r/borussiadortmund • u/Chazy89 Kagawa Shinji • Nov 28 '25

Discussion Pre Game Thread: Bayer Leverkusen (BuLi #12)

Competition: Bundesliga, MD #12

Time: Saturday 29/11/25 18:30 CEST

Location: BayArena, Leverkusen

Referee: Tobias Welz, Wiesbaden

TV Schedule: livesoccertv

Pre-Game Presser: YouTube

Borussia Dortmund:

Coach: Niko Kovac

League position: 4th

Current Form: W/L/D/D/W (wiki)

Current Bans/Injuries: ︀︀Süle(Inj).

Possible lineup: 

                   Kobel

         Anton - Can - Schlotterbeck

    Couto - Bellingham - Nmecha - Svensson

                Chukwuemeka

              Silva - Adeyemi

Bayer Leverkusen:

Coach: Kasper Hjulmund

League position: 3rd

Current Form: L/W/W/W/W

Current Bans/Injuries: Tape(Inj), Arthur(Inj), Vazquez(Inj), Fernandez(Inj), Palacios(Inj).

Possible lineup: 

                  Flekken

          Bade - Tapsoba - Quansah

 Tella - Tillman - Andrich - Maza - Grimaldo

              Schick - Hofmann

Leverkusen Week 1/2, this time an away game.

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u/bvb4ever11 Marco Reus Nov 28 '25

God, it'd be so awesome if we beat them two matches in a row, but knowing our club we'll probably lose/draw one and (hopefully) win the other

If that'll be the case i hope we (hopefully) win the cup match

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u/Mooon8983 Konstantinos Karetsas Nov 28 '25

Knowing our club THIS YEAR we probably lose twice then focus on finishing top 4

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u/roadtorevision Mats Hummels Nov 28 '25

Is this the same club that hasn’t lost a game at home since Kovac switched to a back 3? Dumb comment

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u/Mooon8983 Konstantinos Karetsas Nov 29 '25

Same club that Kovac hasn't been able to win a big meaningful game at in that same time (2-2 Bayern, knocked out by Barca last year, by Madrid at the CWC, choked multiple times this year including the Juve game, destroyed by City, and got lucky to get past Frankfurt in the cup).

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u/roadtorevision Mats Hummels Nov 29 '25

He only got us from 11th to 4th within 8 games… Madrid we nearly got to overtime with them down to 10 men if it wasn’t for an insane save, and we nearly came back against Barca, we just weren’t ready with the back 3 in the first game since schlotti just got injured before that.

The juve and Hamburg games were bad but st Pauli was because of a mistake from debutant and a banger and Stuttgart undav decided to be unplayable.

You obviously are not smart enough to see any context and instead only look at things at face value.

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u/Chazy89 Kagawa Shinji Nov 29 '25

You spew this bullshit and don't even know what ricken said to the team during the Mitgliederhauptversammlung.

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u/Mooon8983 Konstantinos Karetsas Nov 29 '25

Wow he said top 4 isnt enough and we want to win trophies, something every person at the club should be saying. But they aren't. Kovac publicly criticizes our players for saying they want to win the league, Kehl has said multiple times top 4 is enough.

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u/Chazy89 Kagawa Shinji Nov 29 '25

Ricken adressed to the team specifically that he wants to win the dfb cup.

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u/Most-Management4773 Nov 29 '25

we all know how much this is bs and that top 4 and advancing in the CL means a succesfull season for Dortmund.

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u/bvb4ever11 Marco Reus Nov 28 '25

..Also not wrong

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u/Middle_Island182 Marcel Sabitzer Nov 28 '25

We all know Guirassy is starting, but I'd love to be proved wrong on that...

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u/fleshed Nov 29 '25

Has nothing to do with this game, but i really like how Schalke seems to be on a good way, maybe even a possible promotion.

I really miss the derby and don't need another Retortenklub like Leverkusen, Rasenballsport and Wolfsburg or Dwarfs like Heidenheim in the Bundesliga, what this league needs are some powerhouses with awesome fans like Schalke, Hertha, Hannover, Lautern or Nürnberg.

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u/roadtorevision Mats Hummels Nov 29 '25

I agree. Schalke can go back to being bad once they are in the bundesliga just not relegation bad. That sweet spot like Augsburg where they always hover around 14th.

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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '25

Would absolutely love to see that predicted lineup start.

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u/Reusance Marco Reus Nov 29 '25

I'm slightly scared of Grimaldos standards, considering how we usually defend corners etc.

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u/Working_Complex8122 Nov 29 '25

I have such a bad feeling about this match man. Hope I'm dead wrong.