The Black Yellows will host the Wolves over the weekend and will be looking forward to close the gap on league leaders Bayern Munich, as they trail them by 11 points in the rankings
Borussia Dortmund were in top form in the UEFA Champions League group stages, and did not taste defeat in a group consisting of teams such as Real Madrid, Ajax and Manchester City. However, they have not been able to reciprocate
European performance in the domestic circuit.
Borussia Dortmund
The Bundesliga outfit rested most of their key players for the final game against English champions Manchester City on Tuesday, but were still able to claim a 1-0 victory. However, head coach Jurgen Klopp will make a few changes
in his starting line-up and bring back the star players to help the side win against Wolfsburg.
The BVB will be hoping to beat the away team as they look to catch Bayern Munich at the top of the league table. They have been underperforming and have allowed Der FCB and Bayer 04 Leverkusen to go ahead of them. Therefore, they
are under extreme pressure to retain their title for the second time in successive seasons.
Die Borussen have a good home record and only lost one match at Signal Iduna Park since the start of the campaign. During the sides meetings last year, the home side scored eight goals and goal frenzy can be expected this week
as well as Dortmund attacker’s are in great run of form.
The hosts have 27 points from 15 games and are closely followed by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Schalke-04-c39204 and Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga table. A win on Saturday would ensure at least 3rd place for them until next week.
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The Wheel Covers failed to win their last league outing at the Volkswagen Arena and drew 1-1 with Hamburg last week. Team manager Lorenz-Gunther Kostner is expected to field the same side that played the Bundesliga clash at home.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Makoto-Hasebe-c23206 back in his usual spot.
The http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wolves-c40952 are the only team to win the league honour other than Bayern Munich and Dortmund as they won the title in 2009-10. Since then, the club have not done well and finished 8th last term. Surprisingly, this season
they have found themselves at the foot of the table and are desperate to redeem themselves.
The Volkswagen Arena side have secured just 16 points from 15 domestic games so far.
Teams News
Klopp has a few injury concerns as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sebastian-Kehl-c32732 are definitely out of the clash with groin and knee injury respectively.
On the other hand, Kostner will not have Vaclav Pilar as he is still recovering from a cruciate ligament injury along with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Patrick-Helmes-c29274.
Players to Watch
Star striker http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ádám-Szalai-c3557.
Summer signing http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Bas-Dost-c7339 has performed better in recent games netting five in his last seven matches, despite not scoring in the last two clashes.
Prediction
Dortmund will be eyeing another home win when they take on Wolfsburg. Failure to get three points will put another dent on their title hopes. Bettor.com predicts a
2-0 win for the BVB.
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