Borussia Dortmund continues its champions League adventure on Tuesday evening, when Lille hosted in the first part of their last 16.
Last season finalists ended out of the top eight during the inaugural Champions league Phase of the league, which resulted in a two-legged play-off with sports CP instead of automatic progress to 16. Fortunately, for BVB, a managerial change helped see them on the side of Lisbon comfortably.
The arrival of Niko Kovac has forced to increase the form Dortmund After they fought under Nuri Sahin, with ex -Bayern Munich and Monaco director, they had overseen three wins and four clean sheets in their last five games.
Lille lost his coach during the summer when Paulo Fonseca left for Milan, but Bruno Genesio replacement has impressed since taking office. The slices are fifth in League 1, only five points in the second place in Marseille, and won five of its eight league phase battles when they finished seventh, including impressive victories about Real Madrid and Atlético de Madrid.
Here is 90 minutes Guide to an intriguing thing.
Borussia Dortmund vs Lille Record from head to toe (all the time)
Current form (all competitions)
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Borussia Dortmund |
Lille |
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ST Pauli 0-2 Borussia Dortmund – 01/03/25 |
PSG 4-1 Lille – 01/03/25 |
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Borussia Dortmund 6-0 Union Berlin – 22/02/25 |
Lille 2-1 Monaco – 22/02/25 |
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BOCHUM 2-0 BORUSSIA DORTMUND – 02/15/25 |
Rennes 0-2 Lille – 02/16/25 |
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CP Sporting 0-3 Borussia Dortmund – 02/11/25 |
Small 1-2 Le Havre – 08/08/25 |
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Borussia Dortmund 1-2 Stuttgart – 02/02/25 |
Small 1-1 (4-5p) Dunkirk-04/02/25 |
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TV Channel/Stream Live |
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UK |
Discovery+, Discovery+ App, TNT Sports 2 |
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United States |
Paramount+, FUBOTV, VIX, CBS Sports Network |
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Canada |
Dazn Canada |
Félix Nmecha, in Dortmund, only confirmed the absent for Tuesday’s clash after Kovac’s squad seemed to win the weekend victory at St Pauli Indemne. The German midfielder is currently displaying a knee problem.
Julian Ryerson lost the victory 2-0 on Saturday with illness, but he was able to return to the right against Lille. Manchester City The Yan Couto loan operated in its place against St Pauli.
Julian Brandt returned to the injury for a brief cameo over the weekend, but it is unlikely to move back to the Lille’s start line.
Dortmund predicted Vs Lille Line (4-2-3-1): Cobble; Ryerson, Can, Slotterbeck, Besetbaini; Sabitzer, dirty; Adeyemi, Reyna, goes; Giirassy.
Lille is almost certainly missing the key collaborator Edon Zegrova on Tuesday night, and the International Kosovo has been absent since December. He is closing a return, but he admitted his desire to get out of the club recently.
Samuel Umtiti is also missing due to a knee injury and Tiago Santos is outside the rest of the campaign after demolishing his ACL.
Star striker Jonathan David should be fresh for Dortmund’s trip after being used only from the bench during the weekend’s defeat A Paris Saint-Germain. The Canada International still marked in the Demolition 4-1.
Ex-Dortmund’s defender, Thomas Meunier, could start right against his former businessmen.
Lille predicted Vs Dortmund Line (4-2-3-1): Knight; Sword, funeral, rib, gudmundsson; Andre, Bouthy; Mukau, Gomes, Haraldssson; David.
Dortmund has renewed confidence after the return Bundesliga The victories and descents when the corner began to turn under Kovac, with an excellent opportunity so that they can increase the time of the last two months of the campaign.
They have flexed their attacking muscles with eight goals during their last two games, with Serhou Guirassy in a particularly devastating way to score five.
Lille will be difficult to keep Dortmund’s fast and lush speed in silence, although they have a generally strong defensive record. They are affecting their chances of reaching the punctuation sheet, especially with David leading the line, but they may have to accept the defeat to Signal Iduna Park.
