Several key players are back for the home game against Freiburg. Karim Adeyemi and Niklas Süle, on the other hand, are still out.

The personnel situation at Borussia Dortmund has eased further ahead of the home game against SC Freiburg. In the game on Saturday (3:30 p.m./Sky), BVB can again count on starting goalkeeper Gregor Kobel and central defender Waldemar Anton, among others, as coach Nuri Sahin said. The offensive players Giovanni Reyna and Julien Duranville, who have also been injured recently, are also fit again.

However, BVB will still have to do without Karim Adeyemi, Niklas Süle and Kjell Wätjen against the team from the Black Forest. All three are back training on the pitch, but it is not yet enough for the weekend, said Sahin. Captain Emre Can is also missing after his red card in the 3-1 defeat in Mainz.

“I hope that we can rotate and make changes a bit more in the next few games so that we don’t run on empty,” said Sahin, who has had to do without a number of injured players recently. The 36-year-old expects a ‘very, very difficult task’ against Freiburg, who currently have one point more than BVB.