Marius Wolf rolled his ankle in training on Thursday, but the injury has not been deemed to be too serious. "He'll try to train tomorrow," explained head coach Lucien Favre, continuing: "I don't know yet whether he can play."

The Swiss tactician additionally did not rule out whether the new signing from Frankfurt, who made his BVB bow against Greuther Fürth in the DFB Cup on Monday, would be rested to give the injury sufficient time to heal completely. However, he did confirm that Axel Witsel would not be in the starting XI. It is too soon for that. The Belgian can instead be expected to make another appearance from the bench.

Julian Weigl has "trained fully with the team", reported the coach. "Julian is slowly getting very, very good". But the ball-playing midfielder will still have to be patient as he waits for the right moment to make his comeback after a three-and-a-half-month injury layoff. (br)