Dortmund vs Tottenham Predictions, 21 Nov 2017

The Match Is Over. Score: 1-2

Dortmund v Tottenham Predictions for Tuesday's 7.45pm kick-off Champions League group fixture facing Bundesliga hosts Dortmund and EPL side Tottenham at Signal Iduna Park. BVB’s record at home to English clubs is W6 D4 L1, with their lone loss coming to Arsenal in 2013/14 group stage.

Match status: 2017-18 Champions League Group Stages
Kick-off: Tuesday 21 Nov 2017, 07:45pm GMT
Venue: "Signal Iduna Park" in Dortmund, Germany

Dortmund v Tottenham Team News

Borussia Dortmund (BVB) face a decisive fixture against Tottenham fully aware that only their first Champions League (CL) win of the season will keep them in contention for the knock-outs. Nevertheless, it’s more than likely that they are playing for a Europa League place, with their knockout chances very complicated even in the case of a win over Tottenham.

BVB have failed to win their last 6 CL matches and have only won 1 of their last 9 European matches (D3 L5) in total. They are currently 3rd in Group H (2 pts, W0 D2 L2) level on points with APOEL with whom they drew 1-1 in the last round. With only 1 win in last 8 matches across all competitions (D3 L4), BVB are in danger of missing the knockouts after making that stage in their last 4 appearances.

BVB’s poor form continued on Friday as they lost to VfB Stuttgart 2-1, marking 3 consecutive Bundesliga defeats for the first time since 2014.

Matchday 1 saw Tottenham outclass BVB 3-1 at Wembley with a Harry Kane double and a late red card for Jan Vertonghen the highlights. Before that, BVB had 2 wins over Tottenham in the Europa League.

Tottenham are undefeated in their last 5 CL matches and are currently top of the group (10 pts, W3 D1 L0), including an impressive 3-1 win over Real Madrid in the last round. A win over BVB will confirm top position in the group for Tottenham, their second run to the knockouts after reaching the quarterfinals in 2010/11.

The visitors, however, are in shaky form in the build-up to this match having lost 3 of their last 5 games across all competitions. That included a 2-0 reverse on Saturday in the North London derby against Arsenal. Before this slump, Tottenham went 11 games across competitions unbeaten.

Matches involving Tottenham are generally flush with goals as 5 out of their last 6 CL games witnessed over 2.5 goals.

Teams' Possible Starting Lineups:

Dortmund: Burki - Guerreiro, Toprak, Bartra, Toljan - Kagawa, Weigl, Gotze - Philipp, Aubameyang, Yarmolenko (4-3-3 formation)

Tottenham: Lloris - Vertonghen, Dier, Sanchez - Rose, Alli, Winks, Eriksen, Trippier - Heung-Min - Kane (3-5-1-1 formation)

Missing Players of Dortmund and Tottenham:

Dortmund: Erik Durm, Sebastian Rode, Marco Reus, Lukasz Piszczek.

Tottenham: Victor Wanyama, Toby Alderweireld, Erik Lamela.

Head-to-Head Record: Dortmund v Tottenham

2017-18 Champions League Group Stages
Tottenham 3-1 Dortmund

2015-16 Europa League Last-16
Tottenham 1-2 Dortmund

2015-16 Europa League Last-16
Dortmund 3-0 Tottenham