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Lucien Favre's Borussia Dortmund returns from his tour of the United States and will travel to Austria to face the French team at Stade Rennes on Friday (kickoff: 7:30 pm CET / 6:30 pm GMT / 1:30 pm ET) ) Cashpoint-Arena in Altach, in the first of their last three friendlies before the start of the Bundesliga season.
Last
Dortmund tour of the United States was a tasty for the team and their American fans. With big wins over Manchester City and Liverpool, and only one defeat against Benfica, the fourth of last season finds its pace under new coach Favre. New faces Marius Wolf, Abdou Diallo, Ashraf Hakimi and Marwin Hitz all played a key role, while big names such as Christian Pulisic and Mario Götze seemed ready for the start of the season. Now back in Europe, Dortmund has welcomed its World Cup players who have enjoyed long vacations. This means that Thomas Delaney could play his first match in a Dortmund jersey, while Roman Bürki should also have a time before the start of 2018/19.
Rennes 1's Ligue 1 opponents were surprised in 2017/18, finishing just outside of a Champions League qualifying spot in fifth place. After the success of this first season under coach Sabri Lamouchi, the club wants to continue on the same track. Signing Jordan Siebatcheu was a big statement, the French-American Reims has joined this summer and should lead the line against Dortmund. Rennes entered this friendly match thanks to a superb win over Everton, who beat the English Premier League team 4-1. And with the Ligue 1 season starting next weekend, Rennes will put a lot of effort into its last friendly match before the start of the new campaign.
Watch: Christian Pulisic and Dortmund beat Liverpool in the United States! ] Probable formations
Dortmund: Hitz – Hakimi, Akanji, Diallo, Schmelzer – Delaney – Wolf, Reus, Dahud, Pulisic – Philipp
Absent: Weigl (groin) [19659009] ] Coach: Lucien Favre
Rennes: Koubek – Traoré, Gelin, Mexer, Baal – Lea-Siliki, André – Zeffane, Grenier, Bourigeaud – Siebatcheu
Coach: Sabri Lamouchi [19659011] Match Stats
- Pulisic and Philipp both scored goals in league games against Liverpool and Benfica respectively in the US Champions Cup
- Favre led Nice in Ligue 1 France last season by beating Rennes 1-0. the second meeting of last season 1-1.
- Thomas Delaney Id neck makes his first appearance at Borussia Dortmund
- Jordan Siebatcheu scored 17 goals in Ligue 2 last season before joining Rennes de Reims this summer.
- Dortmund and Rennes have never faced each other in a competition.
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