In the first competitive match of this season, Borussia Dortmund defeated Schott Mainz 6-1 away from home in the first round of the cup. They took the lead in the 22nd minute through Haller, and two minutes later they doubled the advantage through Brandt. In the 34th minute, the home team managed to reduce the advantage, and only a minute later, Haller increased the advantage of the visitors again. In the second part of the match, Borussia scored three more goals, and the scorers were Sabitzer, Mallen and Mukoko. In the preparatory period, they played seven friendly games and recorded six victories with one draw. The previous season, the title eluded them in the last round, because they failed to defeat Mainz in their stadium. In the end, they took second place with 71 points, the same amount as first-placed Bayern, but due to a better goal difference, the trophy went to the Bavarians. After scoring twice last weekend, Haller is expected to lead the attack in a 4-2-3-1 formation, with Mallen, Reus and Brandt behind the strikers. In the last competitive game, Koln defeated Osnabrieck away after extra time in the first round of the cup with a score of 3-1. Koln played six friendly games in the preparatory period, achieving three wins, two draws and one loss. Last season, they finished 11th in the table with 42 points, eight less than seventh-placed Eintracht Frankfurt. The last meeting of these rivals at this stadium ended with half a dozen goals in Cologne's net 6-1 and I believe again we will see Dortmund's win. Dortmund was very strong at home last season and despite losing to Bellingham, Sabitzer should be a decent cover in his position. This is a Ruhr derby so yellow cards are expected and a lot of fighting but in terms of winner Dortmund should overcome Koln. -1.5 AH is little bit risky so i will go with safer bet, Dortmund -0.5.

在本赛季的首场正式比赛中，多特蒙德在客场6-1击败了美因茨队。他们在第22分钟通过哈勒取得领先，两分钟后他们通过勃兰特扩大了优势。第34分钟，主队设法缩小了优势，仅仅一分钟后，哈勒再次扩大了客队的优势。比赛下半场，俄罗斯又进了3个球，分别是萨比策、马伦和穆科科。在备战期间，他们打了7场友谊赛，取得了6胜1平的成绩。上个赛季，由于未能在主场击败美因茨队，他们在最后一轮就未能夺冠。最终，他们以71分排名第二，与第一名拜仁一样，但由于净胜球的优势，奖杯被巴伐利亚人夺得。在上周末梅开二度后，哈勒有望领衔4-2-3-1阵型，马伦、罗伊斯和勃兰特在前锋后面。在最后一场正式比赛中，科隆队在杯赛第一轮加时赛后以3-1的比分击败了奥斯纳布里克队。科隆在备战期间打了6场友谊赛，取得了3胜2平1负的成绩。上个赛季，他们以42分排名第11位，比排名第七的法兰克福少8分。这对死敌在这个球场的最后一次交锋以科隆6比1的进球结束，我相信我们会再次看到多特蒙德的胜利。多特蒙德上赛季在主场非常强大，尽管输给了贝灵汉，萨比策应该是他位置上一个不错的替补。这是一场鲁尔德比，所以黄牌是意料之中的，而且会有很多打斗，但就胜利者而言，多特蒙德应该战胜科隆。-1.5 AH有点风险，所以我选择更安全的赌注，多特蒙德-0.5。