Borussia Dortmund vs Holstein Kiel prediction and betting tips on May 17, 2025
Bundesliga Germany
Game Prediction
A match between Borussia Dortmund and Holstein Kiel will be played in the 34th round of the German Bundesliga on May 17, 2025. The hosts will beat an already relegated opponent and wait for a misfire from one of the competitors.
Our prediction for the match Borussia Dortmund vs Holstein Kiel
The club from Signal Iduna Park left a contradictory impression last season. On the one hand, the team fell to 5th place in the Bundesliga, on the other hand, it reached the final of the Champions League. Still, that tournament was lost, and the management said goodbye to Terzić, as well as to a number of veterans. The current opponent secured 2nd place in the 2. Bundesliga a year ago. As a result, the club made the first promotion in history to the top division of the country.
The debutant generally justified rather sceptical expectations – the team spent the entire time in the relegation zone. There were victories in a row, over Borussia Mönchengladbach and Augsburg, at the end of April and at the beginning of May, but it was already too late. The defeat made by Freiburg left the club in last place. Nuri Şahin failed as coach in his native Dortmund. He was replaced by Niko Kovacs in the middle of winter. And the mentor, not immediately, but adjusted the game, and his footballers rose to the number of contenders for the Champions League zone by May. A 4-2 result on the field of Bayer made it possible to preserve hope, but even a new victory will not help without a misfire of one of the competitors.
Guirassy and the company play spectacularly as usual. Scoring twice per match, they concede more than one and a half goals in return. The newcomer seems to have a good attack – 1.48 goals scored on average per round. At the same time, the club concedes a lot – 2.33 goals per match.
Borussia Dortmund vs Holstein Kiel: key statistics and trends
- Borussia Dortmund has won 5 times in a row.
- 70% of Borussia’s matches have ended with “both teams to score: yes” and the average number of goals per struggles is 3.61.
- Holstein Kiel won twice in 3 previous rounds.
- 76% of Holstein’s confrontations have brought “both teams to score: yes” and the average number of goals per battle is 3.82.
Borussia Dortmund vs Holstein Kiel: possible starting line-ups
Borussia Dortmund (possible line-up): Kobel – Bensebaini, Anton, Sule – Svensson, Gittens, Brandt, Gross, Nmecha, Ryerson – Guirassy.
Holstein Kiel (possible line-up): Dahne – Zec, Johansson, Becker – Tolkin, Skrzybski, Gigovic, Remberg, Rosenboom – Machino, Bernhardsson.
Previous head-to-head matches: Borussia Dortmund vs Holstein Kiel
The cup meetings were won both times, in 2012 and 2021, by a team from Borussia. Still, the club lost with a 2-4 score in the championship in Kiel in January.
Free prediction for the match Borussia Dortmund vs Holstein Kiel
There is simply no intrigue in the following game – everything speaks of a confident victory for the hosts. It makes sense to bet on their success with “a -2.5 goal handicap” (odd: 1.69).