Dusseldorf – Dortmund Prediction & Picks (18.12.2018)

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Dusseldorf – Dortmund SOCCER PICKS

Fortuna Düsseldorf and Borussia Dortmund meet at ESPRIT arena, in a match for the 16th round of the Bundesliga. There is only record of 2 recent direct matches between these two teams: on 06-01-2018, which ended with the victory of Borussia Dortmund by (0-2), and on 01-24-2015, which ended with a draw by ( 1-1). In this game the home factor may be decisive, since both teams present considerable differences in the results achieved at home and as a visitor.

Fortuna Düsseldorf:

The home team is currently in the 16 th position of the league, with 12 points won, after 3 wins, 3 draws and 9 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost in an away match against Werder Bremen, by (3-1). In the last match, they won in a home match against Freiburg, by (2-0). This is a team that usually gets better results in away matches than at home, since in the last 30 matches they register 8 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses in away matches, with 55 goals scored and 23 conceded; against 7 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses at their stadium, with 25 goals scored and 20 suffered. For the league, Fortuna Düsseldorf won 9 points out of 24 possible points, after 3 wins and 5 losses in the last 8 home matches. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-0 (5 out of 8 matches). They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 15 games in this competition, he never got the comeback in the 9 games in which he suffered the first goal. In the last 9 away matches for all competitions there are 2 periods that stand out: they have scored 5 of their 9 goals between minutes (76′-90 ‘); He suffered 5 of his 12 goals between the minutes (46’-60 ‘).

Fortuna Düsseldorf is a club that has already won the Bundesliga (German League) once, a title it won in the distant season of 1932/33, as well as having two titles of the 2.Liga (second national division) and two titles of the DFB Pokal. In the current season, the team has been making a negative campaign in the national championship, having won only 12 of the 45 points so far, thus being two points behind the first team outside the relegation zone. In the last five matches that Fortuna Düsseldorf played at home, four of them scored more than 1.5 goals. We believe that in this match Fortuna Düsseldorf, for playing at home, will try to score their goals and will make a more open game, which will have the score open in the first half.

Borussia Dortmund:

After 12 wins and 3 draws, the away team is currently in the 1 st position, with 39 points won. In the penultimate match, they won in an away match against Schalke 04, by (1-2). In the last match, they won in a home match against Werder Bremen, by (2-1). This is a team that, oddly enough, was better outside than at home, as in the last 30 matches they register 11 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss in away matches; against 10 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss at their stadium. In the last 7 away league matches Borussia Dortmund has a record of 5 wins and 2 draws, so they have won 17 points out of 21 possible.

For this competition, it registers a sequence of 5 wins in the last away matches and has not lost any of the last 7 away matches. They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 7 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored at least one goal in each of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 15 matches in this tournament, they have conceded the first goal 5 times, but have regained the last one in 4. In the last 20 home matches for all competitions there is 1 period that stands out: they have scored 17 of their 42 goals between minutes (76 ‘) -90 ‘).

Borussia Dortmund is a club that has eight Bundesliga titles (German Championship), being the most recent title conquered in the 2011/12 season, in addition to having a Champions League title, expired in the 1996 season / 97 In the current season, the team has been doing a good campaign in the national championship, since it has won 39 of the 45 points played so far, thus being nine points ahead of the second classified. In the last five games that Borussia Dortmund played as a visitor, for the national championship, in four of them there was one or more goals in the first half. We believe that in this match Borussia Dortmund, despite playing away from home, will make a game quite open from the start and that will have the marker opened in the first half.


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