I want to take this one early as the odds might drop a bit. Dortmund will be hosting Schalke in Bundesliga.
Dortmund have an 11-point lead over second placed Leverkusen ahead of this round and looking at their form, i would say they are already champions. At home, their record is 6-2-1 with a 19-5 GD. After the 1-1 disappointing draw with Stuttgart at home, they went on to win 3-0 at Wolfsburg, in a game where they did not even seem to try hard, as Wolfsburg had all the balls going towards Diego, who was permanently harassed by the defensive MF Bender. Kagawa of course will not be available for this game as he will undergo surgery after the injury sustained in the NT duty with Japan, while important defender Subotic i suspended one round of yellow cards cumulus. Still, we have seen a very good form from Gotze, Grosskreutz and even Barrios is rising his play in the last games.
Schalke were expected to be in a better position at the moment, but only 11th place has disappointed the fans. An away record of 3-2-4 is not something to brag about and even though they manged two wins in a row away, against decreasing Mainz and Hannover, a team that can only play well on counters, Schalke lost two in a row at home, against Hamburg and Hoffenheim, both 0-1. Raul and Huntellar up front are two big names, but without proper support, they cannot do much themselves. Moreover, neither of them is good at pressing and blocking angles, so Dortmund’s defense will easily pass the ball around them and open up the MFs to create more chances. Schalke will be missing Charisteas, Hoogland, Kenia and Sarpei for this game.
First game between them this season ended 3-1 in favor of Dortmund. The difference in quality and passing style is huge at the moment, and even though Schalke has some big names in the roster, this will not help them. Simply Dotrmund’s style does not suit them and i expect the hosts to have better possession, more chances and eventually to score more goals than the visitors. A score line of 2-1, 3-1, maybe even more is quite possible here, so i chose to take HW + O 2.5 offered by Bet365 because the simple HW odds were low at 1.65. Good luck.
Prediction:
Tip : Dortmund to win and over 2.5 goals
Odd : 2.50
Bookie : Bet365
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