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Pre-Match Report

Countdown to Stuttgart: referee, kits, broadcast

Borussia Dortmund are away to VfB Stuttgart on Saturday. Kick-off is at 18:30 CEST. We have summarised all the information about our Bundesliga away game in a compact format. This page will be updated if there is any news.

Kits: BVB in black and yellow
Borussia Dortmund will take to the pitch in yellow shirts, black shorts and yellow socks. Stuttgart will wear white shirts with a red horizontal stripe across the chest, white shorts and white socks.

Referee: Schröder in charge
This will be the 11th time that Robert Schröder (40) from Hanover has refereed a Bundesliga match involving BVB. The last occasion was on matchday 3 of last season, during the 4-2 home win against Heidenheim. To date, there have been a total of seven Dortmund wins, two draws and one defeat under the referee from SG Blaues Wunder in Lower Saxony. Dr Jan Clemens Neitzel-Petersen and Philipp Hüwe will be the assistant referees. Christian Dingert has been appointed as the video assistant referee.

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Live broadcast: Sky und Netradio
The match will be broadcast live on Sky. Pre-match coverage begins at 17:30 CEST. Sebastian Hellmann will be presenting the programme. Julia Simic and Lothar Matthäus will be joining him as pundits. Wolff Fuss will provide commentary on the match. BVB Netradio will be reporting through the usual Black & Yellow lens. The reporters are Boris Rupert and Stephan Gabele. BVB Netradio will begin broadcasting 15 minutes before kick-off. It can be accessed by everyone on the homepage and in the BVB app on iPhone and Android devices. A summary of the match, as well as the press conference and comments on the game, will be available on BVB-TV, among other places.

Weather: mild and mostly dry
The weather forecast for Saturday predicts there will be hardly any sunshine. Temperatures will range from 16 degrees in the afternoon and early evening down to 11 degrees by the end of the match. The chance of rain is forecast at 30 percent.

Live ticker: over to the app
BVB's digital channels operate at full throttle on matchday. And that's not only the case during the match, but throughout the matchday too – starting at 09:09 CET, of course. In "Matchday Mode", the BVB app (download) offers news, pictures, posts, videos, statistics and plenty more match info besides. The live ticker starts at kick-off and updates you on all the important moments. In addition to the live ticker, there will be full match highlights, statistics and first-hand info on our WhatsApp, X, Facebook and Instagram social media channels. The match report plus reactions and facts will follow on the website and on the app after the final whistle.

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