Borussia Dortmund vs. Odd Grenland: Team News, Preview, Live Stream, TV Info
Much of this new season has been clear sailing for Borussia Dortmund so far, yet the club's coming Europa League tie with Odd Grenland will surely intrigue a number of fans following the result in the first leg.
Although Thomas Tuchel's side ultimately won the first leg by four goals to three, he and his squad will be notably wary of a Norwegian side that gave the former German champions a scare in the opening few minutes of the tie.
Indeed, within the opening 25 minutes of the first leg in Norway, Tuchel's side were three goals down and staring European elimination dead in the eye. Dortmund may have recovered within the full 90 minutes that night, but it was certainly a welcome wake-up call for this new-look side.
Date: Thursday, 27 August 2015
Time: 7:30 p.m. BST/2:30 p.m. ET
Venue: Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany
TV Info: Not available (UK Only)/Not available (U.S. Only)
Form
| Ingolstadt—win | Viking—win |
| Odds—win | Dortmund—loss |
| Borussia Moenchengladbach—win | Ik Start—win |
| Chemnitzer—win | Sarpsborg—loss |
| Wolfsberger—win | Molde—draw |
Team news and selection
With injuries to both Erik Durm and Lukasz Piszczek still leading to a number of complications at the back, Tuchel certainly wouldn't have welcomed the news that Sokratis Papastathopoulos was unable to make the trip to Ingolstadt on Sunday for their Bundesliga game.
At a press conference on Wednesday, Tuchel confirmed that the Greek international will train on Thursday and would feature if he is indeed fully fit.
As such, we should expect to see a side something like this:
Key Players
Dortmund will be confident of overcoming odds quite handsomely in front of their own fans on Thursday and as such, a wide range of players could step up and put the Norwegian side to the sword.
Specifically, Shinji Kagawa and Henrikh Mkhitaryan will be key to most of what Dortmund do going forward, as they have done throughout the season thus far.
Elsewhere, it will be worth keeping an eye on Matthias Ginter, who will most likely remain at right-back while the two aforementioned defenders continue to recover from their injury.
