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January 25, 2013 8:30 PM WAT
Signal-Iduna-Park — Dortmund
Referee:‬ M. Weiner‎
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Borussia Dortmund-Nurnberg Preview: Sahin set for home return

The German champions will continue their pursuit of Bayern Munich against the struggling Bavarians, who have mustered just 18 goals in as many Bundesliga games this season

By Enis Koylu

Mario Götze und Marco Reus, Dortmund gegen Bremen
Martin Rose
  PROBABLE LINEUPS


DORTMUND


Weidenfeller
Piszczek, Santana, Hummels, Schmelzer
Bender, Gundogan
Kuba, Gotze, Reus
Lewandowski


NURNBERG

Schafer
Chandler, Nilsson, Klose, Pinola
Balitsch, Simons

Feulner, Kiyotake, Gebhart
Pekhart

Despite receiving encouraging news on the injury of Neven Subotic, Borussia Dortmund will name virtually the same line-up that thrashed Werder Bremen last week, with one possible change coming in midfield, where Sven Bender could replace Sebastian Kehl.

Nuri Sahin is expected to keep his place on the bench, but is likely to have more playing time than he did at the Weserstadion - a brief cameo at the end of the match. Patrick Owomoyela remains sidelined.

Meanwhile, Nurnberg expected to make a host of changes to the team that drew 1-1 with Hamburg last week. Per Nilsson is set to step back into the heart of defence, leading Timmy Simons to make the shift forward into midfield, with Almog Cohen dropping out.

Markus Feulner will replace Robert Mak on the right-hand side of midfield, with Hiroshi Kiyotake replacing Alexander Esswein in the hole behind lone striker Tomas Pekhart.

  DID YOU KNOW?
  • Borussia Dortmund's 5-0 win over Werder Bremen last week was their joint-biggest victory this season, along with the thrashing of Borussia Monchengladbach at home.
  • The champions have lost twice at home this season - more times than they did in the whole of their 2011-12 campaign.
  • Nuri Sahin (pictured, right) is set to make his first appearance at Signal Iduna Park since leaving BVB for Real Madrid in the summer of 2011.
  • Nurnberg, despite sitting in 15th place in the Bundesliga, have the same defensive record as second-placed Bayer Leverkusen.
  • However, only fellow Bavarian outfits Augsburg and Greuther Furth have scored fewer goals than der Club.
  • Tomas Pekhart's equaliser against Hamburg last Sunday was his first goal since his side held BVB to a 1-1 draw at home on matchday 2 - way back in August.


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Available Squads
1Roman WeidenfellerGoalkeeper
15Mats HummelsDefender
26Lukasz PiszczekDefender
27Felipe SantanaDefender
29Marcel SchmelzerDefender
5Sebastian KehlMidfielder
8Ilkay GündoganMidfielder
10Mario GötzeMidfielder
16Jakub BlaszczykowskiMidfielder
9Robert LewandowskiStriker
11Marco ReusMidfielder
20Mitchell LangerakGoalkeeper
6Sven BenderMidfielder
7Moritz LeitnerMidfielder
8Nuri SahinMidfielder
19Kevin GroßkreutzMidfielder
21Oliver KirchMidfielder
23Julian SchieberStriker
1Raphael SchäferGoalkeeper
3Per NilssonDefender
15Timm KloseDefender
25Horacio Javier PinolaDefender
26Timothy ChandlerStriker
2Timmy SimonsMidfielder
5Hanno BalitschMidfielder
7Markus FeulnerMidfielder
10Timo GebhartMidfielder
13Hiroshi KiyotakeMidfielder
9Tomas PekhartStriker
22Patrick RakovskyGoalkeeper
21Marvin PlattenhardtDefender
14Robert MakMidfielder
17Mike FrantzMidfielder
-Almog CohenMidfielder
8Sebastian PolterStriker
33Alexander EssweinStriker
Results
 
Top Scorers
Player   Goals Penalties
Stefan Kießling Stefan Kießling
Striker
Leverkusen
25 4
Robert  Lewandowski Robert Lewandowski
Striker
Dortmund
24 1
Alexander Meier Alexander Meier
Midfielder
Eintracht Frankfurt
17 3
Vedad Ibisevic Vedad Ibisevic
Striker
VfB Stuttgart
15 5
Mario Mandzukic Mario Mandzukic
Striker
Bayern
15 0