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Played
January 25, 2013 8:30 PM WAT
Signal-Iduna-Park — Dortmund
Referee: M. Weiner
Attendance: 80100
January 25, 2013 8:30 PM WAT
Signal-Iduna-Park — Dortmund
Referee: M. Weiner
Attendance: 80100
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
Martin Rose
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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.
Field Report
Reader's Predictions
Top 3 Predictions
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Borussia Dortmund 3-0 1. FC Nürnberg
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Borussia Dortmund 3-1 1. FC Nürnberg
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Borussia Dortmund 4-0 1. FC Nürnberg
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| Germany - 1. Bundesliga (GER1) | Jan 25, 2013 | Borussia Dortmund 3 - 1. FC Nürnberg 0 | |
| Germany - 1. Bundesliga (GER1) | Sep 1, 2012 | 1. FC Nürnberg 1 - Borussia Dortmund 1 | |
| Club Friendlies (FR) | Jul 21, 2012 | 1. FC Nürnberg 4 - Borussia Dortmund 2 | |
| Germany - 1. Bundesliga (GER1) | Feb 3, 2012 | 1. FC Nürnberg 0 - Borussia Dortmund 2 | |
| Germany - 1. Bundesliga (GER1) | Aug 20, 2011 | Borussia Dortmund 2 - 1. FC Nürnberg 0 |
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| May 18, 2013 | Borussia Dortmund 1 - TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 2 | GER1 |
| May 11, 2013 | VfL Wolfsburg 3 - Borussia Dortmund 3 | GER1 |
| May 4, 2013 | Borussia Dortmund 1 - FC Bayern München 1 | GER1 |
| Apr 30, 2013 | Real Madrid CF 2 - Borussia Dortmund 0 | UCL |
| Apr 27, 2013 | Fortuna Düsseldorf 1 - Borussia Dortmund 2 | GER1 |
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| May 18, 2013 | 1. FC Nürnberg 3 - Werder Bremen 2 | GER1 |
| May 11, 2013 | Fortuna Düsseldorf 1 - 1. FC Nürnberg 2 | GER1 |
| May 4, 2013 | 1. FC Nürnberg 0 - Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2 | GER1 |
| Apr 27, 2013 | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 2 - 1. FC Nürnberg 1 | GER1 |
| Apr 21, 2013 | 1. FC Nürnberg 0 - SpVgg Greuther Fürth 1 | GER1 |
| 1 | Roman Weidenfeller | Goalkeeper |
| 15 | Mats Hummels | Defender |
| 26 | Lukasz Piszczek | Defender |
| 27 | Felipe Santana | Defender |
| 29 | Marcel Schmelzer | Defender |
| 5 | Sebastian Kehl | Midfielder |
| 8 | Ilkay Gündogan | Midfielder |
| 10 | Mario Götze | Midfielder |
| 16 | Jakub Blaszczykowski | Midfielder |
| 9 | Robert Lewandowski | Striker |
| 11 | Marco Reus | Midfielder |
| 20 | Mitchell Langerak | Goalkeeper |
| 6 | Sven Bender | Midfielder |
| 7 | Moritz Leitner | Midfielder |
| 8 | Nuri Sahin | Midfielder |
| 19 | Kevin Großkreutz | Midfielder |
| 21 | Oliver Kirch | Midfielder |
| 23 | Julian Schieber | Striker |
| 1 | Raphael Schäfer | Goalkeeper |
| 3 | Per Nilsson | Defender |
| 15 | Timm Klose | Defender |
| 25 | Horacio Javier Pinola | Defender |
| 26 | Timothy Chandler | Striker |
| 2 | Timmy Simons | Midfielder |
| 5 | Hanno Balitsch | Midfielder |
| 7 | Markus Feulner | Midfielder |
| 10 | Timo Gebhart | Midfielder |
| 13 | Hiroshi Kiyotake | Midfielder |
| 9 | Tomas Pekhart | Striker |
| 22 | Patrick Rakovsky | Goalkeeper |
| 21 | Marvin Plattenhardt | Defender |
| 14 | Robert Mak | Midfielder |
| 17 | Mike Frantz | Midfielder |
| - | Almog Cohen | Midfielder |
| 8 | Sebastian Polter | Striker |
| 33 | Alexander Esswein | Striker |
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Top Scorers
| Player | Goals | Penalties | |
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Stefan Kießling Striker Leverkusen |
25 | 4 |
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Robert Lewandowski Striker Dortmund |
24 | 1 |
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Alexander Meier Midfielder Eintracht Frankfurt |
17 | 3 |
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Vedad Ibisevic Striker VfB Stuttgart |
15 | 5 |
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Mario Mandzukic Striker Bayern |
15 | 0 |
