Borussia Dortmund November Preview: A season defining month awaits Lucien Favre’s side

DORTMUND, GERMANY - OCTOBER 30: Julian Brandt of Borussia Dortmund celebrates scoring the goal to the 2:1 during the DFB Cup match between Borussia Dortmund and Borussia Moenchengladbach at the Signal Iduna Park on October 30, 2019 in Dortmund, Germany. (Photo by Alexandre Simoes/Borussia Dortmund via Getty Images)
DORTMUND, GERMANY - OCTOBER 30: Julian Brandt of Borussia Dortmund celebrates scoring the goal to the 2:1 during the DFB Cup match between Borussia Dortmund and Borussia Moenchengladbach at the Signal Iduna Park on October 30, 2019 in Dortmund, Germany. (Photo by Alexandre Simoes/Borussia Dortmund via Getty Images) /
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PADERBORN, GERMANY – OCTOBER 26: Abdelhamid Sabiri of Paderborn celebrates after scoring his team’s first goal during the Bundesliga match between SC Paderborn 07 and Fortuna Duesseldorf at Benteler Arena on October 26, 2019 in Paderborn, Germany. (Photo by TF-Images/Getty Images)
PADERBORN, GERMANY – OCTOBER 26: Abdelhamid Sabiri of Paderborn celebrates after scoring his team’s first goal during the Bundesliga match between SC Paderborn 07 and Fortuna Duesseldorf at Benteler Arena on October 26, 2019 in Paderborn, Germany. (Photo by TF-Images/Getty Images) /

November 22: Home to Paderborn

Following the international break, Borussia Dortmund host bottom club Paderborn. The newly promoted haven’t made a good start to the season, and only won their first league game of the season last weekend against Fortuna Dusseldorf.

Despite that win, Paderborn are rooted to the bottom of the league table with only four points from their opening nine games of the campaign. So on paper, this should be a comfortable win for Borussia Dortmund.

But under Lucien Favre, the Black and Yellows often struggle against teams they should be beating with ease. So three points are certainly not guaranteed.