On Monday, starting with 19:45, the match Duisburg – Dortmund, in the German Cup, the first round will be played. Dortmund have not won in Duisburg since 1995, during which the hosts won twice and 4 duels ended in a draw. The last official live match took place in 2008, a 3-3 draw in Duisburg in the Bundesliga, and Dortmund won a friendly 5-1 on August 22, 2020.
Duisburg will play its 50th duel with Dortmund, and the record shows 24 victories for the “yellow-blacks”, 12 for the “zebras” and 13 draws. The team coached by Torsten Lieberknecht incredibly missed the promotion to the Zweite Bundesliga, winning only one of the last 7 stages of the German third league. In the German Cup, Duisburg was eliminated in the second round of the previous edition, after a defeat at home, score 0-2 with Hamburg.
Dortmund are attacking the 5th German Cup in the club’s history, and from the team that won the 4th trophy (2017), only Reus, Guerreiro, Burki, Piszczek and Schmelzer are part of the group. Lucien Favre’s students were eliminated at the last edition of the German Cup by Werder Bremen, after a 3-2 defeat away, in the round of 16. According to the German press, the Swiss technician will use the best possible 11 in Duisburg, in which he will also test the young Englishman Bellingham (17 years old), brought with trumpets and trumpets from Birmingham.
-Duisburg finished 2nd in the Bundesliga once (1964);
-The “zebras” lost 4 finals of the German Cup, the last time in 2011;
-Dortmund has won the Bundesliga title 8 times;
-The “yellow-blacks” won the German Cup 4 times;
Duisburg: Weinkauf – Sauer, Gembalies, Volkmer, Bretschneider – Kamavuaka, Scepanik – Stoppelkamp, Karweina, Engin – Vermeij
Absent: Bitter, Jansen, Sabanci
Coach: Torsten Lieberknecht
Dortmund: Bürki – Can, Hummels, Akanji – Meunier, Bellingham, Witsel, Guerreiro – Sancho, Reus (c) – Haaland
Absent: Morey, Schmelzer, Zagadou
Coach: Lucien Favre
PREDICTION: Both teams to score / NO @ 1,50
