Borussia Dortmund vs APOEL Predictions, 01 Nov 2017

The Match Is Over. Score: 1-1

Dortmund v APOEL Predictions for Wednesday's 8.45pm kick-off Champions League group fixture facing Bundesliga hosts Dortmund and Cyprus First Division side APOEL at Signal Iduna Park. Dortmund (BVB) come into this game amid a poor run of form, having won just 1 of their last 5 games in all competitions (P5, W1, D2, L2).

Match status: 2017-18 Champions League Group Stages
Kick-off: Wednesday 01 Nov 2017, 08:45pm GMT
Venue: "Signal Iduna Park" in Dortmund, Germany

Dortmund v APOEL Team News

BVB’s only positive result was a 5-0 thumping of third tier Magdeburg in the DFB Pokal. The team gave up top spot in the Bundesliga at the weekend after a 4-2 reversal at Hannover and are rock bottom of their Champions League (CL) group.

Peter Bosz is winless in his first 3 CL ties since taking charge at BVB. Former managers Matthias Sammer and Jurgen Klopp had similarly poor starts in Europe, but went on to win the Bundesliga in the same season.

BVB have had tight games at home against the “underdogs”. In last season’s Europa League, they struggled to beat PAOK Saloniki 1-0 and had a close call against FK Krasnodar, eventually winning 2-1.

Despite their current form, BVB are hard to beat at home. Under Bosz, they have scored 18 goals in 6 home games (all comps) at an average of 3 goals per game.

Since ‘11/’12, Dortmund have won almost every second home game in the group stage (1-0 vs Piraeus, 2-1 vs Real Madrid, 4-1 against Galatasaray and 1-0 against Sporting Lisbon / only defeat against Arsenal 1-0).

APOEL Nicosia haven’t fared well on German grounds, as they have lost 7 of their 8 games in Germany with a goal record of 2:22. The Cypriots have not scored a goal in 6 games.

Teams' Possible Starting Lineups:

Dortmund: Burki - Schmelzer, Zagadou, Sokratis, Bartra - Sahin, Weigl, Gotze - Pulisic, Aubameyang, Yarmolenko (4-3-3 formation)

APOEL: Waterman - Lago, Merkis, Rueda, Vouros - Morais, Vinicius - Aloneftis, Ebecilio, Zahid - Camargo (4-2-3-1 formation)