Borussia Dortmund and TSG Hoffenheim will play on Friday the 2nd of September at 8:30 pm in the 5th week of the Bundesliga. The match is going to take place in Dortmund at the Signal-Iduna-Park.

Borussia Dortmund is in the 5th position in the league with 9 points. It comes from a 0-1 win against Hertha BSC in its last match in the Bundesliga. Up to now, it has won 3 times and lost once.​​

TSG Hoffenheim is in the 4th place in the standings with 9 points. It comes from a 1-0 win against FC Augsburg in its last match in the Bundesliga. As of now, it has won 3 times and lost once.​​

TSG Hoffenheim won the last 3 consecutive matches. The last time it lost was on the 6th of August against Borussia Mönchengladbach and the score was 3-1.

Line-ups predictions​

These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.​

Borussia Dortmund​

Line - Ups​
4-5-1
27 May
Borussia Dortmund-FSV Mainz 05
2-2
4-5-1
21 May
FC Augsburg-Borussia Dortmund
0-3
4-2-3-1
13 May
Borussia Dortmund-Borussia Mönchengladbach
5-2
4-5-1
07 May
Borussia Dortmund-VfL Wolfsburg
6-0
4-3-3
28 Apr
VfL Bochum 1848-Borussia Dortmund
1-1
4-3-3
22 Apr
Borussia Dortmund-Eintracht Frankfurt
4-0
4-1-4-1
15 Apr
VfB Stuttgart-Borussia Dortmund
3-3
4-3-3
08 Apr
Borussia Dortmund-FC Union Berlin
2-1
4-5-1
01 Apr
FC Bayern München-Borussia Dortmund
4-2
4-3-3
18 Mar
Borussia Dortmund-FC Köln
6-1
4-3-3
11 Mar
Schalke 04-Borussia Dortmund
2-2
4-1-4-1
03 Mar
Borussia Dortmund-RB Leipzig
2-1
4-3-3
25 Feb
TSG Hoffenheim-Borussia Dortmund
0-1
4-5-1
19 Feb
Borussia Dortmund-Hertha BSC
4-1
4-1-4-1
11 Feb
Werder Bremen-Borussia Dortmund
0-2
4-1-4-1
04 Feb
Borussia Dortmund-SC Freiburg
5-1
4-5-1
29 Jan
Bayer 04 Leverkusen-Borussia Dortmund
0-2
4-2-3-1
25 Jan
FSV Mainz 05-Borussia Dortmund
1-2
4-2-3-1
22 Jan
Borussia Dortmund-FC Augsburg
4-3
4-2-3-1
11 Nov
Borussia Mönchengladbach-Borussia Dortmund
4-2
4-2-3-1
08 Nov
VfL Wolfsburg-Borussia Dortmund
2-0
4-2-3-1
05 Nov
Borussia Dortmund-VfL Bochum 1848
3-0
4-2-3-1
29 Oct
Eintracht Frankfurt-Borussia Dortmund
1-2
4-2-3-1
22 Oct
Borussia Dortmund-VfB Stuttgart
5-0
3-5-2
16 Oct
FC Union Berlin-Borussia Dortmund
2-0
4-3-3
08 Oct
Borussia Dortmund-FC Bayern München
2-2
4-2-3-1
01 Oct
FC Köln-Borussia Dortmund
3-2
4-2-3-1
17 Sep
Borussia Dortmund-Schalke 04
1-0
4-2-3-1
10 Sep
RB Leipzig-Borussia Dortmund
3-0
4-5-1
02 Sep
Borussia Dortmund-TSG Hoffenheim
1-0
4-2-3-1
27 Aug
Hertha BSC-Borussia Dortmund
0-1
4-2-3-1
20 Aug
Borussia Dortmund-Werder Bremen
2-3
4-2-3-1
12 Aug
SC Freiburg-Borussia Dortmund
1-3
4-3-3
06 Aug
Borussia Dortmund-Bayer 04 Leverkusen
1-0

Borussia Dortmund has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (3 times or 75.00%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (3 times) and 4-3-3 (once).

Edin Terzic is expected to play against TSG Hoffenheim with the following players: G. Kobel, A. Meyer, R. Guerreiro, M. Hummels, N. Schlotterbeck, M. Wolf, S. Özcan, J. Bellingham, J. Brandt, M. Reus and K. Adeyemi.

Assuming that this will be the line-up, the average age of Borussia Dortmund would be 26.45.

Edin Terzic will probably not be able to employ M. Dahoud, D. Malen and G. Reyna because of injury.

M. Morey Bauzà and S. Haller will definitely miss the match.

TSG Hoffenheim​

Line - Ups​
3-5-2
27 May
VfB Stuttgart-TSG Hoffenheim
1-1
3-4-3
20 May
TSG Hoffenheim-FC Union Berlin
4-2
3-5-2
13 May
VfL Wolfsburg-TSG Hoffenheim
2-1
3-5-2
06 May
TSG Hoffenheim-Eintracht Frankfurt
3-1
3-5-2
29 Apr
RB Leipzig-TSG Hoffenheim
1-0
3-5-2
22 Apr
TSG Hoffenheim-FC Köln
1-3
3-5-2
15 Apr
FC Bayern München-TSG Hoffenheim
1-1
3-5-2
09 Apr
TSG Hoffenheim-Schalke 04
2-0
3-5-2
02 Apr
Werder Bremen-TSG Hoffenheim
1-2
3-4-3
18 Mar
TSG Hoffenheim-Hertha BSC
3-1
3-5-2
12 Mar
SC Freiburg-TSG Hoffenheim
2-1
3-4-2-1
04 Mar
FSV Mainz 05-TSG Hoffenheim
1-0
3-4-1-2
25 Feb
TSG Hoffenheim-Borussia Dortmund
0-1
3-4-1-2
17 Feb
FC Augsburg-TSG Hoffenheim
1-0
3-4-2-1
11 Feb
TSG Hoffenheim-Bayer 04 Leverkusen
1-3
3-4-1-2
04 Feb
VfL Bochum 1848-TSG Hoffenheim
5-2
3-4-1-2
28 Jan
TSG Hoffenheim-Borussia Mönchengladbach
1-4
3-4-2-1
24 Jan
TSG Hoffenheim-VfB Stuttgart
2-2
3-4-2-1
21 Jan
FC Union Berlin-TSG Hoffenheim
3-1
3-4-1-2
12 Nov
TSG Hoffenheim-VfL Wolfsburg
1-2
3-5-2
09 Nov
Eintracht Frankfurt-TSG Hoffenheim
4-2
3-5-2
05 Nov
TSG Hoffenheim-RB Leipzig
1-3
3-5-2
30 Oct
FC Köln-TSG Hoffenheim
1-1
3-5-2
22 Oct
TSG Hoffenheim-FC Bayern München
0-2
3-5-2
14 Oct
Schalke 04-TSG Hoffenheim
0-3
3-5-2
07 Oct
TSG Hoffenheim-Werder Bremen
1-2
3-5-2
02 Oct
Hertha BSC-TSG Hoffenheim
1-1
3-5-2
18 Sep
TSG Hoffenheim-SC Freiburg
0-0
3-1-4-2
10 Sep
TSG Hoffenheim-FSV Mainz 05
4-1
3-5-2
02 Sep
Borussia Dortmund-TSG Hoffenheim
1-0
3-5-2
27 Aug
TSG Hoffenheim-FC Augsburg
1-0
3-5-2
20 Aug
Bayer 04 Leverkusen-TSG Hoffenheim
0-3
3-5-2
13 Aug
TSG Hoffenheim-VfL Bochum 1848
3-2
3-5-2
06 Aug
Borussia Mönchengladbach-TSG Hoffenheim
3-1

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (4 times).

André Breitenreiter is expected to play against Borussia Dortmund with the following players: O. Baumann, K. Vogt, K. Akpoguma, O. Kabak, A. Stiller, C. Baumgartner, D. Geiger, G. Prömel, R. Skov, G. Rutter and A. Kramarić.

Presuming that the above line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of TSG Hoffenheim would be 25.82.

André Breitenreiter will probably not be able to employ S. Posch because of injury.

P. Pentke, E. Bičakčić, B. Hübner and I. Bebou will definitely miss the match.