Match Preview: Borussia Dortmund Battle Local Rivals Bochum and the Plague
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Sickness spreads amongst the Dortmund as they prepare for their first home match of 2024. It?s Borussia Dortmund?s first home match of 2024! After putting up two dominant wins in away games, Dortmund now face VFL Bochum in what could be a sneakily tricky encounter. With Schalke hovering above the relegation zone in the 2. Bundesliga, this is as close as we will get to a Revierderby for the next couple of decades. Bochum come into this game with a bit of steam after beating Stuttgart at home last weekend. Die Unabsteigbaren (the unrelegatables) find themselves in fourteenth place and a healthy nine points above the relegation zone. So far this season, they have picked up points against Dortmund, Leipzig, Frankfurt, and Stuttgart but face a much harder task in Dortmund. Bochum's best goalscorer, Takuma Asano, is on international duty with Japan, Other notable absentees include Keven Schlotterbeck and Bernardo, who was their MOTM against Stuttgart. It is Dortmund?s game to lose but the squad is thinner than usual as several key figures are battling a mysterious flu. Captain Trips (That?s a literature reference) has claimed several of Dortmund?s star players including Julian Brandt, Marco Reus, and Gregor Kobel and they are set to miss tomorrow?s match. Mats Hummels only recently returned from his own bout with the plague and is still questionable for tomorrow?s match. While Terzic?s squad might be thi...
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