While Borussia Dortmund didn’t win a major trophy last season, they did finish runner up in the UEFA Champions League, so that, by almost everybody’s definition, is a successful season. While it is still early days, they haven’t looked that level yet this season. Against FC St. Pauli, Dortmund look likely to get all three points.
Bundesliga Fixture FYIs
Borussia Dortmund vs FC St. Pauli
Kickoff: Friday, Oct. 18, 8:30pm, Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund, Germany
Preview Material: Injury Report Starting XI Prediction Team News
Result Probability: Dortmund 75% Draw 15% FC St. Pauli 10%
Bundesliga Standing, Form: Dortmund 7th, 10 pts DWLWL FC St. Pauli 15th, 4 pts LLDWL
As it’s still a boring international break, we’ll just get to doing the previews now (even if it seems a little early!). And with the Friday slate being kind of limited, we’ll preview Borussia Dortmund versus FC St. Pauli.
Borussia Dortmund Starting XI Prediction vs FC St. Pauli
Gregor Kobel; Yan Couto, Nico Schlotterbeck, Waldemar Anton, Ramy Bensebaini; Pascal Gross, Marcel Sabitzer; Julian Brandt, Jamie Bynoe-Gittens, Donyell Malen; Serhou Guirassy
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