Borussia Dortmund Bayer Leverkusen match preview

This is a big derby of the round and a match that directly decides who will play the Champions League next season, and it is possible that both teams find themselves there. They are currently in the third and fourth position and have the same number of points and therefore the wins in this match had a great value. Both teams are shaken before their mutual duel, as Borussia was defeated in the last round in a neighbourhood derby by Schalke, while Bayer was defeated by Bayer in the semi-final of the Cup. In the first part of the season these rivals played 1-1 in Leverkusen.

Borussia Dortmund

They are cautious in the ranks of Borussie before this duel, because they are not exactly good in their derby matches lately. The previous two they have lost was even without any goals scored. They will particularly remember that match with Bayern in Munich, where they were mastered with 6-0, while they lost to Schalke with 2-0 in the last round and this is a painful defeat because of the great rivalry with the team from Gelsenkirchen.

They also suffered their only two championship defeats by Borussia in the second half of the season, with an unprecedented elimination in the round of sixteen of Europa League. After their defeat by Bayern, they easily defeated Stuttgart with 3-0 on their field, and therefore they expected a better fight against Schalke, especially because coach Stoger sent the same team to the field against Stuttgart. Now we expect new changes and Akanji could be on the center-back position, Weigl jumps in midfield, while striker Batshuayi is absent due to injury and M.Gotze will be in a little different formation.

Probable lineups Borussia Dortmund: Burki – Piszczek, Sokratis, Akanji, Schmelzer – Weigl, Dahoud – C.Pulisic, M.Gotze, Philipp – Reus

Bayer Leverkusen

Along with the good performances in the championship, Bayer has hoped that they can maybe get to the very end in the Cup, but they got new-old champion Bayern in the semi-finals. They played at home and secretly hoped for a surprise, but instead they experienced a real catastrophe and were defeated with 6-2. They have not been defeated so badly in front of their supporters for a long time, and they can mostly blame their bad start because they have already received two goals in ten minutes. It is hard to catch up with that against the Bavarians and it was clear that there will not happen.

They are returning to the championship, where they played two excellent matches in the previous two rounds when Leipzig defeated them away with 4-1 and in the last round with the same result they defeated Eintracht in their field. Compared to this match, Bailey remained surprisingly on the bench, while Retsos was on the left back. Now L.Bender cannot play because of the suspension, so Retsos goes on the right back and Henrichs on the left. Bailey returns, while Alario returns to the top of the attack.

Probable lineups Bayer Leverkusen: Leno – Retsos, Tah, S.Bender, Henrichs – Baumgartlinger, Aranguiz – Bailey, Volland, Brandt – Alario

Verdict:

Both teams owe it to their fans to celebrate in this match, because of the serious defeats they have experienced before and therefore expect a great match with a lot of offensive football and goals, because the victory lead to the Champions League.

Pick:  over 2.5 goals 1.64 - 64/100 @1XBet


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