Borussia Dortmund continues her Champions League adventure on Tuesday evening when she organizes Lille in the first leg of her last 16 tie.
The finalists of last season ended something before the top night during the first phase of the Champions League League.
Niko Kovac’s arrival forced an increase in Dortmund for Dortmund after struggling under Nuri Sahin. The former manager of Bayern Munich and Monaco had supervised three wins and four clean sheets in his last five games.
Lille lost her coach in the summer when Paulo Fonseca traveled to Milan, but replacement Bruno Genesio has impressed since the takeover. Les Dogues are fifth in Ligue 1 – just five points ahead of Marseille – and won five of their eight league phase battles when they took seventh place, including impressive victories over Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid.
Here is 90 minutes Guide to a fascinating matter.
Borussia Dortmund against Lille head-to-head record (all times)
Current form (all competitions)
Borussia Dortmund | Lille |
|---|---|
St. Pauli 0-2 Borussia Dortmund – 01.03.25 | PSG 4-1 Lille – 01/03/25 |
Borussia Dortmund 6-0 Union Berlin – 22/02/25 | Lille 2-1 Monaco – 22/02/25 |
Bochum 2-0 Borussia Dortmund – 15/02/25 | Rennes 0-2 Lille – 16/02/25 |
Sporting CP 0-3 Borussia Dortmund – 11/02/25 | Lille 1-2 Le Havre – 08/02/25 |
Borussia Dortmund 1-2 Stuttgart – 08/02/25 | Lille 1-1 (4-5P) Dunkerque-04/02/25 |
country | TV channel/live stream |
|---|---|
United Kingdom | Discovery+, Discovery+ App, TNT Sports 2 |
United States | Paramount+, FubotV, VIX, CBS Sports Network |
Canada | Dazn Canada |
Felix Nmecha in Dortmund’s only confirmed absence for the collision on Tuesday, after Kovac’s squad was unsuccessful in St. Pauli. The German midfielder is currently equipped with a knee problem.
Julian Rerson missed the 2-0 victory on Saturday with illness, but was able to return to Lille a return in the right-back. Manchester City, Yan Couto, worked against St. Pauli in his place.
Julian Brandt returned from an injury during a short Cameo appearance at the weekend, but it is unlikely that he will be returned to the starting line -up for the Lille Clash.
Dortmund predicted the line-up against Lille (4-2-3-1): Kobel; Rerson, Can, Schlotterbeck, Bensebaini; Sabitzer, gross; Adeyemi, Reyna, Gitten; Guirassy.
Lille will almost certainly miss the most important participant Edon Zhegrova on Tuesday evening, with the Kosovo international being absent since December. He leans away when he returned, but admitted his wish to leave the club recently.
Samuel Umtiti is also missing due to a knee injury and Tiago Santos is out for the rest of the campaign after the crack of his ACL.
The star striker Jonathan David should be fresh for the trip to Dortmund after only using the bank during the defeat in Paris Saint-Germain. The Canada International still achieved 4-1 demolition.
Ex-Dortmund defender Thomas Meunier was able to start with the right-back against his former employers.
Lille predicted line-up against Dortmund (4-2-3-1): Chevalier; Meunier, Diakit, Ribeiro, Gudmundsson; Andre, Bouaddi; Mukau, Gomes, Haraldson; David.
Dortmund has renewed the confidence in consecutive Bundesliga victories and failures, while they end around the corner around the corner around the corner, and on Tuesday to build up an excellent opportunity for them to build dynamic campaign before the last two months.
They moved their attacking muscles with eight goals in their last two games, with Serhou Guirassy achieving five of them in a particularly devastating form.
Lille will be severely pushed to keep Dortmund’s quick and exuberant front line calm, although they have a generally strong defense record. You will imagine your chances of the torscoesheet, especially when David leads the line, but may have to accept a defeat in Signal Iduna Park.