Predicted Borussia Dortmund XI vs Heidenheim: Karim Adeyemi to be rewarded with a start? | OneFootball

Borussia Dortmund host Bundesliga leaders Heidenheim at the Westfalenstadion on Friday night, with kick-off at 20:30 local time. Heading into the game, Nuri Şahin has an almost full-strength squad available with the only noticeable absentee being Nico Schlotterbeck, who is suspended after being sent off for a second-bookable offence against Werder Bremen.

A forced change, we can expect to see left-footed defender Ramy Bensebaini start for Borussia Dortmund for the first time this season, in place of Schlotterbeck, with Şahin opting for a back-three, which could switch to a back-four at times with the Algerian switching to left-back, alongside Waldemar Anton, Niklas Süle and Julian Ryerson.

In place of Jamie Bynoe-Gittens, Karim Adeyemi, who scored a hat-trick for Germany U21s over the international break, could be rewarded with a starting place on the left-flank. Expect those to be the only two changes made by Şahin, who doesn’t have Gio Reyna available for the foreseeable after confirming the American picked up an injury while on international duty.

In more positive news, Serhou Guirassy could be in line to make his Borussia Dortmund debut after increasing his training workload over the last week. The Guinean forward hasn’t featured for his new club since his move from Stuttgart in the summer.

Şahin also confirmed that Yan Couto, who is yet to make his Bundesliga debut, trained last week and will be in the matchday squad, providing the Brazilian doesn’t have any fresh setbacks.

Predicted Borussia Dortmund XI vs Heidenheim

Gregor Kobel – Waldemar Anton, Niklas Süle, Ramy Bensebaini – Julian Ryerson, Emre Can, Pascal Groß, Karim Adeyemi – Marcel Sabitzer, Julian Brandt – Maximilian Beier

GGFN | Daniel Pinder