Week 5 brings us a match on Sep 2nd where Hoffenheim will travel to Dortmund to battle Borussia Dortmund in a clash of the Bundesliga. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 19 degrees, a perfect day for football. 5th placed Borussia Dortmund is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Hertha BSC. Anthony Modeste scored the first goal for Borussia Dortmund in the 32nd minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Hertha BSC 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 15 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Hoffenheim recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Augsburg. Dennis Geiger struck first for Hoffenheim in the 39th minute on a feed from Robert Skov, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Augsburg couldn’t muster any offence and Hoffenheim ran away with the shutout win. Hoffenheim is looking for direction having 3 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Borussia Dortmund won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
For Hoffenheim, their top scorers are Ozan Kabak and Christoph Baumgartner, each having 2 goals in their last 5 matches. Borussia Dortmund hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Karim Adeyemi and Jude Bellingham, and they each have 1 goal
Donyell Malen and Sébastien Haller are unavailable to play for Borussia Dortmund, while André Breitenreiter’s squad will be without Ihlas Bebou, Ermin Bičakčić, Benjamin Hübner, Stanley N’Soki and Philipp Pentke.