Borussia Dortmund vs. Real Madrid: Prediction, Match Preview 27/09/2016

The Match Is Over. Score: 2:2

Dortmund vs. Real Madrid Match Preview:
Here it comes the Champions league as asual in weekdays with a portion of breathtaking matches in Europe. You are herewith welcome to find all of them in our Champions League predictions and enjoy every tip we produce this Tuesday. There is one special game taking place alongside with the others, this is the clash between German Borussia Dortmund and Spanish Real Madrid once again within the group stage campaign as it was held in 2012. Their other meetings were drawn in the Playoff stage, where there has been the equality by the result taken - 2 times Real celebrated wins, as well as the BVB recorded the same number of taking the Meringues down.

Kick-off: 19:45 CET, 27nth of September, 2016.
Match status: EUROPE: Champions League - Group F - Round 2.
Venue: "Westfalenstadion" in Dortmund, Germany.
Referee: Mark Clattenburg from England.

Borussia Dortmund: Team News
Marco Reus is really needed by Dortmund club, but his injury has taken a little longer, though. Nonetheless, the BVB takes on Real Madrid being much fit and remaining unbeaten for four encounters on end since they defeated Legia Poznan in the opening group stage match-up three weeks ago. Thomas Tuchel would be completely pleased if Marc Bartra has not suffered an injury and be available before such an important game. Despite him, Andre Schurrle could contribute quite well, but he is yet to recover up after the knee injury and needs to gain up fitness. Of course, we all remember that crushing defeat for Real Madrid by the BVB followed by 4:1 back in 2013, when Robert Lewandowski accomplished a poker of goals. However, he is off the team and there are many qualified players who can make it out now.

Real Madrid: Team News
Zinedine Zidane cannot rely on Marcelo at left-back side due to his thigh is injured, so Nacho should substitute his position a while longer. Pepe is in the squad already, but his fitness condition requires to be gained higher, that's why we expect Raphael Varane and the captain Sergio Ramos to cover up the back-centre spot like that was made in three recent games of the Whites. Casemiro is out too, however, he would be doubtful to appear even if he is fit enough, indeed. We should notice the facts that Real Madrid club travels to Germany on the back of two unsatisfied draws earned the previous week in the Spanish Primera Division against Las Palmas (2:2) and Villarreal (1:1). They seemed unbalanced enough, so it is really important to win some points in the coming CL fixtures.

Possible starting lineups:
Borussia Dortmund: Roman Weidenfeller - Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Lukasz Piszczek, Matthias Ginter, Marcel Schmelzer (c) - Julian Weigl - Ousmane Dembele, Emre Mor, Mario Gotze, Gonzalo Castro - Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (4-1-3-1 formation)

Real Madrid: Keylor Navas - Sergio Ramos (c), Raphael Varane, Nacho, Dani Carvajal - Toni Kroos, James Rodriguez, Luka Modric - Karim Benzema, Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale (4-3-3 formation)

Missing players of Borussia and Real Madrid:
Borussia Dortmund: Marco Reus (Tear in the abductor muscle), Marc Bartra (Groin Injury), Sven Bender (Ankle Injury), Erik Durm (Knee Injury), Andre Schurrle (Knee Injury).

Real Madrid: Casemiro (Ankle Injury), Marcelo (Thigh Injury), Pepe (Unfit).

Dortmund - Real Madrid Head-to-Head:
08.04.14 (CL) Dortmund - Real Madrid 2:0
02.04.14 (CL) Real Madrid - Dortmund 3:0
30.04.13 (CL) Real Madrid - Dortmund 2:0
24.04.13 (CL) Dortmund - Real Madrid 4:1
06.11.12 (CL) Real Madrid - Dortmund 2:2

Dortmund vs. Real Madrid Prediction
Summing up the current forms of the teams, we can conclude that Borussia Dortmund welcomes Real Madrid in a much better team spirit, even they lack some of key players in the squad. This CL fixture should be played out like a real battle where the Meringues are to release its due potential, which has been awaited from the very start of the football season, while The Black and Yellows have already unleashed the German beast on the inside.

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