Borussia Dortmund vs Wolfsburg preview

December 16, 2014
By: Nemanja Lazarevic

Dortmund vs Wolfsburg 3-3Borussia Dortmund found themselves back in the relegation zone following the narrow defeat to Hertha, meaning the Wolfsburg match is another must-win game for them.

Meanwhile, the Wolves were very unfortunate not to beat Paderborn at home, but they still enter the match at Signal-Iduna Park in much better shape than the opposition.

Nobody knows what has happened to the team that impressed on domestic and European stage over the last few years, with the Millionaires taking mere 14 points from 15 league fixtures.

Coach Jurgen Klopp and his players are now under extreme pressure to kick-start their season as soon as possible, but things are still not going according to plan.

And while the team did well to win the first position in their Champions League group, they lost two of their last three Bundesliga matches, with 1-0 loss at Hertha the latest setback.

Even if Borussia were pretty unfortunate not to get more from Olympiastadion, they face a tough task against high-flying Wolfsburg, so I don’t see value in odds of 1.92 (23/25) offered on home win.

There are no fresh injury worries for Jurgen Klopp, but the likes of Marco Reus, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Ji Dong-Won and Sokratis Papastathopoulos are unavailable.

Probable starting line-up (4-1-4-1): Langerak – Piszczek, Subotic, Hummels, Schmelzer – Kehl – Blaszczykowski, Gundogan, Bender, Aubameyang – Immobile.

Wolfsburg appear to be the only side capable of almost keeping up with Bundesliga holders Bayern Munich as they sit comfortably in the second place in the standings.

The Wolves have shown a great deal of consistency in the opening exchanges despite also playing in Europa League, and they are now nine points behind the Bavarians.

Team’s two-match winning run came to an end this weekend as Wolfsburg failed to beat Paderborn at home, but they certainly deserved all three points.

After Ivan Perisic had missed a penalty to make it 2-0, the visitors levelled the score from a soft penalty while visiting keeper Lukas Kruse made a string of stunning saves to prevent the Wolves from winning the game.

Nevertheless, Wolfsburg can still enter the Dortmund game in good spirits and they are 4.20 (16/5) to pour more misery on BVB.

Coach Dieter Hecking will again be able to field his strongest line-up with only back-up players Felipe Lopes and Patrick Ochs out injured.

Probable starting line-up (4-2-3-1): Benaglio – Jung, Naldo, Knoche, Rodriguez – Gustavo, Guilavogui – Vieiringa, de Bruyne, Perisic – Olic.

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