Dortmund to host AS Roma in pre-season friendly at Signal Iduna Park

Niko Kovač’s Borussia Dortmund will face AS Roma in a pre-season friendly at Signal Iduna Park in Aue, Germany on Saturday, August 15, with kick-off scheduled for 09:00 p.m. IST.

Dortmund enter the fixture as they prepare for their sixth club friendly ahead of the 2026-27 season; in five pre-season matches so far they have recorded three wins and two losses. Their most recent outing saw them defeat the Premier League champions Arsenal in what the source describes as a five-goal thriller, and the squad will be aiming for another strong performance on home soil.

AS Roma have managed only one victory from four pre-season games and arrived off a 0-3 defeat to Brighton, a loss in which the report says Roma made multiple errors. The article states Gian Piero Gasperini’s men will need a calmer and more composed approach against Dortmund to avoid another setback ahead of the new season.

Broadcast arrangements outlined by the source list DAZN UK and the Dortmund YouTube channel as the only live options in the United Kingdom, while DAZN and the Dortmund YouTube channel are indicated for viewers in Italy. In the United States, the match can be watched live on fuboTV, DAZN, FOX Deportes and FOX One.

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The friendly serves as part of both clubs’ preparations for the 2026-27 season, with Dortmund looking to consolidate positive pre-season form and Roma aiming to correct the errors highlighted in their recent defeat.