3-1 Borussia Monchengladbach
14-15: Bayern Munich 2-1 Wolfsburg
15-16: Bayern Munich 5-0 Hamburg
16-17: Bayern Munich 6-0 Werder Bremen
17-18: Bayern Munich 3-1 Bayer Leverkusen
18-19: Bayern Munich 3-1 Hoffenheim
19-20: Bayern Munich 2-2 Hertha Berlin
20-21: Bayern Munich 8-0 Schalke 04
21-22: Borussia Monchengladbach 1-1 Bayern Munich
22-23: Eintracht Frankfurt 1-6 Bayern Munich
23-24: Werder Bremen 0-4 Bayern Munich 
24-25: Borussia Monchengladbach 2-3 Bayer Leverkusen