Wolfsburg vs Borussia Dortmund: Expected starting XI; Sancho to make return?

Wolfsburg vs Borussia Dortmund: Expected lineup; Sancho set for return?

DORTMUND, GERMANY - MAY 16: Erling Haaland of Borussia Dortmund (C) and teammates celebrate following the Bundesliga match between Borussia Dortmund and FC Schalke 04 at Signal Iduna Park on May 16, 2020 in Dortmund, Germany. The Bundesliga and Second Bundesliga is the first professional league to resume the season after the nationwide lockdown due to the ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. All matches until the end of the season will be played behind closed doors. (Photo by Martin Meissner/Pool via Getty Images) /

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Lukasz Piszczek and Mats Hummels have helped bring consistency to the Dortmund defence (Photo by Alex Gottschalk/DeFodi Images via Getty Images) /

Defence: Lukasz Piszczek, Mats Hummels, Manuel Akanji

With Dan-Axel Zagadou out for the remainder of the season, barring injury, there likely won’t be too much rotation with Piszczek, Hummels and Akanji forming the Borussia Dortmund back line. Lukasz Piszczek will take up the right side, fresh after signing a new one year contract extension.

Mats Hummels and Manuel Akanji will take up the other two spots in central defence. Akanji had a rough stretch prior to the break but actually had a very solid game against Schalke. Hopefully he can recapture his form from a year and half ago when he was looking like the future of the Dortmund defence.

Getting a clean sheet ahead of next week’s game against Bayern will be a massive boost to the Dortmund defence.

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