Borussia Dortmund vs. Bochum: probable teams, match stats and LIVE blog!

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Bellingham sat out his first game of this season as coach Edin Terzic rested his midfield general in Wednesday's 1-1 draw away at Copenhagen in the UEFA Champions League. In the league, however, the 19-year-old has played every single minute and scored three of Dortmund's last seven goals in their wins over VfB Stuttgart and at Eintracht Frankfurt. Goalkeeper Gregor Kobel and defender Mats Hummels were taken off at half-time in Denmark as a precaution, but both key players are expected to be fit as BVB take on their other local rivals. Terzic said during the weak that the goal was to have captain Marco Reus back for the weekend after an ankle issue. Raphael Guerreiro should also return and US international Gio Reyna is in line for another start as fourth-placed Dortmund look to reduce their four-point deficit to Union Berlin.

The club's joint-top scorer this term on three, a cruciate ligament injury meant Simon Zoller only featured for 18 minutes of Bochum's two encounters with Dortmund last season as VfL managed a 1-1 draw at home and spectacular 4-3 win at the Signal Iduna Park to confirm their safety and - in the top-flight absence of Schalke - claim supremacy in the Ruhr. And they could very much do with a similar result on Matchday 13. Bochum sit 17th in the table - a point above rock-bottom Schalke and four from outright survival - having won just twice all season, coming in both home games so far under Thomas Letsch. "It will be tough to stay in the league like this," was what the coach said in the wake of last weekend's 4-0 loss at Wolfsburg, however. It was the third away game in a row where the so-called 'Unrelegatables' shipped four goals. Still, wholesale changes are not expected, so the likes of Zoller and Gerrit Holtmann may be on the bench once again. Central defender Erhan Masovic is rated touch and go to be fit in time.

Match stats

Reus has scored against 17 of the 18 current Bundesliga clubs, Bochum being the exception.

Kobel has repelled 80 percent of shots on his goal, compared to 67 percent last season.

Dortmund are unbeaten in their last four home matches, collecting 10 points from a possible 12.

Philipp Hoffman has had a direct hand in five of Bochum's 11 goals in 2022/23, scoring three and assisting two.

Bochum's nine defeats after 12 matches is as many as they suffered across the entire 2021/22 Bundesliga campaign.

VfL have lost seven away matches in a row since winning 4-3 in Dortmund on Matchday 32 of last season.

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Probable teams

Dortmund: Kobel - Süle, Hummels (c), Schlotterbeck, Guerreiro - Özcan, Bellingham - Adeyemi, Brandt, Reyna - Moukoko

Out: Bynoe-Gittens (shoulder), Dahoud (shoulder), Haller (testicular cancer), Meunier (broken cheekbone), Morey (knee)

Doubtful: Reus (fitness), Rothe (knee)

Coach: Edin Terzic

Bochum: Riemann - Gamboa, Ordets, Heintz, Soares - Losilla (c), Stöger - Osei-Tutu, Förster, Antwi-Adjei - Hofmann

Out: Asano (knee), Goralski (muscular), Grave (shoulder)

Doubtful: Masovic (muscular), Mousset (fitness)

Coach: Thomas Letsch

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