Surprising relegation contenders Borussia Dortmund will have a chance to move away from the danger zone when the travel to bottom side Stuttgart on Friday. Dortmund have moved out of the relegation zone thanks to a couple of consecutive wins, including last weekend's 4-2 victory against Mainz. If they win again they could move all the way up to 10th place.
Stuttgart are in desperate need of points after a poor streak of five games without a win. Their last success in the league was back in December, and they currently are four points away from safety. Last time these two sides met they produced an entertaining 2-2 draw with Dortmund rescuing a point thanks to a late goal from Ciro Immobile.
Dortmund will still be without Kevin Grosskreutz but Sven Bender and Erik Durm could be back in action after missing last weekend's match. Head coach Jurgen Klopp might try to rest a few players for next week's Champions League match at Juventus, but probably surviving in the Bundesliga will be more important than Champions League glory. Stuttgart might have to do without Moritz Leitner who picked up a calf strain in training.
Probable line-ups:
Stuttgart: Ulreich - Sakai, Baumgartl, Niedermeier, Hlousek - Klein, Leitner, Romeu, Gentner, Harnik - Werner
Borussia Dortmund: Weidenfeller - Piszczek, Subotic, Sokratis, Schmelzer - Sahin, Gundogan, Kampl, Kagawa, Reus - Aubameyang
My prediction: Dortmund to win 3-1.
Here are the odds for the match at Bet365:
Stuttgart win - 9/2 Draw - 11/4 Dortmund win - 4/6
mdacic 9 years ago
Borrussia Dortmund is finally on a winning streak. After this win they are out of relegation place and they will try to reach at least Europa league and maybe champions league why not... and that is not impossible because fourth place is only 10 points better than Borussia and if they continue to play like they played last...
Borrussia Dortmund is finally on a winning streak. After this win they are out of relegation place and they will try to reach at least Europa league and maybe champions league why not... and that is not impossible because fourth place is only 10 points better than Borussia and if they continue to play like they played last few games I think that they will be fourth at the end of the season.
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timidi 9 years ago
This was important victory for Borussia Dortmund. They continue to play well and now they are out of relegation place but I think that they won't be satisfied with that and they will chase at least Europa League because they still have a lot of matches left and they are not so far from that 5th place. So I expect from Borussia...
This was important victory for Borussia Dortmund. They continue to play well and now they are out of relegation place but I think that they won't be satisfied with that and they will chase at least Europa League because they still have a lot of matches left and they are not so far from that 5th place. So I expect from Borussia great play in future but first we will see what they can do against Juve in Champions league.
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timidi 9 years ago
I don't know what is going on with Borussia Dortmund this season but from now every match in Bundesilga is "must win" match for them. Tonight they play against Stuttgart. Stuttgart is very bad this season, they have a lot of troubles with scoring and they are not so good with defending their goal neither. Dortmund won last...
I don't know what is going on with Borussia Dortmund this season but from now every match in Bundesilga is "must win" match for them. Tonight they play against Stuttgart. Stuttgart is very bad this season, they have a lot of troubles with scoring and they are not so good with defending their goal neither. Dortmund won last match and I think that they will continue their good strike and win tonight without problems. My prediction is 0-3.
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Shumar4life
9 years ago
Hopefully Borusia will win this match, because they have good team and I believe that they deserve to stay in Bundesleague. Maybe this kind of matches which they play away are not good opportunity for them, bu they have good squad capable to beat everyone so I believe that they could win this match
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seculla
9 years ago
When you see the table in Bundesliga you will see that this game is "fight" for staying in first league for next season, and that is surprise. Maybe not so big when it comes to Stuttgart, but when you see how much is Borussia Dortmund struggling this season it's so sad. But, Dortmund finally got two wins in a row and this...
When you see the table in Bundesliga you will see that this game is "fight" for staying in first league for next season, and that is surprise. Maybe not so big when it comes to Stuttgart, but when you see how much is Borussia Dortmund struggling this season it's so sad. But, Dortmund finally got two wins in a row and this is the best chance for them to get a third. Stuttgart is last but they only have four points less than the "Millionaires". I predict that Dortmund will win this match and they will give everything from them to do that despite that they are playing against Juventus in Torino in Tuesday.
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