In this 16th week match, on Wed Dec 15th, Greuther Fürth and Borussia Dortmund will play a match in Dortmund in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Bundesliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Borussia Dortmund is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Bochum. Sebastian Polter scored the first goal for Bochum in the 40th minute on a penalty, then Julian Brandt tied it up for Borussia Dortmund in the 85th minute on a feed from Erling Braut Håland earning Borussia Dortmund at least a draw. Borussia Dortmund should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 19 points in their last 10 matches, while greuther Fürth sits at 18th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-7 blowout loss against Bayer Leverkusen. Amine Adli struck first for Bayer Leverkusen in the 12th minute, then Edmond Tapsoba added another in the 17th minute on a feed from Florian Wirtz. Greuther Fürth looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 10 of their last 10.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
Greuther Fürth’s most prolific scorer has been Leweling. The midfielder has netted two goals over the last 5 matches. Borussia Dortmund is glad to have Erling Braut Håland in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored four goals
Borussia Dortmund will be without Julian Brandt, Thorgan Hazard, Mate Morey, Roman Bürki, Raphaël Guerreiro, Marcel Schmelzer, Manuel Akanji, Giovanni Reyna, Jude Bellingham, Unbehaun and Youssoufa Moukoko, while Stefan Leitl’s Greuther Fürth squad will be without Paul Seguin.