DORTMUND VS SALZBURG PREVIEW & PREDICTION
In the first hand of the optimal Europa League on Thursday, starting at 18:00, the Dortmund – Salzburg game will be played. Hosts are trying to get their first win after a series of three consecutive draws.
Led by 1-0 in the Leipzig move, the “yellow-blacks” managed to avoid defeat thanks to Reus’s success in the 38th minute. Returned to the field in mid-February, Marco Reus scored for the third time in the last four games in which has evolved. With this point, Borussia remains on the podium, but the struggle for qualification in the Champions League seems to be going until the last stage. Returning to the European Cups, Stoger’s band tries to get the first victory after the last three games drew with the same score of 1-1.
On the other side, the guests approach the game with morale at maximum odds. The victory gained in the last stage of the championship, 1-0 with Rapid Vienna, was the fifth consecutive in all competitions. Berisha scored decisively in the 73rd minute. It was only the third goal scored this season by the 25-year-old midfielder. The authoritative leader in the domestic competition, Salzburg can concentrate all its forces on the Europa League in an attempt to get a good result on Signal Iduna Park. In the seven moves made in this edition of the European Cups there was no defeat.
Dortmund (4-2-3-1): Burki – Piszczek Sokratis Toprak Schmelzer – Weigl Dahoud – Pulisic Reus Schurrle – Batshuayi
Salzburg (4-3-1-2): Walke – Lainer Ramalho Caleta Ulmer – Haidara Samassekou Berisha – Wolf – Dabbur Chan
This will be the first direct confrontation between the two bands.
PREDICTION: Dortmund to win @ 1.52
