Actual Madrid and Borussia Dortmund meet in a rematch of final yr’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 probabilities 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 stage 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 dwelling in Europe.
Dortmund is likely to be trying sturdy in Europe, however they’ve been inconsistent within the Bundesliga to date 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 occasions at Santiago Bernabeu with out profitable and solely two of these had been attracts. Nuri Sahin’s males may very well be the primary UCL aspect to fail to win in eight makes an attempt at a single away floor.
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- 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 date
Actual haven’t appeared as sturdy to date 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 is just not adequate for a seeded knockout place. BVB will nonetheless really feel the ache of final yr’s remaining loss, however a robust begin to this yr’s version will likely 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 objective distinction after large 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 sector and the French famous person is anticipated to characteristic 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 exchange Eduardo Camavinga.
Potential Actual XI: Courtois; Vazquez, Militao, Rudiger, Mendy; Bellingham, Tchouameni, Valverde; Rodrygo, Mbappe, Vinicius Jr.
Dortmund: Karim Adeyemi is anticipated to be out till the tip 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.
Potential Dortmund XI: Kobel; Ryerson, Anton, Schlotterbeck, Bensebaini; Can, Sabitzer; Malen, Brandt, Gittens; Guirassy.
Prediction
This one was tight earlier this yr and can possible be tight once more however count on Actual to come back out on prime though each groups may rating this time round given Dortmund’s prolific UCL kind to date. Choose: Actual 2, Dortmund 1.
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