Borussia Dortmund vs Bayern Munich – Bundesliga – Preview

Posted on March 5, 2016 by Sreya

Borussia Dortmund hosts Bayern Munich at Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen on 5th March, Saturday in their twenty-fifth Bundesliga fixture of the season. With Bayern Munich’s surprise loss to Mainz 05 in their previous league match, a win for Dortmund tomorrow could make the title race interesting in the final phase of the season.

Only five points separate the two clubs – Bayern Munich have accumulated sixty two points from their twenty wins so far while Borussia Dortmund are on fifty seven points courtesy their eighteen wins.

Team News

Sokratis is the only injury concern for Borussia Dortmund. Bayern Munich will be without Jerome Boateng, Holger Badstuber and Javi Martinez.

Borussia Dortmund Possible Starting Lineup: Roman Burki, Lukasz Piszczek, Sven Bender, Mats Hummels, Marcel Schmelzer, Ilkay Gundogan, Julian Weigl, Shinji Kagawa, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Pierre-Emrick Aubameyang, Marco Reus.

Bayern Munich Possible Starting Lineup: Manuel Neuer, Philipp Lahm, Joshua Kimmich, David Alaba, Juan Bernat, Xabi Alonso, Arjen Robben, Thomas Muller, Thiago Alcantara, Douglas Costa, Robert Lewandowski.

Contributor’s Pick

According to Head-2-Head statistics, the previous six encounters between these two clubs have resulted in four wins for Bayern Munich and two wins for Borussia Dortmund. Borussia Dortmund have won their last seven home games in the league, keeping a clean sheet in five of those games.

Dortmund have also scored a minimum of two goals in fourteen of their previous fifteen home league fixtures. On the other hand, Bayern Munich are undefeated in eleven of their last twelve matches in the Bundesliga.

It should be a closely contested affair, with a 2-2 draw being the most probable result.