Borussia Dortmund and Bayer 04 Leverkusen will play on Sunday the 6th of February at 3:30 pm in the 21st week of the Bundesliga. The match will take place in Dortmund at the Signal-Iduna-Park.
Borussia Dortmund occupies the 2nd position in the league with 43 points. It comes from a 2-3 win against TSG Hoffenheim in its last match in the Bundesliga. To date, it has won 14 times, drawn once, and lost 5 times.
Borussia Dortmund won the last 3 consecutive matches. The last time it lost was on the 18th of December against Hertha BSC and the score was 3-2.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen sits in the 3rd place in the table with 35 points. It comes from a 5-1 win against FC Augsburg in its last match in the Bundesliga. To date, it has won 10 times, draw 5 times, 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 (7 times or 35.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (7 times), 4-3-3 (5 times), 3-4-2-1 (3 times), 4-3-1-2 (2 times), 4-1-3-2 (once), 3-5-2 (once) and 4-3-2-1 (once).
Marco Rose is expected to play against Bayer 04 Leverkusen with the following players: G. Kobel, R. Guerreiro, M. Wolf, J. Bellingham, M. Dahoud, J. Brandt, D. Malen, M. Reus and S. Tigges.
Assuming that the line up is confirmed as above, the average age of Borussia Dortmund would be 25.78.
There are doubts about the presence of M. Hummels and M. Akanji.
Marco Rose will probably not be able to employ G. Reyna because of injury.
E. Can, M. Morey Bauzà, M. Schmelzer and E. Håland will definitely miss the match.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Bayer 04 Leverkusen has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (16 times or 80.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (16 times), 4-1-4-1 (once), 4-3-2-1 (once), 4-4-2 (once) and 3-4-2-1 (once).
Gerardo Seoane is expected to play against Borussia Dortmund with the following players: L. Hrádecký, M. Bakker, J. Tah, P. Hincapié Reyna, J. Frimpong, A. Adli, R. Andrich, M. Diaby, F. Wirtz, K. Bellarabi and P. Schick.
Presuming that the line up is confirmed as above, the projected average age of Bayer 04 Leverkusen would be 24.82.
Gerardo Seoane will probably not be able to employ D. Sinkgraven and E. Palacios because of injury.
A. Lunev, E. Tapsoba and J. Baumgartlinger will definitely miss the match.