Actual Madrid and Borussia Dortmund meet in a rematch of final 12 months’s UEFA Champions League remaining on Tuesday on this season’s Champions League league part at Santiago Bernabeu. Carlo Ancelotti’s Blancos beat BVB to continental glory at Wembley lower than six months in the past for the Spanish giants’ fifteenth UCL crown. Dortmund had been made to pay for missed possibilities that day, however have began this new-look format in sturdy kind.
Actual rebounded from their defeat away at Lille OSC with wins over Villarreal and Celta Vigo both aspect of the October internationals. Final weekend’s win noticed them pull degree quickly with Barcelona on the prime of La Liga forward of El Clasico this weekend. Ancelotti and his gamers can solely look again on their 17-month unbeaten Champions League run now, however they’re unbeaten since 2022 at residence in Europe.
Dortmund may be wanting sturdy in Europe, however they’ve been inconsistent within the Bundesliga to this point with a slim win over St Pauli regardless of dropping their final two away video games in opposition to VfB Stuttgart and Union Berlin. BVB have confronted Actual seven instances at Santiago Bernabeu with out profitable and solely two of these had been attracts. Nuri Sahin’s males might be the primary UCL aspect to fail to win in eight makes an attempt at a single away floor.
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Methods to watch and odds
- Date: Tuesday, October 22 | Time: 3 p.m. ET
- Location: Santiago Bernabeu – Madrid, Spain
- Watch: Paramount+
- Odds: Actual -200; Draw +375; Dortmund +500
League Section to this point
Actual haven’t appeared as sturdy to this point this season with Lille inflicting a primary European defeat since Might of 2023. Ancelotti’s males did open their marketing campaign with a 3-1 win over Dortmund’s German rivals Stuttgart, however their present three-point haul isn’t ok for a seeded knockout place. BVB will nonetheless really feel the ache of final 12 months’s remaining loss, however a robust begin to this 12 months’s version shall be serving to to take their thoughts off of that Wembley heartbreak. Sahin’s males cleared the path forward of the opposite groups on six factors from six because of their sturdy aim distinction after massive wins over Celtic and Membership Brugge.
Crew information
Actual: Kylian Mbappe made a scoring return to home motion over the weekend in opposition to Celta Vigo, regardless of controversy away from the sphere and the French famous person is predicted to function once more from the off right here. Dani Carvajal, David Alaba and Brahim Diaz are all out and Ferland Mendy ought to are available in for Fran Garcia and Rodrygo might substitute Eduardo Camavinga.
Actual XI:
Dortmund: Karim Adeyemi is predicted to be out till the top of November with Julien Duranville, Gio Reyna and Yan Couto additionally injured. Pascal Gross and Niklas Sule are each doubts so Felix Nmecha or Jamie Bynoe-Gittens ought to be capable to fill in — if wanted.
Dortmund XI:
Prediction
This one was tight earlier this 12 months and can probably be tight once more however anticipate Actual to come back out on prime though each groups may rating this time round given Dortmund’s prolific UCL kind to this point. Choose: Actual 2, Dortmund 1.
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