The
5th round of the German Bundesliga brings on Wednesday the fixture between
Borussia Dortmund and
1. FC Kaiserslautern. Borussia will be favourites in the home game against promoted team Kaiserslautern.
Borussia Dortmund faces table rank 3 after four rounds in German´s football Bundesliga. Klopp´s side started the season with a 0:2 home defeat against Bayer 04 Leverkusen but then they celebrated three wins in a row - 3:1 at VfB Stuttgart, 2:0 at home against VfL Wolfsburg and 3:1 in the derby at Schalke 04. At the derby win against Schalke new entrant Shinji Kagawa has scored two goals and becomes the match-winner. Altogether Borussia Dortmund have won the last five official games (3x Bundesliga, 2x Europa League).
Promoted team 1. FC Kaiserslautern could convince in the first rounds. The team of headcoach Marco Kurz faces table rank 6, on matchday 2 they celebrated a 2:0 home win over champion FC Bayern München. The last weekend brought a 2:2 draw at home against 1899 Hoffenheim through two goals from Erwin "Jimmy" Hoffer.
Borussia Dortmund - 1. FC Kaiserslautern Bundesliga: Matchday 5
Date: 22 September, 2010 - 20:00 CET
Stadium: Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund
Referee: Marco Fritz
Borussia Dortmund: Keeper: Weidenfeller
Defenders: Owomoyela, Subotic, Hummels, Schmelzer
Midfielders: Bender, Sahin, Götze, Kagawa
Forwards: Großkreutz, Barrios
Coach: Jürgen Klopp
Injured: Dede, Hajnal, Kehl, Kringe, Zidan
Booked:
1. FC Kaiserslautern: Keeper: Sippel
Defenders: Dick, Amedick, Rodnei, Jessen
Midfielders: Kirch, Tiffert, Bilek, Ilicevic
Forwards: Hoffer, Lakic
Coach: Marco Kurz
Injured: Simunek
Booked:
The Signal Iduna Park is with a capacity of more than 80.000 seats Germany´s biggest football stadium. Usually 70.000 fans and more support their team in the Signal Iduna Park. This will be a big pro for Borussia Dortmund.
Last meeting: 18.03.2006, Borussia Dortmund - 1. FC Kaiserslautern 2:1
Wins Borussia Dortmund: 33
Wins 1. FC Kaiserslautern: 25
Draws: 23
Borussia Dortmund have the better squad and individual players. Dortmund will win their fourth league match in a row. My tip: Win Borussia Dortmund.
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