Revierderby preview: Borussia Dortmund look to save faltering season

Borussia Dortmund face Schalke in the Revierderby this next Saturday at the Signal Iduna Park. With a win, Dortmund could get back to the second place, but with a loss, things will get way more complicated.

Match Information

Date: November 25th
Time: 3:30 p.m. CET (local time)/9:30 a.m. EST
Venue: Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund

Form Guide

Borussia Dortmund:
Last 5 matches: LDLLLL
Last match: Borussia Dortmund 1-2 Tottenham Hotspurs
Analysis: Borussia Dortmund failed to qualify past the Champions League group stage after the loss to Tottenham at Dortmund. Der BVB started the game pretty solid generating chances, which ended with a goal from Aubameyang after an amazing back-heel assist by Yarmolenko. After this, Tottenham was in charge of the attack for the remainder of the game. Bürki had to make some amazing saves in order to keep Dortmund in the game but ultimately conceded twice before the end of the game on unstoppable shots by Harry Kane and Son Heung-min.

Schalke 04:
Last 5 matches: WWDWW
Last Match: Schalke 04 2-0 HSV
Analysis: Schalke managed to come out with a crucial win against Hamburg which sent them all the way to the second place. It was a tight match but Schalke managed to get on top with goals from Burgstaller and Di Santo.

Opposition star man

Schalke’s most dangerous man at the moment is the young midfielder Leon Goretzka. He joined Schalke on 2014, being only 19 and has been an important part of Schalke’s midfield ever since playing 128 games for them. Many clubs have attempted to transfer him away from Schalke but the youngster has proven to be loyal. However, he is set to depart at the end of the season on a free transfer. But on Saturday, he is set to cause Borussia Dortmund problems from midfield.

Matchup History

Dortmund and Schalke have taken part in many fiery and entertaining matches. It is currently the Bundesliga’s most important derby and at the moment there have been 90 matches played between both teams. Currently, Dortmund has the advantage winning 32 of those games while Schalke has won 30. In the last 10 matches the scores have been even with no team destroying the other, Dortmund has only won 3 of the last 10, same as Schalke.

Transfer History

Surprisingly, even though there is a huge rivalry between both of this teams many transfers have occurred between both sides. Beginning with the former Borussia Dortmund defensive midfielder, Steffen Freund. He joined Dortmund in 1993 after rising through the ranks of Schalke. Freund was a vital member of Dortmund’s 1997 Champions League winning team playing 161 games for the yellow and blacks. Next, we have the Dortmund legend Andreas Moller, who joined Schalke from Dortmund in 2003 on a free transfer. He racked up 271 games for Dortmund scoring 74 goals, and for Schalke he played 112 games scoring just 11 times. Finally, the most recent notable transfer is of Brazilian defender Felipe Santana to Schalke from Dortmund for just $1 million. He played 113 games for Dortmund and was an important center back during his tenure at the club.

Possible lineups

Dortmund 4-3-3
Weidenfeller – Guerreiro, Sokratis, Bartra, Schmelzer (c) – Weigl, Dahoud, Götze – Philipp, Aubameyang, Yarmolenko

Schalke 3-4-3
Fahrmann (c) – Nastasic, Naldo, Kehrer – Caligiuri, Goretzka, Meyer, Okzipka – Embolo, Burgstaller, Konoplyanka

Final Prediction

Borussia Dortmund 3-2 Fc Schalke 04

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Borussia Dortmund vs Schalke preview: BVB look to save faltering season

By Alex Orillac | Nov 25, 2017