Borussia Dortmund are set to host SpVgg Greuther Fürth in their last home game of the year. Kick-off in SIGNAL IDUNA PARK is scheduled for 20:30 CET on Wednesday night. 

After the meeting with VfL Bochum at the weekend, BVB are now preparing to face another newly-promoted side. While Fürth make the trip to Dortmund as the bottom-placed team in the table, they did manage to pick up their first Bundesliga win this season against Union Berlin at the weekend. ''Fürth are working very well without the ball. It's not easy to find gaps against them,'' said BVB coach Marco Rose, going on to add: ''The win has given them a boost. We'll have to have our wits about us, but that's nothing new. Fürth have often failed to live up to their full potential this season. They have a really good coach and a good idea of how to play. They haven't let their heads drop, you can see that on every match day.''

The Black & Yellows' 1-1 stalemate in Bochum on Saturday was their first draw of the season. ''In Bochum we had over 20 shots on goal and seven or eight gilt-edged chances. We have to be more clinical. We draw lessons from everything. We're not sugarcoating issues, we're tackling them head on,'' said Rose as he reflected on last weekend's game, in which the opposition benefited from good fortune on a couple of occasions: ''We have to create our own luck. We have to be more resolute in the final third and keep the tempo high. These are all objectives that we've discussed and want to put into practice tomorrow.''

Question marks remain regarding the involvement of Raphael Guerreiro and Donyell Malen. "Both have not trained with the team yet. I think it will be very tight with Rapha. Donyell was able to run yesterday, so we'll see what is possible today."

Christina Reinke
BVB-TV by 1&1: the press conference before the game against Fürth