Borussia Dortmund vs Schalke 04 - Germany Bundesliga

Borussia Dortmund vs Schalke 04
Bundesliga : 14th Round
Date : 26 November, 2011 - 15:30 CET
Stadium : Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund.

The "Revierderby" between Borussia Dortmund and FC Schalke 04 at the Signal Iduna Park will be the top match of the 14th Bundesliga Round. It's the 79th derby between Dortmund and Schalke since the Bundesliga start in 1963. The statistic is totally equalised - each 27 wins and 24 draws.

After the moderate season start with 3 defeats till matchday 6 Borussia Dortmund becomes stronger and stronger in the last weeks. Meanwhile they are since seven league matches undefeated - 6 wins and 1 draw. In the table they are second, equal on points with Borussia Mönchengladbach (3.). The last Round brought a 1:0 away win in the top fixture at Bayern München. Hence, Dortmund have only two points deficit to league leader Bayern. Not in the squad for the derby are Sven Bender, Neven Subotic and Julian Koch (all injured). The appearance of midfielder Mario Götze is problematic.

Bayern's defeat on previous weekend was also good for Dortmund's arch-rival FC Schalke 04. The team of manager Huub Stevens celebrated a 4:0 home win over 1. FC Nürnberg and decreased the deficit to league leader Bayern to 3 points. Schalke's goals at the 4:0 win against Nürnberg scored Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (2), Raul und Lewis Holtby. The Netherlands forward Huntelaar scored already 12 goals in this Bundesliga season and therewith Huntelaar is second of the goal scorer's list behind Mario Gomez (13 goals). Not in the squad are the injured players Benedikt Höwedes, Ralf Fährmann, Jefferson Farfan and Peer Kluge.

HEAD to HEAD
Last Meeting : 04.02.2011, Borussia Dortmund 0-0 Schalke 04
Wins Borussia Dortmund : 27
Wins FC Schalke 04 : 27
Draw : 24

RECENT PERFORMANCE
Borussia Dortmund - D/W/W/W/L
Schalke 04 - W/W/D/D/W

POSSIBLE LINE-UP
Borussia Dortmund : Weidenfeller - Piszczek, Santana, Hummels, Schmelzer, Leitner, Kehl, M. Götze, Kagawa, Großkreutz, Lewandowski.
Schalke 04 : Unnerstall - Uchida, Papadopoulos, Matip, Fuchs, J. Jones, Holtby, Baumjohann, Raul, Draxler, Huntelaar.

BETTING TIP / PREDICTION
For Dortmund it's the third top match within a week (Bayern, Arsenal, Schalke). Dortmund will win the Revierderby and take over the leading position at least till Sunday.