Borussia Dortmund vs Hannover 96
German Bundesliga, Germany
Date: Saturday, 26th January 2019
Kick off at 14.30 BST
Venue: Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund, Germany

Bundesliga league leader, Borussia Dortmund, are looking to maintain their lead at the top of standings this weekend as they welcome Hannover 96 at Signal Iduna Park. The visitor maybe struggling, but they will not be there just for fun as Die Roten will battle for points.

Borussia Dortmund vs Hannover 96 Probable Lineups

Here are the probable lineups for both sides as they gear themselves up for an intriguing Bundesliga battle at Signal Iduna Park on Saturday. Take a look at what formation will they put out in order to help them get maximum points.

Borussia Dortmund

Expected Formation: 4-2-3-1

Probable Lineups: Burki(gk);Piszczek,Diallo, Weigl, Hakimi(def); Witsel, Delaney(mid)Sancho, Goetze, Guerreiro(att mid); Alcacer(att).

Hannover 96

Expected Formation: 3-4-3

Probable Lineups: Esser(g);Akpoguma, Wimmer, Albornoz(def);Sorg,Wallace, Anton, Schwegler(mid);Muller, Weydandt, Wood(att).

Recent Form

After the Bundesliga winter break, both teams have only had one game before their upcoming clash this weekend. However, we can check out their last five fixtures to give more details regarding the kind of form that they are currently in.

Borussia Dortmund

Recent form in all competition (last five matches): WWLWW

Dortmund starting the new year with an important win last weekend as they defeated RB Leipzig 1-0 in a hard fought battle.

In their last five competitive matches, including Lucien Favre’s men only suffered one defeat against Fortuna Dusseldorf back on December 19, while winning all of their other four fixtures.

Hannover 96

Recent form in all competition (last five matches) : DLDLL

Andre Breitenreiter’s men have been in a poor form ahead of their Saturday clash at Signal Iduna Park as they haven’t one any games, drawing two and losing three of their last five fixtures.

That poor run of results putting then in such difficult place, sitting at 17th place with only 11 points from 18 matches so far. Hannover’s last league match was a 1-0 loss from Werder Bremen.

Team News

Borussia Dortmund

They maybe top of the table, but things are not all rosy for Favre’s men as they are still struggling with some injury problems, involving Marco Reus and Omer Toprek, who might not be available.

Julian Weigl could still be deployed as center back for this weekend tie, whle Mario Goetze set to replace Reus in the starting line up.

Napoli

Die Roten also have problems with injuries as they will be without Edgar Prib, Timo Hubers, Noah Sarenren Bazee and also Ihlas Bebou as they are all sidelined.

Breitenreited is hoping that his players can put out a strong and discipline performance to give problems for their high flying opponent. Bobby Wood will still be the main main up front for Hannover as they hope to surprise Dortmund.

Head to Head Records:

Both teams have had 34 meetings up til now and Dortmund have been dominant with 17 victories, eight draws and only nine defeats from Hannover.

The latest five direct match ups between the two teams are also in Favre’s team favors as Die Borussen won three, drew one and only suffered one defeat.

Match Prediction

The home team’s confidence is sky high at the moment as they’ve been performing brilliantly in Bundesliga so far. Six points ahead of their rival, Bayern Munich, Dortmund doesn’t want to take any risk as they will be pushing hard to beat Hannover on Saturday.

Breitenreiter side’s themselves are in salvation mode and will be battling hard to at least get a point from their difficult travel. Favre’s men are in a much better shape at the moment, but if they lose their focus the visitor can trouble them.

Final Score Prediction: 3-0

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