Borussia Dortmund will be looking to end the two game losing streaks this Saturday when they travel to Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer for a match against the bottom-rooted Greuther Furth in the Bundesliga. Showdown at 16:30 EAT.
The hosts will be hoping to leave a nice impression in their last top-flight game in front of their fans before returning to Bundesliga II football next season. Greuther Furth owns the worst defensive record in the elite class of German football this season. Given the fact that 14 of their 18 points this season have been recorded at home, Greuther will possess a small amount of confidence that they can unsettle their visitors at the weekend, especially given the shaky back line that their opponents have possessed for much of the campaign.
In their last game, Greuther Furth shared spoils 1-1 Bundesliga 1 with Union Berlin. In that match, Greuther Furth had 46% possession, seven shots with two of them on target and a goal scored by Branimir Hrgota (33′). Union Berlin got eight shots with three of them on target and a goal by Sven Michel (72′).
For Marco Rose and his side though, it was yet another inconsistent performance of the kind that has cost them a realistic shot at Bayern Munich’s Bundesliga crown once again. Therefore, Saturday’s visitors will be out to finally confirm the runners-up spot against Greuther, whilst also looking to avoid successive upsets against promoted sides. Also, Borussia Dortmund wants to bounce back from consecutive defeats to Bayern Munich and Bochum in the previous two rounds.
Borussia Dortmund suffered 4-3 Bundesliga defeat to VfL Bochum in their last league encounter. In that match, Borussia managed 69% possession, 18 shots with nine of them on target and goals scored by Erling Haaland (18′, 30′, and 62’). VfL Bochum got 12 shots with six of them on target and goals by Sebastian Polter (3′), Gerrit Holtmann (8′), Jürgen Locadia (81′) and Miloš Pantović (85′).
Greuther Furth vs Borussia Dortmund head to head
Borussia has an excellent record playing against Greuther Furth having in all the five head to head meetings since 2012.
- Dortmund 3-0 Greuther Furth 15/12/21
- Greuther Furth 1-2 Dortmund 20/08/18
- Greuther Furth 1-6 Dortmund 13/04/13
- Dortmund 3-1 Greuther Furth 17/11/12
- Greuther Furth 0-1 Dortmund 20/03/12
Home
- Union Berlin 1-1 Greuther Furth
- Greuther Furth 1-4 Leverkusen
- Hoffenheim 0-0 Greuther Furth
- Greuther Furth 0-2 M´gladbach
- Frankfurt 0-0 Greuther Furth
Away
- Dortmund 3-4 Bochum
- Dortmund 2-3 Dynamo Kiev
- Munich 3-1 Dortmund
- Dortmund 6-1 Wolfsburg
- Stuttgart 0-2 Dortmund
Greuther Furth team news
Furth will be without Robin Kehr, Marco Meyerhofer, Havard Nielsen and Paul Seguin due to injuries while will also be out serving suspension.
Borussia Dortmund team news
Marco Rose will take to the pitch without Mahmoud Dahoud, Thorgan Hazard, Mats Hummels, Gregor Kobel, Donyell Malen, Thomas Meunier, Mateu Morey, Gio Reyna, Marcel Schmelzer and Steffen Tigges all through injuries.
Prediction and odds
Greuther Furth has struggled for wins this season going winless in all their las five matches while Borussia Dortmund clearly is the better team on paper and a lot more firepower to take down the opponents here.
- Borussia Dortmund Win
- Goals over 2.5
- Both teams to score
