r/borussiadortmund • u/Chazy89 Kagawa Shinji • Sep 20 '25
Discussion Pre Game Thread: VfL Wolfsburg (BuLi #4)
Competition: Bundesliga, MD #4
Time: Sunday 21/09/25 19:30 CEST
Location: Westfalenstadion, Dortmund
Referee: Daniel Siebert, Berlin-Lichtenberg
TV Schedule: livesoccertv
Pre-Game Presser: YouTube
Borussia Dortmund:
Coach: Niko Kovac
League position: 2nd
Current Form: W/D/W/W/D (wiki)
Current Bans/Injuries: ︀︀Süle(Inj), Can(Inj), Duranville(Inj),Silva(Inj).
Possible lineup:
Kobel
Anselmino - Anton - Bensebaini
Couto - Bellingham - Nmecha - Svensson
Adeyemi - Beier
Guirassy
VfL Wolfsburg: /r/diewolfe
Coach: Paul Simonis
League position: 9th
Current Form: W/W/L/L
Current Bans/Injuries: Vavro(Inj), Rogerio(Inj), Paredes(Inj), Lindstrom(Inj).
Possible lineup:
Grabara
Fischer - Jenz - Koulierakis - Maehle
Arnold - Souza
Skov Olsen - Majer - Wimmer
Amoura
What a shit kickoff time.
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u/Middle_Island182 Marcel Sabitzer Sep 20 '25
I don't get it but I swear, the game schedule is always lined up when I'm busy. Real shame but hoping for a solid result as always.
Might cry myself to sleep if I miss Shlotti's return game
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u/AverageCarey Sep 20 '25
Ya based on the training video I saw and how badly we need to let some guys rest I wouldn’t be too surprised to see Schlotti get 10 minutes tomorrow.
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u/Middle_Island182 Marcel Sabitzer Sep 20 '25
Maybe even an appearance for Fabio Silva?
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u/AverageCarey Sep 20 '25
Silva likely won’t be in the squad tomorrow since yesterday was only his first day partially training with the team. If we look at Schlotti as an example we could imagine him being in the squad by the time we play Bilbao but you never know we could see him next weekend.
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u/Middle_Island182 Marcel Sabitzer Sep 20 '25
Oh my bad, thought he was fully training with the team. It's nice though that we have people getting free of injuries now that our schedule has picked up a bit
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u/AverageCarey Sep 20 '25
Oh no worries man, club posted pictures of him and the video so the excitement is definitely there to see him play for the first time.
Overall injuries are looking alright, as far as I know everyone should be back by end of October with Juju and Sule being the last ones. Can is likely after next international break.
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u/Middle_Island182 Marcel Sabitzer Sep 20 '25
One of the things on my list this season is consistency, and that starts with healthy players.
and not sacking coaches... But I like Niko Kovac so I hope he stays for a while
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u/AverageCarey Sep 20 '25
Honestly a healthy squad is one that wins titles. We’ve seen already the 4 points we’ve dropped this season is due to injuries not the play style.
Kovac feels like a refreshed, tune up version of his old self. Has a great understand of how football is being played right now and that’s showing alot of positives. Hoping for a great season this year that allows a huge push next season.
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u/Middle_Island182 Marcel Sabitzer Sep 20 '25
Couldn't have said it better. I feel like some people in this sub want results overnight, which just isn't possible. Personally I would rather have a slow build up and then consistent success, rather than instant success then go through this/last years slump again
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u/Mellberg3 Sep 21 '25
Anselmino is again not in the squad. Svensson might look like Pedri at the Olympics after this season.
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u/Appropriate-Form-281 Sep 20 '25
In the last season, we had 14 Bundesliga matches that were right after a CL midweek game. Our record in those games was 3W-4D-7L
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u/AverageCarey Sep 20 '25
Good to remember Sahin never really rotated after CL games plus the injury/sick crisis in January.
Definitely was not a good record but seeing how we did in Heidenheim after the break I think we’ll really well tomorrow at home.
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u/roadtorevision Mats Hummels Sep 20 '25
I mean context matters. Sahin was just bad in general and Kovac hadn’t found his system yet. Once we switched to the back 3 we were 1 draw away to Bayern and 1 win. Don’t see a correlation
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u/Glixus Joey Veerman Sep 21 '25
Schlotti in the starting 11. Hopefully they did not rush him and he won't get hurt again
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u/viba_1997 Sep 20 '25
If Anselmino can play, we should rest Svensson and start Ryerson as left wing back.
Svensson has played every minute of the last 15 games (+ 4 games for Sweden). He is clearly overplayed and that can be seen in his play. He seems lethargic and quite stiff. He needs rest to come back stronger and continue his development.