Borussia Dortmund and Werder Bremen will clash on Friday the 20th of October at 8:30 pm in the 8th week of the Bundesliga. The match is going to be staged in Dortmund at the SIGNAL IDUNA PARK. The encounter will be officiated by Felix Brych.
Borussia Dortmund sits in the 4th position in the standings with 17 points. It comes from a 4-2 win against FC Union Berlin in its last match in the Bundesliga. Up to now, it has won 5 times and drawn twice.
Borussia Dortmund won the last 4 consecutive matches. So far it was never defeated (Bundesliga).
Werder Bremen sits in the 14th place in the table with 6 points. It comes from a 2-3 loss against TSG Hoffenheim in its last match in the Bundesliga. Up to now, it has won twice and lost 5 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Borussia Dortmund
Borussia Dortmund has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (4 times or 57.14%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (4 times) and 4-3-3 (3 times).
Edin Terzic is expected to play against Werder Bremen with the following players: Gregor Kobel, Ramy Bensebaini, Mats Hummels, Nico Schlotterbeck, Julian Ryerson, Felix Nmecha, Emre Can, Julian Brandt, Marco Reus, Donyell Malen and Niclas Füllkrug.
If the above line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Borussia Dortmund would be 27.82.
Edin Terzic will probably not be able to employ Thomas Meunier and Mateu Morey Bauzà because of injury.
Julien Duranville will definitely miss the match.
Werder Bremen
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (7 times).
Ole Werner is expected to play against Borussia Dortmund with the following players: Michael Zetterer, Miloš Veljković, Christian Groß, Senne Lynen, Jens Stage, Romano Schmid, Mitchell Weiser, Olivier Deman, Marvin Ducksch and Justin Njinmah.
Presuming that the above line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Werder Bremen would be 26.80.
There are doubts about the presence of Marco Friedl.
Jiří Pavlenka, Amos Pieper, Niklas Stark and Naby Keïta will definitely miss the match.
