Borussia Dortmund will take on Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga 1 2022/23 season 1st round match. The game will be played at Signal-Iduna-Park (Dortmund) and will kick off at 18:30 CET on Saturday, August 6th. Check out team news, predicted lineups, where to watch and our Borussia Dortmund vs Bayer Leverkusen prediction for the same.
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Bookmaker ratings: Prediction one: Borussia Dortmund goals handicap (0) – 1.57
Bookmaker ratings: Prediction two: Borussia Dortmund not to lose and Total goals over 2.5 – 2.01
Borussia have won their season opener match in the previous 7 times and will be favourites at home in front of their fans.
However, there are some interesting facts which are worth mentioning.
Bayer were the last team to beat Borussia on the opening day in 2014 (2:0). There’s been no draw in any of the previous nine h2h meetings between those teams (Borussia 6 wins, Bayer 3). Moreover, the hosts have not drawn a home league match since February 2021.
Borussia Dortmund will kick off their new Bundesliga season without team star player Erling Haaland, who joined Manchester City this summer for €60 million.
Die Borussen used the money to sign Sebastian Haller from Ajax as a replacement for Haaland and young talent from RB Salzburg Karim Adeyemi. Unfortunately, Haller will be out for several months due to tumour surgery, and currently, Borussia chiefs are trying to find a replacement. It also should be noted that Borussia Dortmund strengthened their defence by signing Niklas Sule and Nico Schlotterbeck.
Meanwhile, Edin Terzic’s men opened their season with a 3-0 German Cup win over 1860 Munich last weekend.
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On the other hand, Bayer Leverkusen had great season, finishing in third place, just 5 points behind Borussia Dortmund.
However, they have kicked off the 2022/23 season poorly, losing 3-4 to newly-promoted third division outfit Elversberg in the first round of the DFB Pokal.
Die Werkself managed to keep their key players, while recently, they have signed forward Adam Hložek from Sparta Prague.
The host’s new signing Sebastien Haller to miss ‘several months’ of season due to chemotherapy for testicular tumour.
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Meanwhile, the visitors are missing Timothy Fosue-Mensah, Florian Wirtz and Amine Adli
Borussia Dortmund: Kobel; Guerreiro, Hummels, Sule, Meunier, Bellingham, Dahoud, Adeyemi, Reus, Malen, Hazard
Bayer: Hradecky; Bakker, Kossounou, Tapsoba, Frimpong, Aranguiz, Andrich, Hlozek, Azmoun, Diaby, Schick
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The last match between these teams ended in a 2:5 win for Bayer in February 2022.
This fixture will be played at Signal-Iduna-Park (Dortmund)
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