Borussia Dortmund surely believe in their chances to qualify ahead of the second leg against Juventus in the Champions League on Wednesday, considering that a 1-0 win would be enough for them to advance to the quarter finals. Juventus won the first leg 2-1 in February but the away goal scored by Dortmund could prove decisive.
Dortmund seem to have recovered lately, they moved away from the relegation zone in the Bundesliga but their last two matches were both goalless draws. On the other hand Juventus are totally dominating their domestic league, they are 14 points clear at the top of the Serie A table and only an unthinkable disaster could prevent them from claiming the title. Juve have won their last two league matches but were knocked out of the Italian Cup by Fiorentina.
Juventus have conceded at least one goal in four of their last six matches, so Dortmund might gain some hope from that. The German defence is looking solid lately, with four clean sheets in their last six games. Kevin Grosskreutz and Lukasz Piszczek should miss out through injury for Dortmund while Juventus could be without Andrea Pirlo, who is back from a calf knock but might not be rushed into the starting line up.
Probable line-ups:
Borussia Dortmund: Weidenfeller - Kirch, Subotic, Hummels, Schmelzer - Kehl, Gundogan - Reus, Kagawa, Mkhitaryan - Immobile
Juventus: Buffon - Bonucci, Chiellini, Lichtsteiner, Evra - Marchisio, Pereyra, Pgoba - Vidal - Morata, Tevez
My prediction: 1-1 draw.
Here are the odds for the match at Bet365:
Dortmund win - 5/4 Draw - 12/5 Juventus win - 5/2
Shumar4life 8 years ago
Borussia is playing much better in second part of the season, but still that is not enough for this level of the competition. They must focus now on Bundes league. Juventus has huge chance to get in semifinal, and after that everything is possible. They have good team, they are in good form, and they will be my favorite...
Borussia is playing much better in second part of the season, but still that is not enough for this level of the competition. They must focus now on Bundes league. Juventus has huge chance to get in semifinal, and after that everything is possible. They have good team, they are in good form, and they will be my favorite team in rest of the competition
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skrunici 9 years ago
What a game for Juventus. They could to score much more then three goals last night. They showed that they are now in a top European teams. Tevez was a man of the match definitely, and he is one of the best striker on the world at this time. Dortmund are disappointed, this season for them is a very poor, and probably they...
What a game for Juventus. They could to score much more then three goals last night. They showed that they are now in a top European teams. Tevez was a man of the match definitely, and he is one of the best striker on the world at this time. Dortmund are disappointed, this season for them is a very poor, and probably they will not play Champions league next year.
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h34dhunt3r 9 years ago
This match is gonna be highlight of the night. Both teams have equal chances to go into quater finals. It was 2:1 in first game two weeks ago back in Torino. Expecting at least three goals this game, since I suppose that Borusia Dormund will attack since minute one. It's gonna be Reus vs Buffon, Weidenfeller vs Tevez, Aubameyang...
This match is gonna be highlight of the night. Both teams have equal chances to go into quater finals. It was 2:1 in first game two weeks ago back in Torino. Expecting at least three goals this game, since I suppose that Borusia Dormund will attack since minute one. It's gonna be Reus vs Buffon, Weidenfeller vs Tevez, Aubameyang vs Pogba and so on. I've bet 1 on Borusia, and on other ticket X-1. My predictions: - Result: 2:1 for Borusia Dortmund; - Man of the match: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
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sharpe 9 years ago
Sometimes football is a funny thing. Dortmund are still playing like crab in Bundesliga but have a very decent chance to go trough in the quarters in the Champions league. But I think that Juventus will be the team who will continue in the tournament. In any case should be an interesting and exiting game.
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gasa 9 years ago
This should be a really great match to watch, Juventus played really nice at home but Dortmund scored a goal still. Although Dortmund played somewhat bad against Koln scoring 0 goals I still think they have a chance at home. But then again Juventus is 1st in serie A kicking asses so it's really hard to tell who will come...
This should be a really great match to watch, Juventus played really nice at home but Dortmund scored a goal still. Although Dortmund played somewhat bad against Koln scoring 0 goals I still think they have a chance at home. But then again Juventus is 1st in serie A kicking asses so it's really hard to tell who will come on top here !
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seculla 9 years ago
When I said before the first match that I expect Juventus to win, I was pretty sure in that. So now all I can say is that I hope that Juventus will stay unbeaten on Signal Iduna Park, and will take a place in 1/4 final after long time. We all know that Dortmund is not the same team as they were in last couple of years,...
When I said before the first match that I expect Juventus to win, I was pretty sure in that. So now all I can say is that I hope that Juventus will stay unbeaten on Signal Iduna Park, and will take a place in 1/4 final after long time. We all know that Dortmund is not the same team as they were in last couple of years, they are growing their form lately, but I'm not so sure that in this situation they are so strong to eliminate Juventus. FORZA JUVE! FINO ALLA FINE! :D
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skrunici 9 years ago
I was surprised after first leg. I did not expect 3 goals in the first half definitely. Juventus played very well and they are favorites for this clash. Like a Manchester City, Dortmund must win this match, because they are in a bad position in a Bundesliga. My prediction is Juve goes in the next phase.
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