Dortmund vs Holstein Kiel prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2025-05-16 13:30.
[p]Borussia Dortmund‘s recent rampant run continued last weekend when they came from behind to deny Xabi Alonso a fond farewell at Bayer Leverkusen as Niko Kovač’s side ran out 4-2 winners. That extended their unbeaten Bundesliga run to seven games (W6, D1), and crucially kept their hopes of UEFA Champions League qualification alive, as they start this final round just one point behind fourth-placed Freiburg. [/p]
[p]Freiburg host Eintracht Frankfurt who sit third, so the Black and Yellows’ assignment against already-relegated Holstein Kiel looks much easier on paper. Boosting confidence in the Dortmund camp will be their dominant home record against bottom seven sides this season (W5, D1), with the hosts scoring a combined 21 goals in those games while conceding only six in reply. [/p]
[p]Holstein Kiel could have helped Dortmund last week when they took on Freiburg, but a 2-1 defeat for the Storks confirmed their relegation from the Bundesliga. What appeared an inevitable outcome for much of the season was delayed until the penultimate matchday in part due to a three-match unbeaten run before that Freiburg loss (W2, D1), so they may still be able to put up a decent fight as they bow out of the top flight here.[/p]
[p]Kiel are also unbeaten in their last three away matches (W1, D2) which serves as their best such run this season, while they also handed Dortmund a damaging 4-2 defeat in the reverse fixture. Kiel lost their other two H2Hs by an aggregate scoreline of 9-0, however, while the reverse victory was their only success from 17 games against teams currently sitting inside the league’s top half (D4, L12).[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Karim Adeyemi is finishing the season strongly for Dortmund, directly contributing to four goals across his last two appearances (G3, A1), with all three goals arriving after half-time. Holstein’s Shūto Machino, who scored in the reverse win, comes into the clash having netted four goals in his last four matches, three of which came before half-time.[/p]
[p]Hot streak: Dortmund have scored 2+ goals in six successive matches. [/p]
[p]Written by David H[/p]