In a weekend match on Sat Aug 6th, in week 1, Borussia Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen will play a match in Dortmund in a meeting of these two Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 22 degrees, which is great football weather. Borussia Dortmund sits at 2nd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-0 shutout win against 1860 München. Donyell Malen scored the first goal for Borussia Dortmund in the 8th minute, then Jude Bellingham added another in the 31st minute In the end, 1860 München was frustrated by Borussia Dortmund’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Borussia Dortmund ended the match with the shutout victory. Borussia Dortmund is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while bayer Leverkusen is fresh off their 3-4 loss against Elversberg. Jannik Rochelt struck first for Elversberg in the 2nd minute, then in the 5th minute, Sardar Azmoun sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Adam Hložek , but Elversberg kept scoring and walked away with the win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win apiece.
Bayer Leverkusen’s most prolific scorer has been Bravo Solanilla. He has netted three goals over the last 5 matches. Erling Braut Håland has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored four goals for Borussia Dortmund
Edin Terzic’s Borussia Dortmund squad will be without Mahmoud Dahoud, Donyell Malen and Mats Hummels, while Gerardo Seoane’s Bayer Leverkusen squad will be without Florian Wirtz.