BVB v FC Bayern: Probable starting line-ups | OneFootball

Even after being eliminated from the Champions League, football continues at Borussia Dortmund. Today, there is an opportunity to reduce the gap to league leaders FC Bayern Munich to five points. Coach Niko Kovac will likely aim for the necessary victory with the following lineup at the start.

BVB will have to do without their “assist machine” Julian Ryerson today. The Norwegian is serving a yellow card suspension. Otherwise, only two players are unavailable, but they have not been available for some time now. Thus, the list of Dortmund absentees looks like this.

kicker predicts the following starting eleven for BVB:

Gregor Kobel – Emre Can, Waldemar Anton, Nico Schlotterbeck – Yan Couto, Marcel Sabitzer, Felix Nmecha, Daniel Svensson – Maximilian Beier, Julian Brandt – Serhou Guirassy

This means that most of those who were so bitterly eliminated on Wednesday will get a chance for redemption, which, nominally, could hardly be more significant than in a clash against FCB.

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Brandt and Kane both starting

For the visitors, three players are out. They are:

First-choice goalkeeper Manuel Neuer is expected to be on the bench according to kicker, after there had been varying reports about his fitness in recent days. Overall, the starting eleven for FC Bayern could look like this:

Jonas Urbig – Konrad Laimer, Dayot Upamecano, Jonathan Tah, Josip Stanisic – Aleksandar Pavlovic, Joshua Kimmich – Michael Olise, Serge Gnabry, Luis Diaz – Harry Kane

Nevertheless, kicker notes that the lineup, especially on the flanks, could look different.

According to the bookmakers, FC Bayern is considered a fairly clear favorite for the three points in this classic. Odds for an FCB win are mostly around 1.65. Those for a BVB win, on the other hand, range between 4.30 and 4.55.

In the first half of the season, BVB suffered their only defeat of the entire Bundesliga season away in Munich, losing 1-2. Both encounters last season ended in draws. In Munich, it was 2-2, in Dortmund 1-1.

Many more numbers and facts ahead of the “Klassiker” Borussia Dortmund – FC Bayern Munich can be found at this link.

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