Bundesliga 2024-2025: Holstein Kiel-Borussia Dortmund, the likely lineups

Probable formations Holstein Kiel-Borussia Dortmund
Opening the first and only midweek round of the Bundesliga season will be Holstein Kiel and Borussia Dortmund, who will take the field at 6:30 pm. Borussia Dortmund comes to this challenge after losing their home league unbeaten streak in the first match of 2025: the Signal Iduna Park è was conquered by Bayer Leverkusen, the reigning German champions, thanks to a double by former Roma player Schick, in a match that ended 2-3. This defeat represents a severe blow for the Gialloneri, who, having reached the halfway point of the season, occupy eighth place in the standings and now seem to be out of the fight for the Meisterschale, probably contested between Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen.
Despite this, Dortmund must aim not to lose sight of fourth place, currently five points away. To do so, it will be necessary to solve some problems, in particular a defense that is struggling to find solidity: the team coached by Nuri Sahin has kept its goal unbeaten in only three of its 16 matches played and, among the top eight in the standings, it è the one with the most goals conceded, equal to Stuttgart (25 goals). The pressure on Sahin, who arrived in the summer after Edin Terzic’s farewell, è therefore increasing.
The goal will be to win the three points in the challenge against Holstein Kiel, newly promoted and currently second-last in the standings. The team coached by Marcel Rapp just lost 3-2 to Freiburg, despite a comeback attempt in the last five minutes of the game. Kiel’s main problem remains the defensive phase: with 41 goals conceded, no team has done worse this season, and the gap to’Hoffenheim, fourth-last, è by six points.
Probable lineups
Kiel(3-4-2-1): Weiner; Becker, Zec, Komenda; Rosenboom, Remberg, Gigovic, Porath; Bernhardsson, Machino; Harres.
Borussia Dortmund (4-2-3-1): Kobel; Couto, Ryerson, Luhrs, Sabitzer; Nmecha, Brandt; Adeyemi, Beier, Bynoe-Gittens; Guirassy.