After three defeats in the last four Bundesliga games, Borussia Dortmund has to face TSG Hoffenheim (3:30 p.m., Sky) urgently stop the negative trend in order not to lose sight of the international places. Before the 21st matchday, the sixth in the table is already four points missing from fourth place in the Champions League.
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After the 1: 2 against SC Freiburg last weekend, BVB coach Edin Terzic did not count on captain Marco Reus in the starting line-up against Hoffenheim. Youssoufa Moukoko will not play from the start either. So far, he has made nine appearances in the Bundesliga and scored two goals. In Breisgau on the previous matchday, Moukoko fired more shots on goal within half an hour than his teammates in the hour before. “It brought a lot of momentum and is definitely an option”, Terzic had already commented tellingly in the run-up to the Hoffenheim game – but now Julian Brandt is starting behind the only tip Erling Haaland.
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Fixed line-up: This is how Borussia Dortmund plays against TSG Hoffenheim
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Compared to the Freiburg game, nothing has changed in the goal of the black and yellow. As expected, Marwin Hitz replaces his compatriot Roman Bürki, who is still suffering from a shoulder injury. After all: Hitz previously guarded Dortmund’s box against FC Augsburg (3: 1) and had his share in the victory, even if he had to reach behind him after 32 seconds.
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The Kraichgauer, however, hope in Dortmund for improved defense work. Hoffenheim have already conceded 37 goals this season, only FSV Mainz 05 and FC Schalke 04 are worse. However, before the 21st matchday, coach Sebastian Hoeneß still has major personal concerns: In Havard Nordtveit, another defender is injured for a longer period of time. The short-term failure of Andrej Kramaric, who scored all four Hoffenheim goals in a 4-0 win against BVB on the last day of last season, weighs just as badly. The offensive player is missing due to an ankle injury.
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With this starting eleven, BVB opponents Hoffenheim run in Dortmund:
Baumann – Posch, Vogt, Kaderabek – Baumgartner, Samassekou, John – Rudy, Grillitsch – Bebou, Dabbur
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