Published on: Aug 17, 2021 6:29 pm IST|Updated on: Aug 17, 2021 12:14 pm IST
DOR vs BAY Dream11: Borussia Dortmund will be up against Bayern Munich in the DFL Supercup up next. Bayern Munich are on the back of 1-1 a draw to Borussia Monchengladbach on their opening day fixture versus Monchengladbach in the Bundesliga. As for Borussia Dortmund, they were in red hot form, as they comprehensively beat Frankfurt 5-2.
The two German Giants do have the opportunity of winning a trophy at the start of the season here, and we can expect the game to be nothing short but an entertaining affair. With plenty of star power on both ends, it could turn out to be closely contested.
Date: August 18, Wednesday Kick-Off: 12:00 AM (IST) Venue: Westfalenstadion
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Borussia Dortmund: WWL
Bayern Munich: DLL
Head to Head
From the last six meetings between the two sides, it’s Bayern Munich that has had the major say with five wins in contrast to Dortmund’s one win.
Borussia Dortmund News
Injury Report and Unavailability: Marcel Schmelzer, Mats Hummels, Mateu Morey, Dan-Axel Zagadou, Raphael Guerreiro, Emre Can
Expected Changes and Strategy:
Borussia Dortmund Starting XI (Likely)
Gregor Kobel Felix Passlack Antonios Papadopoulos Manuel Akanji Nico Schulz Thomas Delaney Giovanni Reyna Jude Bellingham Thorgan Hazard Erling Haaland Donyell Malen
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Bayern Munich News
Injury Report and Unavailability: Benjamin Pavard and Marc Roca are out injured.
Bayern Munich Starting XI (Likely)
Manuel Neuer Omar Richards Dayot Upamecano Niklas Sule Josip Stanisic Joshua Kimmich Leon Goretzka Leroy Sane Jamal Musiala Kingsley Coman Robert Lewandowski
Fantasy Football Tips
Captain Options
Erling Haaland has kicked off the new season from where he left. The star centre forward has scored two goals, and has two assists in just the one game so far.
Robert Lewandowski will be the usual danger man from Bayern Munich’s end. Lewandowski got a goal in the last game, and registered 41 goals in the previous Bundesliga season as well.
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Differential Pick
Marco Reus was one of the standouts in the previous game for Dortmund. The German international bagged a goal, an assist and a pass accuracy accuracy of 84% in the last game.
GK: M Neuer DEF: N Schulz, N Sule, D Upamecano, M Akanji MID: M Reus, L Sane, J Kimmich FOR: R Lewandowski, T Hazard, E Haaland
Likely Winner:
Both clubs are in the elite list in Germany and have been a part of quite of mouth watering encounters. However, looking at Bayern Munich’s recent form against rivals Dortmund, they will be fancying their chances to get yet another win. Although, the game could go right down to the wire, the DOR vs BAY Today Match Prediction odds are in favor of Bayern Munich to nick it.
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