Bochum-Borussia Dortmund is a match of the 30th day of Bundesliga and is played on Friday at 8:30 pm: TV, probable formations, predictions.
Borussia Dortmund opens the program of the 30th day of Bundesliga as the first in the standings and therefore the master of its own destiny.
The Gialloneri in the last round scrambled Eintracht Frankfurt 4-0, taking advantage of yet another misstep by Bayern Munich, soundly defeated in Mainz, and taking back the top spot when there are five games left. Edin Terzic’s team this time seems to be able to threaten the undisputed Bavarian leadership and interrupt a “dictatorship” that has been going on for ten years. It is succeeding despite a less than exciting first part of the season, in which Borussia was even struggling to stay in the top four. And instead, thanks to a long string of consecutive successes since January, Reus and his teammates are close to a goal they have been chasing for more than a decade and which until a few months ago seemed out of reach, all the more so after the sale last summer of a phenomenon like Haaland. Terzic and his men must now try to win them all between now and May 27.
Borussia is the master of its own fate
While waiting for Bayern to take the field on Saturday by hosting the perilous Hertha Berlin at the Allianz Arena, Borussia Dortmund has a great chance to stretch and go +4 on their rivals in the always keenly-felt challenge against their “neighbors” Bochum.
Danilo Soares
Although they have been fighting for different goals for quite some time now, the rivalry between the two Ruhr clubs has never subsided, and the white-blue fans would certainly be happy to trip up the “cousins.” Thomas Letsch’s team, however, must first think about bringing home salvation: they cannot make any calculations, having only a two-point lead over third-last-place Stuttgart. Bochum has not made any progress in the last two days due to consecutive defeats to Stuttgart and Wolfsburg: the former allowed a direct competitor to raise its head again, in the latter, however, Asano and his teammates cashed in as many as five goals, once again showing the well-known problems in the non-possession phase of the ball. No one has conceded more goals than Bochum (66), not even bottom-of-the-table Hertha.
The Prediction
Borussia Dortmund will have to deal with two “opponents”: Bochum, hungry for points after two consecutive defeats that put them in danger again, and itself, since it will have all the pressure on it from now on. However, the yellow-and-white lineup in 2023 has only missed two games – a draw with Stuttgart and a defeat to Bayern Munich – and should have no trouble prevailing over Letsch’s team. Both, in any case, are likely to score as they did in the previous German Cup, which was staged last February and ended 2-1 for Borussia.
The probable lineups of Bochum-Borussia Dortmund
- BOCHUM (4-2-3-1): Riemann; Gamboa, Ordets, Masovic, Soares; Losilla, Osterhage; Asano, Stöger, Antwi-Adjei; Hofmann.
- BORUSSIA DORTMUND (4-3-3): Kobel; Ryerson, Süle, Hummels, Guerreiro; Bellingham, Emre Can, Brandt; Malen, Haller, Adeyemi.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 1-3
