Borussia Dortmund winger Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. (Photo : Reuters)
League-leading Borussia Dortmund (5-0-0, 15 points) attempts to extend their five-game winning streak to six as they visit lowly 1899 Hoffenheim (0-4-1, 1 point) in a September 23 match at the latter's Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena.
Die Borussen had walloped their first five opponents of the 2015-2016 Bundesliga season, scoring a total of 18 goals in the process as against three goals allowed for a league-high +15 goal differential, so far edging out defending champions Bayern Munich in the overall standings who has a GD of +13.
Thomas Tuchel's men will go for another blowout victory against Die Kraichgauer even without their superstar striker Marco Reus.
Reus injured his toe during the team's August 30 match with Hertha Berlin, which BVB won, 3-1, and did not play in their 3-0 blanking of Bayer Leverkusen on Sunday, as per SkySports.
It is still unsure whether the 26-year-old Germany international would be able to join his team in this match against Hoffenheim, although it appears that he does not need to with Gabonese striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang ably taking care of the scoring chores.
Meanwhile, Markus Gisdol's boys are still winless in the current season after they surrendered a 1-3 game against Mainz 05 in their most recent game on September 18, via Goal.
French midfielder Jonathan Schmid opened the scoring at the 13th-minute for Hoffenheim, but Mainz quickly retaliated five minutes later to equalize and then buried them with two goals in the second half.
The predicted result is a 4-0 walkover by Borussia Dortmund. Tuschel's side is just too strong for Gisdol's to handle.
Hoffenheim starting lineup (4-3-3 formation): Baumann; Kaderabek, Schar, Sule, Kim; Rudy, Schwegler, Polanski; Volland, Vargas, Schmid
Borussia Dortmund starting lineup (4-2-3-1 formation): Burki; Ginter, Papastathopoulos, Hummels, Schmelzer; Weigl, Gundogan; Mkhitaryan, Hofmann, Kagawa; Aubameyang
