Borussia Dortmund vs Schalke preview

March 24, 2014
By: Nemanja Lazarevic

BVB vs SchalkeSecond-placed Borussia Dortmund host fierce rivals Schalke in the second Revierderby of the season, with plenty of fireworks expected at Signal-Iduna Park.

The Millionaires haven’t exactly impressed this season, but they are slowly getting their campaign back on track.

Jurgen Klopp’s side were pretty unfortunate to be pitted against Real Madrid in the Champions League quarter-finals, although they definitely stand a chance of progressing to the next stage.

Meanwhile, the team have made it to the DFB Pokal semi-finals, where they will be vying Wolfsburg for a place in the final.

Following some unexpected slip-ups in the Bundesliga, Dortmund have improved their top 4 hopes by winning three of last four league fixtures, and back to back home defeats to Borussia M’gladbach and Zenit did not prove too costly.

The Millionaires remained in the second place as they hammered Hannover on the road and are now priced at 1.62 (5/8) to defeat rivals Schalke as well.

Jurgen Klopp again faces a real selection headache seeing as how the likes of Schmelzer, Subotic, Bender, Blaszczykowski and Gundogan are all out injured.

Probable starting line-up (4-2-3-1): Widenfeller – Piszczek, Papastathopoulos, Hummels, Durm – Kehl, Sahin – Grosskreutz, Mkhitaryan, Reus – Lewandowski.

Schalke, too, are hardly enjoying the most successful season in recent years, but another Champions League qualification would be enough to forget all the problems.

The Miners suffered disappointing exits from the Champions League and DFB Pokal, but the most important thing is they are again doing well in the league.

The 5-1 loss to Bayern Munich seems to have served as a wake up call for Jens Keller’s men, who then went on to win three straight league fixtures.

This has seen them climb within a point of arch rivals Borussia Dortmund as well as open up an eight-point lead over fifth-placed Borussia M’gladbach.

And with the Miners now keen to extend the impressive run against the Millionaires, you should know away win pays 6.20 (26/5).

Just like his counterpart, Jens Keller has a long injury list to contend with, with Aogo, Santana, Fuchs, Howedes, Kirchhoff, Papadopoulos, Uchida, Clemens, Hoger and Farfan on the sidelines.

Probable starting line-up (4-2-3-1): Fahrmann – Hoogland, Ayhan, Matip, Kolasinac – Boateng, Neustadter – Goretzka, Meyer, Draxler – Huntelaar.

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