Erling Haaland to miss Borussia Dortmund’s Bundesliga fixture with Paderborn

Second-placed Dortmund have dropped seven points behind leaders Bayern Munich after their 1-0 home defeat against the Bavarians on Tuesday

Erling Haaland will miss Borussia Dortmund’s next Bundesliga match at Paderborn while Mahmoud Dahoud has been ruled out for the rest of the season.

Haaland, who has scored 10 goals in 11 league appearances since his move from RB Salzburg in January, has a knee problem while Dahoud has an “unspecified knee injury”.

Second-placed Dortmund have dropped seven points behind leaders Bayern Munich after their 1-0 home defeat against the Bavarians on Tuesday.

Dahoud has started all three games since the Bundesliga resumed following the coronavirus stoppage and had appeared to be gaining in confidence.

“Each player needs confidence and Mo played better in Wolfsburg and better against Bayern ... it’s a question of match practice and confidence,” manager Lucien Favre said.

Favre said he was not disappointed with the performance against Bayern, despite the result, while sports director Michael Zorc said that the lack of fans in the stadium affected the team.

“Home advantage is lost without the spectators nearby,” he said. “Of course, I would have liked to have had our fans on Tuesday.

“If we had played with the 1-0 deficit in the second half towards the South Tribune, a lot more would have been possible.”