Big zero from Borussia's striking force

After finally having a chance to win the Bundesliga title after ten long years, Borussia Dortmund bottled it on the last day of the season in front of their own crowd, as they managed only a 2-2 draw against Mainz. And it was logical that they would be among the favourites for the title again this season. But so far, they have only shown that Leverkusen and Leipzig will be real title challengers to Bayern Munich this season. In four games so far, they have two wins and two draws and have scored only eight goals. They lost their opening match in the Champions League against PSG in Paris 2-0. And their leading scorers so far are Donyell Malen with three and Mats Hummels with two.

Leading attacking trio of Sebastian Haller, Youssoufa Moukoko and Niclas Fullkrug have so far scored zero goals. Even Karim Adeyemi is not reaching his potential, but he is still not the classic striker like these three players. The Ivory Coast forward is obviously not in form. He had a turbulent year last season with testicular cancer, which resulted in an operation and chemotherapy. He returned and even scored a few goals, but he is not 100%. "We know his story. Sometimes it can't be explained rationally after such an illness. We know about his qualities. He is extremely hard-working in training and also outside. He handles the situation very professionally to get himself back to where he was. It is our common task to get his qualities back into our game and to use them” says BVB coach Edin Terzic.

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Niclas Füllkrug is certainly a big investment, as he got himself a place in the German football team due to his excellent performances in Bremen last season. But he moved to Dortmund at the end of the transfer window, came already injured and is only close to full fitness, let alone some sort of form. And then there is young Moukoko, a jewel in Borussia’s team, who is always on the brink of entering the starting lineup, and yet he is still coming in as a joker. In the four league games so far, he has been substituted four times but only played 47 minutes in total and didn’t even enter against PSG on Tuesday. Today, Wolfsburg is coming to town, and coach Edin Terzić needs to get his strikers going in order to win and keep the pace with Leverkusen and Bayern.

BUNDESLIGA - MATCHDAY 5

Friday

Stuttgart - Darmstadt 3-1 (2-1)

/Milot 22, Guirassy 32, 90+2 - Zagadou (og) 17/

Saturday

16.30: (5.50) M' gladbach (4.10) RB Leipzig (1.60)

16.30: (1.75) Dortmund (3.80) Wolfsburg (4.60)

16.30: (2.20) Union Berlin (3.40) Hoffenheim (3.30)

16.30: (1.15) Bayern (10.5) Bochum (17.0)

16.30: (2.75) Augsburg (3.25) Mainz (2.65)

19.30: (2.60) Werder (3.50) Koln (2.85)

Sunday

16.30: (1.23) Leverkusen (6.75) Heidenheim (11.0)

18.30: (2.10) Eintr.Frankfurt (3.45) Freiburg (3.50)

***odds are subject to change