German Bundesliga
2010-09-22 - Borussia Dortmund vs Kaiserslautern
A Sports Betting Pick by Niko
Football : Germany : Bundesliga
Signal Iduna Park
Wednesday, 22nd September 2010 – kickoff 20:00
Borussia Dortmund
Borussia Dortmund impressed with their way of playing in the 3-1 away win over Schalke 04 this weekend and climbed at the third place at the table. Especially the Japanese International Shinji Kagawa had a great game not only scoring a goal, but also creating many chances for Barrios. He already had scored three times in the past four matches. Gotze and Kevin Grosskreutz are the future of German football and are very dangerous at both wings.
For this match, coach Klopp can not count only on the captain Sebastian Kehl who will be absent for two months after his hip injury and who had joined the list of previously injured players – Dede, Zidan and Kringe.
Schmelzer will take the left-back position and Sven Bender will command in the middle. Barrios will be the sole striker with assistance of Gotze and Grosskreutz behind him.
Probable Borussia Dortmund line-up :
Owomoyela, Subotic, Hummels, Schmelzer,
S. Bender, Sahin,
M. Gotze, Kagawa, Grosskreutz,
Barrios
Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern started this season great with two wins against FC Koln and Bayern Munich, then were defeated by the leaders Mainz and in the last round they managed a 2-2 draw against TSG Hoffenheim which overall is great for this team that is newly promoted this season.
They will face Borussia Dortmund in a match where they will look to manage a point and will play more defensively.
Coach Marco Kurz can not only count on the defender Simunek who is out due muscle injury, and other than him the line up will be the same from the match against TSG Hoffenheim.
The team plays in formation with two strikers Hoffer and Lakic, but also Ilicevic often switches places in the attack with Hoffer.
Probable Kaiserslautern line-up :
Dick, Amedick, Rodnei, Jessen,
Kirch, Tiffert, Bilek, Ilicevic,
Hoffer, Lakic
The Betting Verdict
These teams have played a total of 76 matches in which Borussia Dortmund have won 30 of them, 24 times Kaiserslautern have emerged as winners and 22 matches have ended in a draw.
Although Kaiserslautern surprised many with their performances in the first few rounds, i do not think they can pose a big threat to Borussia Dortmund.
If Borussia Dortmund repeats their performance they showed against Schalke 04, then the victory is guaranteed. Coach Klopp find the recipe for success this season and i expect Borussia Dortmund to show a good performance and get the win.
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The Pick :
Borussia Dortmund 3-1 Kaiserslautern
