Borussia Dortmund vs Bayer Leverkusen prediction, team news | Bundesliga 2022-23

The Bundesliga is back this weekend, with Borussia Dortmund taking on Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday. Both teams can hit their day and will want to win this game.
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Preview
Bayer Leverkusen finished third in the Bundesliga last season and successfully completed their campaign.
The club beat Udinese (2-1) last week and will try to achieve a similar result in this match.
Borussia Dortmund, on the other hand, finished second in the standings last season and have been quite fickle last year.
The club drew (1-1) against Antalyaspor in their last friendly match and will need to move up a notch this weekend.
Team News
Borussia Dortmund
Sebastian Haller has been diagnosed with cancer and is not available for selection in the future. Niklas Süle is injured and is out of this match.
Injured: Niklas Sule, Felix Passlack.
Bayer Leverkusen
Florian Wirtz is recovering from a longtime injury and will not be able to take part in this game. Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Amin Adli and Karim Bellarabi are also recovering from seizures.
Injured: Florian Wirtz.
Florian Wirtz had some tough media questions when he stopped by the Birkenberg Soccer School on Wednesday! ✋✋ pic.twitter.com/XoZZYHQS6K
— Bayer 04 Leverkusen (@bayer04_en) August 3, 2022
Prediction
Borussia Dortmund win 2.00 | Draw 4.20 | Bayer Leverkusen win 3.15 |
Borussia Dortmund have lost several players in the transfer market. With Erling Haaland now in the Premier League, the likes of Donyell Malen and Julian Brandt will need to step up this weekend.
Bayer Leverkusen can strike in their day and have given Borussia Dortmund trouble in the past.
Prediction for this match: total over goals 3.5.