Borussia Dortmund v Hannover 96
Signal Iduna Park
Saturday, 20th February 2010 – kickoff 15:30

Borussia Dortmund

Borussia Dortmund could not hold on the draw they had at halftime last week against Bayern Munich and lost 3-1 in a very interesting match.

Their fifth place now is not very safe now as the teams like Werder Bremen and Eintracht Frankfurt got very close and are only two points behind them.

However Coach Jurgen Klopp will not make many changes in the team and the line up will be probably the same that started in Munich.

Only change will be the return of the first choice goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller who will start the match.

Good news is the recovery of several players like the Captain Sebastian Kehl who is back in the squad but will be on the bench for this match. Midfielder Sven Bender is also expected to play although he has a minor injury that he got at training this last week.

Three attackers will be upfront and with Barrios and Zidan being in good form they will make lots of trouble for ‘leaky’ Hannover`s defense.

Probable Borussia Dortmund line-up :
Weidenfeller,
Owomoyela, Subotic, Hummels, Schmelzer,
Bender, Sahin, Kuba,
Zidan, Grosskreutz,Barrios

Hannover 96

Hannover are in a very tough position as they already hit the relegation places and now are sitting at 16th place with just 17 points.

Last week they were thrashed 5-1 at home by Werder Bremen and continued with their miserable form.

Coach Mirko Slomka has serious trouble to pick his starting eleven as half of the squad is missing due to injuries. Cherundolo (shoulder fracture), Karim Haggui (hamstring), Vinicius (lacks fitness), Andreasen (hamstring), Arnold Bruggink (hamstring), Rosenthal (hip injury), Forssell (back pain) and Ya Konan (Injured knee) are all out of competition.

Only good news for the team is the return of Sofian Chahed and Hanno Balitsch who missed out the last match.

Coach Slomka at the press conference said that they will try to keep clean sheet and will play very defensively with only striker Arouna Kone up front.

Probable Hannover 96 line-up :
Fromlowitz,
Chahed, Durica, Eggimann, Rausch, Balitsch,
Schulz, Pinto, Elson, Schlaudraff,
Koné

The Betting Verdict

Borussia Dortmund are on a negative run with three losses in a row, after being previously undefeated for twelve games straight. On the other side Hannover have not for eleven straight matches and have seven losses in a row.

These teams have met 37 times from which Borussia Dortmund have won 15 times, lost 9 times and 13 matches were drawn.

Borussia Dortmund are strong home team and they are expecting an opponent which is perfect to get a win against, both as a confidence booster and to get closer to the top spots.

Hannover have lost their confidence, lots of players are missing and they are playing really bad at the moment. I think that Borussia Dortmund will know how to use that in own advantage and will get an important win after the negative losing streak.

The Statistics :

The Pick :

Borussia Dortmund 3-1 Hannover 96

FIXED ODDS BETTING :

Home win for Borussia Dortmund