Borussia Dortmund v Elversberg, Bundesliga
- Kick-off
- Venue
- SIGNAL IDUNA PARK
Our model, until the team news
Predicted line-ups
Borussia Dortmund
3-4-2-1
Elversberg
4-2-3-1
1Kobel
3Anton
4Schlotterbeck
22Gadou
24Svensson
8Nmecha
25Veerman
26Ryerson
21Silva
7Bellingham
9Guirassy
- 20Kristof
- 21Günther
- 31Rohr
- 19Pinckert
26Sirch- 43Keidel
- 8Poreba
- 7Krattenmacher
- 40Onyeka
25Petkov- 42Mokwa
Bench
14Beier- 17Chukwuemeka
5Bensebaini
18Nwaneri- 19Karetsas
- 40Inácio
- 39Mane
Bench
- 39Campbell
17Schmahl
9Futkeu
6Condé
3Le Joncour- 10Darvich
- 15Adam
Borussia Dortmund
From 15 games this season; 3-4-2-1, the shape in 99% of them, weighted to recent games.
Close calls
- Silva or Chukwuemeka
Out or doubtful
- SabitzerInjured, expected back About a week
- KonstanteliasInjured, expected back late May
Injury and suspension news read for this game.
Elversberg
From 10 games this season; 4-2-3-1, the shape in 100% of them, weighted to recent games.
Out or doubtful
- GyamerahInjured, expected back A few weeks
- DarvichDoubtful
- ZimmerschiedInjured, expected back mid November
Injury and suspension news read for this game.
Our guess from each side's line-ups this season, recent form, the opponent and the injury news. The confirmed line-ups replace it about an hour before kick-off. Photos: Sandro Halank / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Bryan Berlin / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Werner100359 / CC BY-SA 4.0 · VVV-Venlo / CC BY 4.0 · Bex Walton / CC BY 2.0 · Greensquare67 / CC0 · Jeollo von VfB-exklusiv.de / CC BY 4.0 · S. Plaine / CC BY-SA 4.0 · WorldWide1z / CC BY 3.0 · Biso / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Quew3Pat / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Dirk Einecke / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Steffen Prößdorf / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Mikey 111 / CC BY-SA 4.0
Last 5 games
Coming in form
Borussia Dortmund
2nd in the table
- W
- W
- W
- D
- W
- Goals
- 10–6
- xG for / against
- 10.0–9.1
- xG difference per game
- +0.18
Elversberg
7th in the table
- L
- W
- L
- L
- W
- Goals
- 8–11
- xG for / against
- 7.7–9.8
- xG difference per game
- −0.40
From our model
Our call
Our call
3–0
Frozen at kick-off, never changed afterwards. A model estimate, not betting advice.
- BVB 83%
- Draw 11%
- ELV 6%
Likeliest scores
3–0
10%
2–0
8%
4–0
8%
Even the likeliest score happens in only about 1 game in 8, so here are the top three.
This season
Players to watch
Borussia Dortmund
- Guirassy3 goals, 2 assists3 goals, 2 assists, 4.2 xG in 8 games
- Beier2 goals, 2 assists2 goals, 2 assists, 2.5 xG in 8 games
Elversberg
- Krattenmacher4 goals, 1 assist4 goals, 1 assist, 2.0 xG in 8 games
- Petkov2 goals, 2 assists2 goals, 2 assists, 1.8 xG in 8 games
Recent meetings
Head to head
These two have not met in the games we hold.