Borussia Dortmund vs Cerezo Osaka: Pre-season preview, team news, live stream info

The final pitstop of Borussia Dortmund's 2024 Asia Tour sees them take on Cerezo Osaka at the Nagai Stadium in Japan.

Borussia Dortmund are set for a reunion with Shinji Kagawa on Wednesday as they go up against Cerezo Osaka in a friendly match. After suffering a 4-0 defeat to BG Pathum United in Thailand on Sunday, the BVB players will hope to deliver a better performance and get more match rhythm under their belt.

Cerezo Osaka are sixth in the J1 League standings, and will look to hand Borussia Dortmund another shock defeat. Former Borussia Dortmund star Shinji Kagawa will lead the way for Cerezo Osaka on Wednesday, having returned to his boyhood club last year. The attacking midfielder made 216 appearances for BVB across two spells, scoring 60 goals and assisting a further 55.

Borussia Dortmund head coach Nuri Sahin will once again have to make do without several key players, as those involved at Euro 2024 are not yet back in training. Gio Reyna will also miss Wednesday's game as he did not make the trip to Japan.

The BVB starting XI will still include a number of first-team players, including the likes of Julian Brandt, Karim Adeyemi, Niklas Süle, Felix Nmecha, and Julian Ryerson. It will be interesting to see what changes Sahin decides to make to the team that was beaten by Pathum United. Talented youngsters Paris Brunner and Almugera Kabar were BVB's standout performers in that game.

Borussia Dortmund vs Cerezo Osaka: Live stream info, kick-off time

Date: Wednesday, July 24

Kick-off: 12:15 CEST / 11:15 BST / 6:15 EDT

Stadium: Nagai Stadium

Live stream info: The game will air live on Borussia Dortmund's in-house platform BVB-TV (geo-restrictions may apply). Fans in Germany will also be able to watch the game live on Sky Sport, and SKY PerfecTV will broadcast the action in Japan.