Borussia Dortmund vs Aston Villa Prediction and Betting Tips | August 10th 2024

Borussia Dortmund will host Aston Villa at Signal Iduna Park in their final pre-season friendly on Saturday. The hosts will begin their 2024-25 season next week in the DFB-Pokal while the visitors play West Ham United in the Premier League next weekend.

The hosts have played three open-to-public friendlies thus far, with a win, a loss, and a draw apiece. They met Cerezo Osaka in their previous outing and registered a 3-2 win, thanks to a brace from Karim Adeyemi.

The visitors have played six friendlies thus far which have produced conclusive results, with three wins and three losses. They met Athletic Bilbao on Wednesday, registering a 3-2 win, thanks to goals from Jacob Ramsey, Jaden Philogene, and Cameron Archer.

Borussia Dortmund vs Aston Villa Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

The two teams will meet for the first time.
The hosts have a long-standing rivalry against English teams with 42 meetings in all competitions. They have a decent record in these meetings with 18 wins and 17 losses.
The visitors have met German teams nine times in all competitions. All meetings have produced conclusive results with six wins and three losses. They last met a German side last month, suffering a 2-0 loss to RB Leipzig.
Borussia Dortmund concluded the 2023-24 campaign on a positive note and were unbeaten in their last five home games, recording four wins.
Aston Villa, meanwhile, were winless in their last six games of the 2023-24 season, suffering four losses.
The hosts have suffered just one loss in their last 15 friendlies. The visitors have seen conclusive results in their last eight friendlies, with five wins and three losses.

Borussia Dortmund vs Aston Villa Prediction

Die Borussen play for the first time at home and will look to leave a good account of themselves in this match. As this is the final pre-season friendly, Nuri Şahin is expected to field a young starting XI in this match and key players are likely to start from the bench.

The Villans returned to winning and goalscoring ways after two games on Wednesday and will look to continue that form here. Unai Emery will likely rest key players ahead of their Premier League opener next week.

With that in mind and considering home advantage for Dortmund, the Bundesliga side are expected to eke out a narrow win.

Prediction: Borussia Dortmund 2-1 Aston Villa

Borussia Dortmund vs Aston Villa Betting Tips

Tip 1: Result - Borussia Dortmund to win

Tip 2: Goals - Over/Under 2.5 Goals - Over 2.5 goals

Tip 3: At least one goal to be scored in the second half - Yes

Tip 4: Karim Adeyemi to score or assist any time - Yes