Borussia Dortmund v SC Freiburg
Football ; Germany : Bundesliga
Signal Iduna Park
Sunday,17th April 2011 – kickoff 17:30

Borussia Dortmund

Borussia Dortmund were on a verge to get defeated in the last round when they were down 1-0 to Hamburger SV, but yet managed a late equalizer in the last seconds of the match.

Now they will have a chance to make up for their a bit poorer performance last week with a win in front of their own fans against the team that had reached their main goal for this season and that is already making plans for the next season.

Borussia Dortmund are in a great home form and are the only Bundesliga team that is undefeated at home in the last thirteen straight home matches.

Coach Klopp will use team`s standard 4-2-3-1 formation with only one change in the attack where instead of Lucas Barrios who suffered a groin injury in the last match, Robert Lewandowski is expected to take his place.

Jakub Blaszczykowski and Kevin Grosskreutz will play at the wings and the creative youngster Mario Gotze will be the playmaker in the middle.

Probable Borussia Dortmund line-up :
Weidenfeller,
Piszczek, Subotic, Hummels, Schmelzer,
S. Bender, Sahin,
Blaszczykowski, M. Gotze, Grosskreutz,
Lewandowski

SC Freiburg

SC Freiburg are having a fantastic season, so they have nothing to worry about as they have achieved 41 points which is the best in team history.

Last weekend they were really impressive when after being 2-1 down against 1899 Hoffenheim, they managed to turn things around in the second half and get the 3-2 win.

However, their away form is in a slump, as SC Freiburg have managed only one 1-0 away victory (against Vfb Stuttgart) in the last eight away matches.

SC Freiburg still have a chance for a Europa League spot, but i think that they will probably miss it this season, so now their main goal is to keep all players and extend their contracts so they can have a shot for Europe in the following season.

Especially important for SC Freiburg is to keep the Senegalese international Papiss Demba Cisse who is currently the best Bundesliga striker with twenty goals and he became the first African player ever to score twenty or more goals in Germany.

Coach Robin Dutt proved to be a great tactician, and many teams had interest in him, but Bayer Leverkusen have managed to sign him as a head coach starting from the next season.

For this match only the central defender Pavel Krmas is definitely out as he is suspended for the red card he had received in the last match against 1899 Hoffenheim.

Probable SC Freiburg line-up :
Baumann,
Mujdza, Barth, Toprak, Butscher,
Schuster,
Caligiuri, Flum, Makiadi, Putsila,
Cisse

The Betting Verdict

In the first match between these teams this season, Borussia Dortmund have managed to get 2-1 away victory. Overall, there were 23 total matches played between these teams, with Borussia Dortmund winning twelve times, eight matches had ended in a draw and SC Freiburg have won in just thee matches against their opponents.

Also interesting fact is that none of the previous 23 encounters between Borussia Dortmund and SC Freiburg had ended in goalless draw, so the goals in this match should be guaranteed.

Borussia Dortmund have also great home record against SC Freiburg with eight wins, two draws and one defeat and the last three home matches were all won by Borussia Dortmund without even conceding against SC Freiburg.

Borussia are the clear favorites here, and anything other than a clear home victory will be a shocking result. SC Freiburg are happy with their current standings, they can not drop out of the league, have some small chances for a place that leads into Europe, but Borussia Dortmund are simply too strong team this season and i expect them to prove that in this match.

The Statistics :

The Pick :

Borussia Dortmund-SC Freiburg 3-1

FIXED ODDS BETTING :

Take the Home win for Borussia Dortmund for a price of 1.33 at BetFred