Jude Bellingham is more likely to miss a vital sport in Borussia Dortmund’s problem for the German title after knee ache dominated him out of coaching with the staff this week, coach Edin Terzic stated Friday.

The England midfielder felt ache in Dortmund’s 5-2 win over Borussia Moenchengladbach final week and hasn’t been in full coaching since. Terzic stated there's “a big question mark” about whether or not he can play in Dortmund’s sport in opposition to Augsburg on Sunday.

Bayern Munich leads Dortmund by one level within the Bundesliga standings with two video games to go. If Bayern beats Leipzig on Saturday, Bayern’s large benefit on objective distinction means Dortmund would realistically want a win to maintain its title probabilities alive forward of the ultimate spherical of video games subsequent week.

The 19-year-old Bellingham has scored 14 targets in 42 video games for Dortmund this season, together with 4 in his staff’s final 4 Bundesliga video games.

Bayern coach Thomas Tuchel is about to have Yann Sommer accessible to face Leipzig on Saturday after the Switzerland goalkeeper had a abdomen bug this week. Sommer was signed in January as a stand-in for Manuel Neuer, who hasn’t performed for the reason that World Cup after breaking his leg whereas snowboarding.

Tuchel stated Bayern stays with out injured left again Alphonso Davies and ahead Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, and that defender Lucas Hernández will not be but prepared for a comeback after his long-term knee harm.

Tuchel needs his staff to be alert for Leipzig counterattacks, highlighting the third-place staff’s power in transition.

“It is extremely important, if we want to control the game, to watch out and to prevent the counterattacks before they happen,” Tuchel stated.

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