Dortmund vs Schalke: Preview and Prediction

Dortmund vs Schalke: Preview and Prediction
DORTMUND VS SCHALKE

Dortmund play Schalke in one of the biggest derbies in world football at the Signal Iduna Park. Both the teams are on the opposite end of the table with Dortmund at 3rd and Schalke in 17th position. Nevertheless, form counts for nothing in a derby as big as this with both teams wanting the bragging rights.

Preview

Dortmund are in better form at the moment with having won their last two fixtures in Bundesliga but they lost against Lazio in the champions league during midweek. Moreover, the defense is a cause of worry for Favre as Emre can misses out due to Corona but Akanji seems to have recovered in time to replace him. The good news is that Haaland is in supreme form and will be hungry for goals in the derby.

Battle to watch out for

Schalke will pinning their hopes on Goalkeeper Ronnow who is in good form to keep Haaland from scoring. However, Ozan Kabak will be a huge miss for Schalke in defense. Paciencia will be expected to lead the attack for Schalke, having scored in the game against Union Berlin.

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Form Guide

Schalke have won 11 games compared to 9 for Dortmund during their head to head games. This will give some confidence to Schalke that they can beat Dortmund. Meanwhile, Dortmund can’t think of losing the game as it will dent their title aspirations.

Schalke Last Four games: L-L-L-D

Dortmund Last Four games: L-W-W-L

Predicted Lineups

Dortmund Predicted Lineup:  Burki; Piszczek, Hummels, Akanji; Meunier, Witsel, Brandt, Guerreiro; Sancho, Reyna; Haaland.

Schalke Predicted Lineup: Ronnow; Ludewig, Sane, Nastasic, Oczipka; Mascarell, Bentaleb; Skrzybski, Harit, Raman; Paciencia

Prediction

We predict the score line to be Dortmund 2-0 Schalke.

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