UEFA Champions League: Borussia Dortmund vs. Sevilla Preview, Odds, Prediction

Many believe it is highly unlikely to see Sevilla eliminating Borussia Dortmund from the UEFA Champions League, but this competition often brings a lot of excitement and unexpected results. After 3-2 for the Millionaires in the first match, the chances for advancing to the next stage are obviously on their side, but still, the Rojoblancos hope to create a miracle. Borussia is excellent at home, which is additional trouble for the Spaniards, who are on the downhill in the past few games.

Preview

Borussia Dortmund (+120) lost in Munich against Bayern, despite leading 0-2 early one. The hosts would then score four goals in a row, once again frustrating all the Millionaires’ fans and inflicting them another disaster which will be remembered for a long time.

But what is even more troubling than a 4-2 defeat is Erling Haaland’s injury which saw the Norwegian leaving the match. His ankle wasn’t that great, and Haaland was visibly upset when sitting on the bench. So far, there isn’t any news about his condition coming from Dortmund, and he is expected to play, but on the other hand, nobody knows will he be 100%.

Borussia didn’t lose at home in the last six games, scoring twice in each but one of them.

Sevilla (+210) was playing superbly until the loss against Dortmund. Until that contest, the Rojoblancos won nine consecutive matches, and after that, lost three in four, with all those three failures coming subsequently. At first, Barcelona would beat them 0-2 in La Liga, after that suffered a terrible blow suffering elimination in Copa del Rey also vs. Barca.

They would lose 3-0 after extra times at Camp Nou, wasting a 2-0 lead from the first leg. This weekend Elche was better than Julen Lopetegui’s side, 2-1, indicating that Sevilla finds itself in the middle of a major crisis.

What was once one of the best defenses in entire Europe saw its meltdown, allowing two or more goals in four of the latest five events.

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Things aren’t great for Borussia’s coach Terzic. Akanji, Guerreiro, Schmelzer, and Witsel are all out, as well as two very important pieces of his offense, Reyna and Sancho.

Among the guests, Kounde and Vidal are definitely out, while Bono’s appearance is under question.

Head to Head Matches

In 2010 the two sides met in the Europa League group stage, with Sevilla winning in Dortmund, 0-1, and the second game-ending 2-2. The first leg of this round of 16 saw Sevilla taking the lead early on, but Borussia replying and scoring three goals until the end of halftime. The home team cut the gap to just one goal with de Jong’s late score, 2-3.

Prediction

All the action in this match will take place in the second 45 minutes. Regardless of the halftime result, the second sequence will see one of two sides opening up and chasing the rival. Since these are the teams who are executing counter-attacks really well, we might expect to see at least two goals during this period, and that is our recommendation. The odds are -125, which is solid.