Borussia Dortmund vs Dynamo Dresden - German DFB Pokal

Borussia Dortmund vs Dynamo Dresden
DFB Pokal : 2nd Round
Date : 25 October, 2011
Stadium : Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund

The 2nd round of the DFB Cup brings on Tuesday the fixture between Borussia Dortmund and Dynamo Dresden at the Signal Iduna Park (25.10.2011, 20:30 CET). Dortmund will be clear favourites, however, especially in cup matches the underdog can surprise.

Borussia Dortmund becomes stronger and stronger in the last weeks, especially in national matches. Dortmund have won the previous four league games, the last one brought a 5:0 at home against 1. FC Köln. In the table Klopp's side faces rank 2, just three points behind leader Bayern München. Also in the DFB Cup they have good chances. In the first round Dortmund defeated SV Sandhausen with 3:0 through goals from Lewandowski (2) and Shinji Kagawa. This time manager Klopp will miss the injured players Patrick Owomoyela, Julian Koch and Mohamed Zidan.

Dynamo Dresden provided for a big surprise in the first DFB Cup round. Dresden defeated Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Above all the way of doing was very impressive. Dresden was 0:3 back till the 68th minute, but then they fight back through goals from Robert Koch (2) and Sebastian Schuppan. In the extra time Alexander Schnetzler have scored Dresden's winning goal. Manager Loose will have to pass on Jens Möckel and Gerrit Müller.

Head to Head :
Last Meeting : 29.04.1995, Borussia Dortmund 2 - 0 Dynamo Dresden
Wins Borussia Dortmund : 5
Wins Dynamo Dresden : 2
Draws : 1

Recent Performance :
Borussia Dortmund - L/W/W/L/W
Dynamo Dresden - L/L/W/D/W

Possible Line-Ups :
Borussia Dortmund : Weidenfeller - Piszczek, Subotic, Hummels, Schmelzer, S. Bender, Kehl, M. Götze, Kagawa, Großkreutz, Lewandowski.
Dynamo Dresden : Hesl - Gueye, Bregerie, Jungwirth, Subasic, Solga, Fiel, R. Koch, Papadopoulos, Trojan, Poté.

Betting Tip / Prediction :
Cup matches have their own laws, however, this time we will see no surprise. Borussia Dortmund will win the Cup match against Dynamo Dresden and advance to the next round.