A match between Borussia Dortmund and Ulsan HD will take place in the 3rd round of the Club World Cup on June 25, 2025. Everyone is expecting only a victory from the Germans.
Preview: Borussia Dortmund vs Ulsan HD
The German club has been close to titles in recent years. Still, it did not win in the last round at the home arena and gave up 1st place in the Bundesliga to Bayern with equal points in 2023. Speaking about the previous season, it ended with a defeat in the Champions League final to Real. After that, a clearly unsuccessful bet was made on Nuri Şahin as a head coach, fortunately, Niko Kovač, who had replaced him in the winter, managed to pull his new footballers at least to 4th place.
The Koreans had to come to the tournament in 2024. Then it was a club that won the national K-League 1 for the third time in a row. Now they are in the top 5, already lagging behind Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, the current leader, by almost 10 points. As for the Asian Champions League, the winner of 2012 and 2020 was limited to 3 points in 7 matches.
Performing at the Club World Cup, the representatives of Germany started in the struggle with Fluminense and were limited to a goalless draw there. Still, the following meeting, where the club fought against Mamelodi Sundowns, it had a spectacular shoot-out and won with a 4-3 result. The team from the Far East had not played with Europeans in the tournament before. It met with the South African flagship in the 1st round and lost due to the only goal scored by Rayners. Then it was more fun with the Brazilians, but the club lost there too – 2-4.
Borussia Dortmund vs Ulsan HD: key statistics and trends
Borussia Dortmund has won 7 of 8 previous matches.
On average, Borussia scores 2.09 goals and concedes 1.5 goals per meeting.
68% of Borussia Dortmund’s struggles have ended with “both teams to score: yes” and the average number of goals per game is 3.59.
Ulsan HD has won 1 of 6 previous confrontations.
On average, Ulsan HD scores 1.21 goals and concedes 1 goal per match.
47% of Ulsan’s battles have brought “both teams to score: yes” and the average number of goals per encounter is 2.21.
Borussia Dortmund vs Ulsan HD: possible starting line-ups
Borussia Dortmund (possible line-up): Kobel – Bensebaini, Anton, Sule – Svensson, Adeyemi, Brandt, Nmecha, Sabitzer, Ryerson – Guirassy.
Ulsan HD (possible line-up): Jo Hyeun-woo – Ludwigson, Kim Young-gwon, Seo Myung-guan, Kang Sang-woo – Lee Chung-yong, Bojanic, Jung Woo-Young, Ko Seung-beom – Yoon Jae-seok, Erick Samuel.
Previous head-to-head matches: Borussia Dortmund vs Ulsan HD
The Germans will play against this South Korean club for the first time.
Free prediction for the match Borussia Dortmund vs Ulsan HD
The Koreans are very bad now. The Germans are obliged to beat such an opponent by more than a minimum – it makes sense to bet on them to win with “a -1.5 goal handicap” (odd: 1.62).
