Borussia Dortmund vs FC Bayern Munich.

We will be witnessing a game which could possibly decide the Championship this Wednesday.

There's only a three point difference at the top and both teams are in a good run of form.All in all an epic match is waiting ahead of us.

If you look at the run-in of both teams.

Dortmund have: Bayern(H),Schalke(A),BMG(H),Kaiserslautern(A),Freiburg(H).

So there are few tough fixtures for them there especially the derby clash with Schalke away from home.

While Bayern have :BVB(A),Mainz(H),Werder(A),Stuttgart(H),Koln(A)

So looking at both teams' fixture list i would say Bayern have the easier run-in but if Dortmund win on Wednesday they would go 6 pts clear at the top and would make life much easier for them.Plus Bayern Munich have CL commitments.

I think Bayern will give their all in this game and if they end up losing i guess they might prioritize on the CL and might just give up on the Bundesliga,just get that feeling.

Your predictions on the game and who's gonna win the Championship

Dortmund's Young guns or the Big Boys from Bavaria

We must win this match, it will be a motivation to beat Madrid. If we can't beatDortmund then how do we expect to win the cpl.

The "Big Boys" from Bavaria are actually younger than Dortmund's "Young Guns" if you look at the likely line-ups. ^^

Neuer (26)
Lahm (28) - Boateng (23) - Badstuber (23) - Alaba (19)
Kroos (22) - Schweinsteiger (27)
Robben (28) - Müller (22) - Ribery (29)
Gomez (26)
==> 24.8 years average

Weidenfeller (31)
Piszczek (26) - Hummels (23) - Subotic (23) - Schmelzer (24)
Kehl (32) - Gündogan (21)
Kuba (26) - Kagawa (23) - Großkreutz (23)
Lewandowski (23)
==> 25 years average

I'm really looking forward to that match!

Big Boys as in mentality and the prestige of the team

Also if you look at BVB's team there are some young inexperienced players who havent quite experienced the highest level of football and you look at Bayern's team and there are global stars like Robben ,Ribery,Gomez etc who have performed at the highest level.

That is what i meant by big boys.

Well, actually I was surprised myself how much Kehl & Weide mess up the age average for Dortmund XD

Of course you see the difference in experience in the coaches, too. Kloppo only got the BL and the DFB SuperCup so far, while Heynckes could be Kloppo's dad and even has a CL win on his CV. ^^

But all of that is actually not really important when it comes to the battle on the pitch in the BL - after all, there Dortmund managed to beat Bayern quite often recently.

All 4 CB's are the same age o_O

And as three of them are eligible for the German NT, this bodes well for the defense of the national teeam, too. They can play there for quite a while.

Waoooo, Rwo power. I never thought of that, thanks.

We've a younger team than Dortmund.

I hope BVB drains the last bit of energy from Bayern

Immortal Babun wrote:I hope BVB drains the last bit of energy from Bayern

And I hope Barca does the same for Real

o_O 450 000 ticket requests were made for the Dortmund-Bayern match. Too bad only 80 000 people fit into the stadium...

rwo power wrote:The "Big Boys" from Bavaria are actually younger than Dortmund's "Young Guns" if you look at the likely line-ups. ^^

Neuer (26)
Lahm (28) - Boateng (23) - Badstuber (23) - Alaba (19)
Kroos (22) - Schweinsteiger (27)
Robben (28) - Müller (22) - Ribery (29)
Gomez (26)
==> 24.8 years average

Weidenfeller (31)
Piszczek (26) - Hummels (23) - Subotic (23) - Schmelzer (24)
Kehl (32) - Gündogan (21)
Kuba (26) - Kagawa (23) - Großkreutz (23)
Lewandowski (23)
==> 25 years average

I'm really looking forward to that match!

Number of players over 25:

Bayern: 6
Dortmund: 4

Dortmund's younger.

dortmund will win

5-2

Bender is injured?

Also i dont think Dortmund as a team are mentally stronger than Bayern tbh.

But i hope they rape Bayern on Wednesday though.

Le Samourai wrote:Bender is injured?

Bender was recently benched because he was not in form. It is possible that he will play, but the above team that I posted seems to be the most probable one according to the guys from the Dortmund forum at transfermarkt.de (and I tend to trust them to know their team better than I do XD)

Lord Hispano wrote:

rwo power wrote:The "Big Boys" from Bavaria are actually younger than Dortmund's "Young Guns" if you look at the likely line-ups. ^^

Neuer (26)
Lahm (28) - Boateng (23) - Badstuber (23) - Alaba (19)
Kroos (22) - Schweinsteiger (27)
Robben (28) - Müller (22) - Ribery (29)
Gomez (26)
==> 24.8 years average

Weidenfeller (31)
Piszczek (26) - Hummels (23) - Subotic (23) - Schmelzer (24)
Kehl (32) - Gündogan (21)
Kuba (26) - Kagawa (23) - Großkreutz (23)
Lewandowski (23)
==> 25 years average

I'm really looking forward to that match!

Number of players over 25:

Bayern: 6
Dortmund: 4

Dortmund's younger.

Numbers of players below 23.

Dortmund: 1
Bayern: 3

Numbers of players above 30

Dortmund: 2
Bayern : 0

Bayern Younger

I hope it doesn't clash with other games. I can't miss this.

Only one more day!

it will clash with the Madrid derby damn it

halamadrid2 wrote:it will clash with the Madrid derby damn it

It'll clash with Juve-Lazio too

Bundesliga picked a wrong timing for this match. Should've been on the weekend

Atletico v Real, Juve v Lazio and BVB v Bayern all on at the same time?

FFS who ever is in charge of the times for TV needs to be shot

The Bundesliga games start at 7 so i will be able to watch a half , at least better than nothing right?

I just checked the timings for these games again.

Dortmund-Bayern 7.00 pm BST

Juve-Lazio 7.45 pm BST

Atletico-Real Madrid 9.00 pm BST

So you can actually watch Madrid derby right after the Dortmund-Bayern game.

Madrid fans can watch this whole game..

While Juve fans like me will be watching only a half :vagi:

I'll only watch half of Juve then. 45 minute to admire Gigi... But SuperManu takes precedence
(Good that Basel won't play tomorrow )