Germany: Bundesliga
Signal-Iduna-Park
By Rune Gjerulff
It’s still unclear if Erling Haaland will be able to feature when Borussia Dortmund face Mainz this weekend.
| Marco Rose. | Photo: Borussia Dortmund/OneFootball |
Borussia Dortmund coach Marco Rose has provided an update on the fitness of a number of players, including Erling Haaland.
The Norwegian forward remains a doubt for Saturday’s Bundesliga clash with Mainz due to the muscle injury that has kept him out of the club’s last three games.
“The guys are coming back little by little. We can’t give exact details yet. Erling Haaland really wants to play, but we’ll have to see how it plays out,” said Rose at the pre-match press conference and added:
“Of course, the way we play changes when Erling is not there, but we’ve been able to win without him recently. We’ll have to consider what to do if he’s not ready to play this weekend. He’s determined to help the team.
“‘Mo’ Dahoud will certainly be out, Thomas Meunier still has problems with his toe. ‘Manu’ Akanji trained yesterday and is looking good ahead of Saturday. Thorgan Hazard returned yesterday. We’ll have to wait and see how he reacts.”
Predicted lineups
Final lineups will be posted about an hour before kickoff.
| Dortmund | |
|---|---|
Bundesliga Dortmund – Augsburg 2-1 |
|
| 1 | Gregor Kobel |
| 24 | Thomas Meunier ↩51 |
| 16 | Manuel Akanji |
| 15 | Mats Hummels ↩66 |
| 13 | Raphaël Guerreiro ⚽ |
| 22 | Jude Bellingham |
| 28 | Axel Witsel ↩66 |
| 19 | Julian Brandt ⚽ |
| 11 | Marco Reus (C) |
| 39 | Marius Wolf ↩72 |
| 21 | Donyell Malen ↩72 |
| Bench | |
|---|---|
| 35 | Marwin Hitz |
| 18 | Youssoufa Moukoko |
| 36 | Ansgar Knauff |
| 14 | Nico Schulz ↪72 |
| 34 | Marin Pongracic ↪66 |
| 10 | Thorgan Hazard ↪51 |
| 20 | Reinier ↪72 |
| 23 | Emre Can ↪66 |
| 30 | Felix Passlack |
| Mainz 05 | |
|---|---|
Bundesliga Mainz 05 – Union Berlin 1-2 |
|
| 27 | Robin Zentner (C) |
| 30 | Silvan Widmer |
| 16 | Stefan Bell |
| 4 | Jeremiah St. Juste ↩20 |
| 18 | Daniel Brosinski ↩76 |
| 8 | Leandro Barreiro ↩76 |
| 31 | Dominik Kohr |
| 23 | Anderson-Lenda Lucoqui |
| 29 | Jonathan Burkardt ↩67 |
| 11 | Marcus Ingvartsen ⚽ ↩67 |
| 9 | Karim Onisiwo |
| Bench | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Finn Dahmen |
| 3 | Aarón Martín |
| 19 | Moussa Niakhate ↪76 |
| 34 | David Nemeth ↪20 |
| 5 | Jean-Paul Boëtius ↪67 |
| 6 | Anton Stach ↪67 |
| 7 | Lee Jae-Sung |
| 22 | Kevin Stöger ↪76 |
| 25 | Niklas Tauer |
