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Played
November 26, 2011 9:30 AM EST
Signal-Iduna-Park — Dortmund
Referee:‬ F. Meyer‎
Attendance:‬ 80720‎
 

Bundesliga Preview: Borussia Dortmund - Schalke

Saturday's Ruhr derby between the Bundesliga's second and fourth-placed teams is one of the most anticipated matches of the season in Germany, and Goal.com previews the action

By Stephen Crawford

More On :  Borussia Dortmund, Schalke 04, Borussia Dortmund vs Schalke 04

PROBABLE LINEUPS

BORUSSIA DORTMUND


Weidenfeller
Piszczek, Santana, Hummels, Schmelzer
Leitner, Kehl
Gotze/Perisic, Kagawa, Grosskreutz
Lewandowski
SCHALKE 04


Unnerstall
Uchida, Papadopoulos, Matip, Fuchs
Jones, Holtby
Baumjohann, Raul, Draxler
Huntelaar

For Borussia Dortmund, Sven Bender suffered a horrific double injury during the Champions League match with Arsenal midweek; the holding midfielder fractured his jaw in two places as well as damaging a medial collateral ligament in his knee.

If Mario Gotze fails to shake off a leg injury, also sustained against the Gunners, expect Ivan Perisic to take his place.

Additionally, Julian Koch has torn ligaments, while Neven Subotic will miss out as he continues to recover from a facial injury sustained against Wolfsburg. In better news, Patrick Owomoyela should be fit enough to make the bench.

For the visitors, Ralf Fahrmann is continuing his recovery from a ligament injury, while skipper Benedikt Howedes and Jefferson Farfan are also sidelined, again with ligament damage.

Tim Hoogland, Peer Kluge and Levan Kenia are all set to miss the clash through injury, as well.


 DID YOU KNOW
  • If Borussia Monchengladbach's loses or draws at Koln, Schalke could move into second place with a win against the hosts.
  • Klass-Jan Huntelaar is the second-top scorer in the Bundesliga at the moment with 12, just one goal behind Bayern Munich's Mario Gomez.
  • Schalke is unbeaten in seven games coming into Saturday's fixture, while Dortmund's good run of form came to an end on Wednesday as it was defeated 2-1 by Arsenal.
  • Schalke has not won at Signal Iduna Park since 2008, when a late Fabian Ernst goal decided the match after 82 minutes.
  • BVB's Shinji Kagawa and Schalke's Atsuto Uchida were both handed their international debuts with Japan in the same year, for the 2008 Summer Olympics.

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Last Five Matches
Borussia Dortmund
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Schalke 04
May 5, 2012Werder Bremen 2 - Schalke 04 3GER1
Apr 28, 2012Schalke 04 4 - Hertha BSC 0GER1
Apr 22, 2012FC Augsburg 1 - Schalke 04 1GER1
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Team News
Available Squads
1Roman WeidenfellerGoalkeeper
15Mats HummelsDefender
26Lukasz PiszczekDefender
27Felipe SantanaDefender
29Marcel SchmelzerDefender
5Sebastian KehlMidfielder
7Moritz LeitnerMidfielder
11Mario GötzeMidfielder
16Jakub BlaszczykowskiMidfielder
9Robert LewandowskiStriker
18L. BarriosStriker
20Mitchell LangerakGoalkeeper
24Chris LöweDefender
25Patrick OwomoyelaDefender
14Ivan PerisicMidfielder
19Kevin GroßkreutzMidfielder
21Ilkay GündoganMidfielder
23Shinji KagawaMidfielder
36Lars UnnerstallGoalkeeper
14Kyriakos PapadopoulosDefender
22Atsuto UchidaDefender
23Christian FuchsDefender
10Lewis HoltbyMidfielder
11Alexander BaumjohannMidfielder
13Jermaine JonesMidfielder
31Julian DraxlerMidfielder
32Joel MatipMidfielder
7RaúlStriker
25Klaas-Jan HuntelaarStriker
33Mathias SchoberGoalkeeper
3Sergio EscuderoDefender
21Christoph MetzelderDefender
12Marco HögerMidfielder
18JuradoMidfielder
8Ciprian MaricaStriker
20Teemu PukkiStriker
Players to Watch
Kevin Großkreutz
Kevin Großkreutz
Position: Midfielder
Squad Number: 19
Games Goals YC RC
31 7 1 0
Lewis Holtby
Lewis Holtby
Position: Midfielder
Squad Number: 10
Games Goals YC RC
27 6 0 0
Results
ALL MATCHES >>
 
Top Scorers
Player   Goals Penalties
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
Striker
Schalke 		29 6
Mario Gomez Mario Gomez
Striker
FC Bayern München 		26 4
Robert Lewandowski Robert Lewandowski
Striker
Borussia Dortmund 		22 0
Lukas Podolski Lukas Podolski
Striker
FC Koln 		18 3
Claudio Pizarro Claudio Pizarro
Striker
Werder Bremen 		18 2