Borussia Dortmund vs Paderborn
Germany – Bundesliga
Date: Friday, 22 November 2019
Kick-off at 19:30 UK/ 20:30 CET
Venue: Signal Iduna Park (Dortmund).
TEAM NEWS
Borussia Dortmund
Borussia Dortmund will want to bounce back after their 4-0 hammering at Bayern Munich two weeks ago, which saw them drop to sixth in the standings.
Midfielder Thomas Delaney has been ruled out for the remainder of the calendar year after suffering an injury in action for Denmark, but he has not started the last two league games as well.
Marco Reus has been declared fit after withdrawing from the squad for Germany last week, but the international team mate Nico Schulz is a slight doubt and will be assessed.
Predicted line-up (4-2-3-1): Burki; Hakimi, Akanji, Hummels, Raphael Guerreiro; Witsel, Weigl; Sancho, Reus, Hazard; Paco Alcacer
Not available: Delaney (Injured)
Doubtful: Schulz (Injured)
Paderborn
Paderborn has lost nine of their 11 matches since returning to the top flight, including each of the last three, and they are already six points from safety.
Une Hunemeier central defender has returned to full training but the coach Steffen Baumgart will make the final call on her, so Luca Kilian could lose his place against his former club.
Two players who would have to travel to Dortmund is Babacar Gueye and Riffet Kapic, who missed the last match against Augsburg through suspension and illness respectively.
Predicted line-up (4-1-4-1): Zingerle; Jans, Hunemeier, Schonlau, Collins; Gjasula; Cauly, Vasiliadis, Sabiri, Holtmann; Zolinski
Not available: Ritter (Injured)
Doubtful: Hunemeier (Injured)
Borussia Dortmund vs Paderborn - Match Stats
Borussia Dortmund have lost their last six games in a row in Munich but rebounded with a win every time.
Paderborn Lucas Kilian (93.0% completed passes per 90 minutes) and Dortmund Axel Witsel (92.4% completed passes per 90 minutes) has passed the highest settlement level in the league.
Witsel, however, played almost twice as many passes (649) and Kilian (328).
Dortmund's record at home against Paderborn: W1 D0 L0.
Borussia Dortmund vs Paderborn prediction
Paderborn was extinguished in their recent road game, in a short time, with Hoffenheim. In fact, the former conceded three goals during the game-clock struck 25 minutes, and in return, they could not score even once.
In the final three quarters of the game, the intensity is slightly reduced by the hosts, and as a result, there is no goal printed.
On the other hand, Dortmund showed great confidence, in scripting comeback against Italian heavyweights Inter, in their last home game. Milan outfit have jumped ahead 0-2 by the 40th minute and looked set for victory. However, Germany totally dominated the second half.
They scored three goals with no return in the second half of the match to complete a 3-2 win.
After a heavy defeat against Bayern, who saw Dortmund title-chances received a blow, the latter will be desperate for a big win on Friday. Fortunately, the situation is encourage them to register wins.
BVB have the home advantage, and is one of the best teams in the country, along with the Bavarians. In fact, their opposite numbers placed dead-last in the table, and have conceded the most, and scored the second goal at least.
Additionally, Paderborn has managed a single win so far in the competition, and most importantly, they are without a win against this opposition in the past decade. Occur, the combined scoreline for the prior two h2h games is 13-2, supports Dortmund, and in this place, the hosts boast of a 100% winning record in the game.
Taking all these observations into account, relying victory for Borussia Dortmund this weekend.
