Borussia Dortmund striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. (Photo : Getty Images)
Perennial contenders Borussia Dortmund (5-2-3, 18 points) and Bayern Munich (7-0-3, 24 points) are scheduled to meet at the Signal Iduna Park on Nov. 19, Saturday as the 2016-2017 Bundesliga season continues.
Start Time and Streaming Info
The game starts at 12:30 p.m. ET. It can be viewed live online thru FuboTV.
Borussia Dortmund has snapped a four-game winless skid after thrashing cellar-dwelling side Hamburg, 5-2, on the road at the Imtech Arena on Nov. 5 before the international break, as per the Guardian.
Gabonese striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored four goals in the contest to lead head coach Thomas Tuchel's side while midfielder Nicolai Müller netted both goals for Hamburg in the high-scoring match.
Aubameyang scored the first three goals of the game in the fourth, 23rd, and 27th minutes to give the visitors a 3-0 lead at the half. He added a fourth goal three minutes after the restart with a right-footed shot from the right side of the box off an assist by American winger Christian Pulisic.
Müller then cut the lead down to 4-1 with a left-footed strike in the 55th as he directed Gian-Luca Waldschmidt through-ball assist towards the net of Dortmund keeper Roman Burki.
The scoring continued for Die Borussen as French midfielder Ousmane Dembélé buried his own left-footer in the 76th minute with the assist this time coming from Aubameyang.
Müller scored his second goal of the game with nine minutes left before full-time to make the final count more respectable.
Meanwhile, defending champions and current league leaders Bayern Munich was held to a 1-1 draw by third-running squad TSG 1899 Hoffenheim at the Allianz Arena also on Nov. 5, Goal reported.
Hoffenheim drew first blood with a goal from Turkish midfielder Kerem Demirbay in the 16th minute from a cross by German midfielder Nadiem Amiri.
The Bavarians escaped with the draw courtesy of an own goal by Hoffenheim midfielder Steven Zuber in the 34th as head coach Carlo Ancelotti's squad failed to score a single goal throughout the match.
Prediction and Predicted Lineup
The predicted result is a 1-0 win for Borussia Dortmund.
Borussia Dortmund starting lineup (3-4-2-1 formation): Burki; Ginter, Papastathopoulos, Bartra; Piszczek, Rode, Castro, Guerreiro; Mor, Pulisic; Aubameyang
Bayern Munich starting lineup (4-3-3 formation): Neuer; Rafinha, Boateng, Hummels, Bernat; Thiago, Alonso, Müller; Robben, Lewandowski, Costa
