Borussia Dortmund Tipped to Win Bundesliga Title Ahead of Bayern Munich After Fantastic Start to the Season

Borussia Dortmund Tipped to Win Bundesliga Title Ahead of Bayern Munich After Fantastic Start to the Season

Chukwu Ikechukwu
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:08 PM
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  • Former Bayern Munich and Liverpool player Dietmar Hamann expects that Borussia Dortmund will win the Bundesliga title this season
  • Hamann believes Dortmund’s summer business will be the deciding factor why they will topple favourites Bayern Munich for the title
  • Bayern Munich has dominated the Bundesliga for the last 10 years as the Bavarians have won the title for 10 consecutive seasons

Borussia Dortmund has been tipped as the team to halt Bayern Munich’s dominance of the German Bundesliga after a blistering start to the season from Die Borussen.

Dortmund defeated Bayer Leverkusen 1-0 in their first match of the Bundesliga season after also impressing their supporters during preseason.

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Borussia Dortmund last won the Bundesliga title back in 2011. Photo by Lars Baron
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According to SB Nation, former Bayern Munich player, Dietmar Hamann has revealed he expects Borussia Dortmund to emerge as winners of this season’s Bundesliga campaign ahead of Bayern Munich.

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The former footballer turned pundit attributed Dortmund’s strength to their summer signings as he believes the 5-time Bundesliga champions recruited well with the addition of Karim Adeyemi, Niklas Sule, and Nico Schlotterbeck.

Borussia Dortmund last won the Bundesliga in 2011 and will be looking to end Bayern Munich’s 10 consecutive league wins this term.

Borussia Dortmund holds talks with defender after domestic violence claims

Meanwhile, Borussia Dortmund claims to have spoken with German defender Nico Schulz following accusations of domestic violence against the player BBC reports.

Schulz’s ex-partner filed a criminal complaint against the player for domestic violence in 2020 and an investigation has started.

Despite appearing in 61 games for Dortmund since his arrival in 2019, Nico Schulz was left out of the team for Saturday's 1-0 victory over Bayer Leverkusen.

Dortmund kick off Bundesliga campaign with win over Bayer Leverkusen

Earlier, Sports Brief reported a first-half strike by Marco Reus has earned Borussia Dortmund a 1-0 victory over Bayer Leverkusen on the opening weekend of the Bundesliga.

Reus' goal came during the first term minutes of the game, ensuring that Dortmund also record as win following Bayern Munich's thrashing of Frankfurt a day before.

As expected, manager Edin Terzic included summer signings in his starting lineups, with Nico Schlotterbeck and Karim Adeyemi featuring in the Dortmund XI.

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Chukwu Ikechukwu Godwin is a journalist with over 9 years of experience in the Nigerian media industry. He has worked both in Radio (Today FM, Rhythm FM, Wish FM) and Television (Silverbird TV) as a Sports Analyst..
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