Our prediction for this Bundesliga match:
Fortuna Dusseldorf
Match Time & Date:
18/12/2018
02:30 PM
Prediction: 1-2
Borussia Dortmund
Tuesday’s football match at Merkur Spiel-Arena pits together Fortuna Dusseldorf and Borussia Dortmund, the two teams with entirely different ambitions in the 2018/2019 season. The newcomers aim to secure the Bundesliga survival, whilst the Millionaires are eager to win the domestic trophy. Both sides are likely to go for a win in the midweek fixture, but seeing that Lucien Favre’s men have been in a splendid form of late, we believe that there is a big value in betting on the visitors. A man to watch in the away team will be Marco Reus, but the opposition defenders should have Paco Alcacer at bay as well as the Spanish attacker scored his 11th goal of the season in a 2-1 win over Werder Bremen. In their last meeting in Bundesliga Borussia Dortmund defeated Fortuna Dusseldorf 2-1 and we believe that the history is going to repeat itself.
Fortuna Dusseldorf vs Borussia Dortmund H2H
Fortuna Dusseldorf
25%
Curent Form
Position
vs
Position
92%
Curent Form
Borussia Dortmund
Last 6 Matches
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Average Goals Per Match
Last 6 Matches
League Statistics
Average Goals Per Match
Fortuna Dusseldorf vs Borussia Dortmund H2H
FOR
25%
Curent Form
Position
vs
Position
92%
Curent Form
BOR
Last 6 Matches
League Statistics
Avg Goals/Match
Last 6 Matches
League Statistics
Avg Goals/Match
Highlighted Player (Kaan Ayhan):
The Turkish-German defender, who can also play as a defensive midfielder, started playing football in his hometown, Gelsenkirchen, for the Schalke 04 youth academy when he was only four years old, in 1999. He signed his first professional contract in January 2018, but had to wait for his debut for almost two years.
Ayhan substituted Adam Szalai in the 4-1 win against Augsburg, on 5th October 2013. His first goal for Die Königsblauen came on May 2014, in a 2-0 win against SC Freiburg. However, the 23-year-old had to look for regular game time elsewhere, so he joined Eintracht Frankfurt on a loan deal. Despite the fact that there was an option of a permanent signing of the Turkish player, Eintracht decided not to use it, since the price was too demanding.
After 17 years at Schalke, Kaan Ayhan joined Fortuna Dusseldorf on August 2016. Even though he played both for Turkey and Germany junior national teams, the center-back decided to pledge his allegiance to Turkey, recording his debut for the Turkish senior team on August 2016, under the famous Fatih Terim.
Highlighted Team (Borussia Dortmund):
1909 by eighteen footballers from Dortmund. Die Schwarzgelben (The Black and Yellows) play their home games at Signal Iduna Park, but the stadium’s original name is Westfalenstadion. The capacity of Borussia’s home ground is 81,539 and it has to be noted that the stadium was opened in 1974. BVB have the highest average attendance in the world of football.
Borussia Dortmund have won eight Bundesliga trophies, while clinching the German Cup title three times.
However, the club’s biggest success came in 1997 when they outplayed Juventus in the Champions League final. Karl-Heinz Riedle scored a brace for BVB in the 3-1 win over Juve, with Lars Ricken finding the net in the title game as well. Borussia’s biggest rivals are Schalke 04 and the two teams square off against each other in the Revierderby.
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