BORUSSIA DORTMUND:
BORRUSIA DORTMUND ARE SET TO TAKE ON SC PADERBORN ON WEDNESDAY ( 3RD JAN ) IN THE DFB CUP’S THIRD ROUND. THE 2020/21 DFB POKAL TAKE A TURN OVER AS THE COMPETITION IS SET TO RESUME WITH THIRD ROUND FROM TOMMOROW.THIS TIME AS THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS BAYERN MUNCHEN HAD BEEN KNOCKED OUT FROM THE CUP EARLIER BY A THIRD TIER TEAM LEAVES BVB AN ADVANTAGE AS THE FAVOURITES TO WIN THE CUP.HAVING WON THE DFB CUP BACK IN 2016-17 WITH A 2-1 WIN OVER EINTRACHT FRANKFURT IN THE FINAL WHERE THE WINNING GOAL CAME FROM THE PENALTY SPOT WHICH WAS BURRIED INTO THE NET BY PIERRE – EMERICK AUBAMEYANG,BVB LOOKS TO CONTINUE THEIR WINNING RUN IN DFB AS THEY TAKE ON SC PADERBORN.
WITH THE INTERIM COACH EDIN TERZIC , BVB WILL BE LOOKING TO TAKE SERIOUS NOTES AHEAD OF DFB POKAL MATCHES AS THIS COMPETITION COULD TURN OUT TO BE THE ONE FOR EDIN & HIS TEAM TO WIN A SILVERWARE THIS SEASON AND ASLO A CHANCE FOR EDIN TO END THE SEASON WITH A TROPHY. ALSO HAVING BEEN RUNNERS UP IN PAST THREE SEASON THE BOARD WILL ASLO BE LOOKING TO GET A SILVERWARE.
DORTMUND IS SAID TO BE LUCKY WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR DRAW IN DFB-POKAL AS THEY ARE SET TO FACE A THIRD DIVISION TEAM FOR THE THIRD SUCCESIVE MATCH IN THE COMPETITION.
FORM: (OKAY)
DORTMUND TOOK ON MSV DUISBURG IN THE 1ST ROUND OF DFB POKAL & TOOK ON THE SECOND DIVISON TEAM EINTRACHT BRAUNSCHWEIG.
DORTMUND HAVE BATTLED THEIR WAY TO THE THIRD ROUND AS WE SAW THE GERMAN POWER HOUSE AND CURRENT EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS GETTING KNOCKED OUT EARLIER IN THE COMPETITON BY LOWER DIVISION TEAM.
HAVING WON LAST 2 ROUND ( IE: 2 WINS) BORUSSIA DORTMUND ARE PLANNING TO CONTINUE THEIR HUNT IN DFB POKAL AS THEY HOST PADERBORN AT SIGNAL IDUNA PARK.
HAVING WON LAST TWO GAMES AT BUNDESLIGA ,BVB LOOKS CONFIDENT AHEAD OF THE THIRD ROUND IN DFB POKAL.
TEAM NEWS:
BVB ARE SET TO MISS AXEL WITSEL, THOMAS MEUNIER, ZAGADOU, HAZARD, SCHMELZER FOR THE UPCOMING MATCH AGAINST PADERBORN DUE TO INJURIES.
POSSIBLE LINE UP -
DORTMUND: HITZ – MOREY, AKANJI, HUMMELS, GUERREIRO - BELLINGHAM, DELANEY - SANCHO, REUS (C), REYNA – HAALAND
OUT: BÜRKI (SHOULDER), HAZARD (THIGH), MEUNIER (KNEE), SCHMELZER (KNEE), WITSEL (ACHILLES TENDON), ZAGADOU (HAMSTRING)
COACH: EDIN TERZIC.
PREVIEW:
SC PADERBORN:
PADERBORN HELD 3-3 DRAW ON THEIR LAST VISIT TO SIGNAL IDUNA PARK.THIS WILL BE WHAT PADERBORN HOPES TO WORK OUT AGAIN AS THEY VISIT BVB ON THEIR 3RD ROUND IN DFB POKAL CUP.
MANAGER STEFFEN BAUMGART IS LIKELY TO BE CALM AHEAD OF THE CLASH AGAINST BVB AS SC PADERBORN LOOKS FIT & FRESH WITH NO RECENT INJURIES.
WITH NOT SOO PROMISING IN THE DIVISIONAL LEAGUE GAMES, BAUMGART WILL BE WORKING ON TO KEEP HIS TEAM RUNNING AHEAD IN DFB POKAL THIS SEASON.
FORM: (OKAY)
BAUMGART HAS OFTEN SWITCHED BETWEEN 4-2-3-1 & 4-3-3 FORMATION BUT LOOKS LIKE HE WILL BE STICKING TO THE LATTER AFTER IT SHOWED PROMISING AND HAS WORKED WELL AGAINST UNION BERLIN IN THEIR LAST DFB MATCH. THEY HAVE OWN THE LAST 2 DFB MATCHES AS THEY WON THEIR LAST MATCH BY BEATING UNION BERLIN.
TEAM NEWS & LINE UP’S
WITH NO RECENT INJURIES ,TEAM LOOKS GOOD AND ARE MOTIVATED FOR THE MATCH AGAINST BVB ,WITH MAN IN FORM FORMER BVB PLAYER FUHRICH STARTING ON RIGHT WING FOR PADERBORN ARE THE LATEST UPDATES ABOUT THE TEAM.
POSSIBLE LINE UP-
PADERBORN: ZINGERLE - ANANOU, HÜNEMEIER, SCHONLAU (C), COLLINS - SCHALLENBERG, THALHAMMER-FÜHRICH,SRBENY,ANTWI-ADJEI-MICHEL.
COACH: STEFFEN BAUMGART
PREDICTION: AS BVB HOST PADERBORN ON DFB POKAL THIRD ROUND & AFTER ANALYSING THE PRE MATCH FACTS WE PREDICT A 4-2 WIN FOR BORUSSIA DORTMUND AGAINST SC PADERBRON.
WRITTEN BY,
ANUROOP JAYAPRAKASH.
