In this 30th week match, on Sat Apr 16th, Borussia Dortmund hosts Wolfsburg in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Bundesliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, 2nd placed Borussia Dortmund, recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Stuttgart. Julian Brandt struck first for Borussia Dortmund in the 12th minute on a feed from Erling Braut Håland, then Julian Brandt added another in the 71st minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Stuttgart couldn’t manage to score, and Borussia Dortmund took the shutout win. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Borussia Dortmund should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, Wolfsburg recorded a 4-0 shutout win against Arminia Bielefeld. Lukas Nmecha struck first for Wolfsburg in the 11th minute on a feed from Yannick Gerhardt, then Lukas Nmecha added another in the 38th minute In the end, Arminia Bielefeld couldn’t muster any offence and Wolfsburg ran away with the shutout win. Wolfsburg is looking for direction having 4 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches.
On Saturday Nov 27th, Wolfsburg hosted Borussia Dortmund at the Volkswagen Arena in their last match together. Borussia Dortmund won by a score of 3 to 1. Wout Weghorst struck first for Wolfsburg in the 2nd minute, then Emre Can tied it up for Borussia Dortmund in the 35th minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 55th minute on a goal by Donyell Malen.
Both Max Kruse and Maximilian Arnold have been the hottest scorers for Wolfsburg in the last five each having scored 2 goals. Both Marius Wolf and Julian Brandt have been the hottest scorers for Borussia Dortmund in the last five each having scored 2 goals each
Borussia Dortmund will be without Marco Reus, Mate Morey, Nico Schulz, Felix Passlack, Marcel Schmelzer, Manuel Akanji, Giovanni Reyna and Moukoko, while Jérôme Roussillon, Koen Casteels, William and Paulo Otávio are unavailable to play for Florian Kohfeldt’s team.