Borussia Dortmund vs Wolfsburg: Match Preview, Probable Starting Lineups and Prediction – DfB Pokal Final

Borussia Dortmund and Wolfsburg face each other in the final of DfB Pokal on Saturday.

Dortmund defeated Bayern on penalties to secure a spot in the final whereas Wolfsburg beat lower league outfit by 4 goals to book their place in the title showdown. Both the teams had fanastic second half of the season and will be aiming to end it on a highest note.

Wolfsburg will be using special kit to remember late Junior Malanda.

Team News:

Kevin Gorsskruetz and Nuri Sahin are out injured and will not be featruing in the match. Summer signing Adrian Ramos and January signing Kevin Kampl are both injured and have not travelled with the team. Jakub Blaszczykowski is a huge doubt going into the game and is expected to start from the bench.

Felipe Lopes is injured and will not play any part in the match. Diego Benaglio will start the match having regined match fitness after injury layoff. Naldo will start the game despite picking up a knock and will partner Timm Klose. In case the Brazilian fails to recover, Robin Knoche will play instead.

Probable Starting Lineup:

Borussia Dortmund:

Formation: 4-2-3-1

Mitchell Langerak

Erik Durm – Neven Subotic – Mats Hummels – Marcel Schmelzer

Sebastian Kehl – Ilkay Gundogan

Henrikh Mkhitaryan – Shinji Kagawa – Marco Reus

Pierre Emerick Aubameyang

Wolfsburg:

Formation: 4-2-3-1

Diego Benaglio

Vierinha – Naldo – Tim Klose – Ricardo Rodriguez

Maximillian Arnold – Luiz Gustavo

Ivan Perisic – Kevin De Bruyne – Daniel Caliguiri

Bas Dost

Prediction:

Borussia Dortmund 2-1 Wolfsburg