Sunday, April 17, 2011

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17.04. (Sun) 17:30 Borussia D. - Freiburg

DID YOU KNOW?

* Borussia Dortmund are unbeaten in 13 Bundesliga home matches (nine wins, four draws).

* BVB have won their last three home games against SCF, keeping a clean sheet in each of them.

* Dortmund haven't conceded more than one goal in a game since their Bundesliga season opener.

* The league leaders have conceded just 18 goals in 29 matches. Ruhr rivals Schalke have the Bundesliga's second-best defensive record, but have allowed 33 goals.

* The Schwarz-Gelben have won just one of their last four matches.

* Freiburg have only won one of their 11 Bundesliga away games at Dortmund (eight defeats, two draws).

* SCF have won only one of their last eight away matches (three draws, four losses), and have only picked up one point from their last four games on the road.

* Striker Papiss Demba Cisse is currently the league's top goal-scorer with 20 goals, one more than Bayern's Mario Gomez.

* Last week's comeback win over Hoffenheim was Freiburg's first victory in six matches.

* Freiburg have won and drawn 12 games each, but have conceded three goals more than they have scored.

LAST MEETING

November 20, 2010: Freiburg 1-2 Borussia Dortmund

When these teams last met, Mats Hummels scored a rare own goal early to hand Freiburg the lead. Dortmund fought hard for the equaliser and finally earned it through substitute Robert Lewandowski, who nodded in a cross 15 minutes from full time. Der BVB competed their comeback three minutes later under fortuitous circumstances as Mensur Mujdza turned the ball into his own net.

PROBABLE LINE-UPS

Borussia Dortmund: Weidenfeller; Piszczek, Subotic, Hummels, Schmelzer; Sahin, Bender; Blaszczykowski, Gotze, Grosskreutz; Lewandowski

Freiburg: Baumann; Mujdza, Barth, Toprak, Butscher; Schuster; Caligiuri, Flum, Makiadi, Putsila; Cisse

Prediction
Neither team enters the game in particularly great form, and this one will likely be decided based on the form of lone strikers Papiss Cisse and Robert Lewandowski. The Freiburg man has been the more dangerous hit-man, but the latter can expect to have better service. With all things considered, the hosts should take three points.

Borussia 3-1 SC Freiburg