📏 Form Guide

Borussia Dortmund

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Borussia Dortmund will be looking for a repeat result of the 2-4 Bundesliga triumph against Bayer Leverkusen.

In that match, Borussia Dortmund had 38% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 5 on target. For Borussia Dortmund, the goals were scored by Julian Brandt (33'), Julian Ryerson (43'), Karim Adeyemi (73') and Serhou Guirassy (77'). On the other side, Bayer Leverkusen had 19 attempts at goal with 10 on target. Jeremie Frimpong (30') and Jonas Hofmann (92') scored for Bayer Leverkusen.

It has been all too rare in recent games where Borussia Dortmund have shown defensive steel. The facts show that Borussia Dortmund have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 matches, leaking 9 goals in the process. That kind of pattern won’t necessarily be continued into this game, however.

Coming into this fixture, Borussia Dortmund are undefeated in their previous 3 league matches at home.

Holstein Kiel

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Following on from a loss in their previous game against Freiburg in Bundesliga action, Holstein Kiel and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that game, Holstein Kiel managed 60% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 3 on target. The scorer for Holstein Kiel was Lasse Rosenboom (24'). On the other side, Freiburg had 9 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Johan Manzambi (45') and Lucas Höler (58') scored for Freiburg.

Over the course of their previous 6 outings, Holstein Kiel have helped themselves to the sum of 11 goals. Holstein Kiel have also scored in every single one of those games. During those fixtures, their defenders have had 10 goals scored by their opponents.

Going into this encounter, Holstein Kiel are undefeated in their previous 3 away league matches.

↔️ Head to head

The previous league contest between the two was Bundesliga match day 17 on 14/01/2025 and the score finished Holstein Kiel 4-2 Borussia Dortmund.

In that game, Holstein Kiel managed 25% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 7 on target. The goalscorers were Shuto Machino (27'), Phil Harres (32'), Alexander Bernhardsson (45') and Fiete Arp (98').

Borussia Dortmund had 16 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Giovanni Reyna (71') and Jamie Gittens (77') scored.

The referee was Martin Petersen.

📋 Team News: Borussia Dortmund

Cole Campbell (Ligament injury), Filippo Mané (Hamstring injury), Maximilian Beier (Ankle injury) and Nico Schlotterbeck (Meniscus tear) will not be taking part for Borussia Dortmund gaffer Niko Kovač.

We are thinking that Dortmund may well employ a 3-4-2-1 system for this game, beginning the first half with Gregor Kobel, Niklas Suele, Waldemar Anton, Ramy Bensebaini, Julian Ryerson, Marcel Sabitzer, Felix Nmecha, Daniel Svensson, Julian Brandt, Karim Adeyemi and Serhou Guirassy.

📰 Team News: Holstein Kiel

Holstein Kiel boss Marcel Rapp has some current player fitness concerns. Andu Kelati (Knee injury), Ivan Nekic (muscular problems), Patrick Erras (concussion), Colin Kleine-Bekel (Fitness) and Marco Komenda (Tendon rupture) won’t be making appearances.

From our viewpoint, Holstein Kiel could decide to begin the game with a 3-4-2-1 formation, giving starts to Thomas Daehne, Timo Becker, Carl Johansson, David Zec, Lasse Rosenboom, Lewis Holtby, Nicolai Remberg, John Tolkin, A. Bernhardsson, Shuto Machino and Steven Skrzybski.

🧠 Prediction

Borussia Dortmund will, in all likelihood, be able to create a high number of chances and successful shots on target.

At the same time, Holstein Kiel will be up against it getting on the scoresheet but we do think it’s quite likely that they will be hitting back at some stage here.

We’re predicting a controlled 3-1 win for Borussia Dortmund come full-time.

Andre Moura, 13:06 17/05/2025