Borussia Dortmund are not showing championship ambitions this season, having given the "right" to compete with Bayern to Bayer Leverkusen. As before the previous season, the "yellow-blacks" focused on the fight for a place in the Champions League zone. This goal is quite achievable, given the current fourth position of Terzic's team. Borussia are doing very well in Europe's elite tournament. In the current draw, the Dortmund club took the final first place in the "group of death", pushing PSG to the second position, and clubs from Milan and Newcastle - out of the tournament. Freiburg conquered the Europa League for the second year in a row, but last season had the opportunity to keep Borussia company in the elite of continental football. Then the team from the top-4 was squeezed out by Union Berlin. Today, Streich's wards do not have the opportunity to fulfil such an ambitious task, but to the familiar European Cup zone is located at a distance of one victory. Bookmakers have identified the hosts as clear favourites for the upcoming meeting, offering odds of 1.55 on their victory.

Borussia had a very poor first half of the championship, starting to equalise only in January. For example, in December, the Bumblebees played six consecutive matches without a win. After the winter break, the team returned to the winning ways, and managed to score a total of ten goals to three easily beaten opponents: Darmstadt 98, Cologne and Bochum. The winning streak was broken last Friday by division newcomer Heidenheim, who did not allow the favourite to beat themselves at home - 0:0. Borussia are now fourth, but only one point ahead of Leipzig.

Freiburg played the first half of the season at their usual level. Streich's team crashed out of the German Cup in the 1/16 finals, but had a decent few months in the Europa League and Bundesliga. Freiburg are preparing for a play-off clash with Lance in Europe's second-tier competition, and are seventh in the league, three points behind unstable Eintracht. Freiburg have lost their last two league games and have no plans to extend their streak in Dortmund. We bet that the guests will impose the struggle on the favourite.