Bayer 04 Leverkusen hosts
Borussia Dortmund in the opening fixture of the 10th
Bundesliga Matchday. Leverkusen is unbeaten in the league and current table leader, while Dortmund is tenth and already 9 points behind Leverkusen.
Bayer Leverkusen had a perfect start in the 2009/10 season. The team of trainer Jupp Heynckes is unbeaten (6 wins, 3 draws) and leads together with Hamburger SV the league table. The last Bundesliga round brought a goalless draw in the top game against HSV. Keeper René Adler receives no goal since 370 minutes. The last goal received René Adler at the 3-2 away win against VfL Wolfsburg on 12 September, 2009. Leverkusen has the best defensive of the league (5 goals against in 9 games). In the offensive Stefan Kießling (6 season goals), Eren Derdiyok (4) and Simon Rolfes (4) are always good for a goal. This time coach Jupp Heynckes will have to pass on captain Rolfes (injured).
In contrast to Leverkusen the season start of Borussia Dortmund was moderate. They started with a 1-0 home win over 1. FC Köln, followed by 3 draws and 3 defeats. Especially the both home defeats against Bayern München (1-5) and Schalke (0-1) were very disappointing. At last their form become stronger and stronger. On Matchday 8 Dortmund beat Borussia Mönchengladbach 1-0, followed by a 2-0 derby win over VfL Bochum. So they moved up on table rank 10.
Statistic: Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Dortmund met 60-times in the Bundesliga. Leverkusen won 23-times, Dortmund won 20-times, 17 fixtures ended with a draw.
Bayer Leverkusen vs Borussia Dortmund
Fixture: Friday, 23.10.2009, 8:30 pm CET
Stadium: Leverkusen, Bayarena
Injured:
Bayer Leverkusen: Michal Kadlec, Simon Rolfes, Patrick Helmes
Borussia Dortmund: Tamás Hajnal, Sebastian Kehl
Head-to-head:
31.01.2009: Bor. Dortmund - Leverkusen 1:1
16.08.2008: Leverkusen - Bor. Dortmund 2:3
06.04.2008: Bor. Dortmund - Leverkusen 2:1
20.10.2007: Leverkusen - Bor. Dortmund 2:2
19.05.2007: Leverkusen - Bor. Dortmund 2:1
Tip: Leverkusen is in the favourite role, but I think that Dortmund is good enough for a draw.
my tip is X
the highest odd is on Tipico, odd 3.60
