Borussia D vs Sporting Prediction: Dortmund will please the fans at home

Prediction for the UEFA Champions League match which will take place on February 19. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Borussia D

Borussia continues to experience enormous problems on the domestic arena. A year earlier, Dortmund finished only in fifth place in the Bundesliga, which could hardly be considered a good result, but it was enough to qualify for the Champions League. Now the Bumblebees are performing even worse. In the last seven rounds, they have only one win, another draw and five losses, including last weekend's 0:2 loss to Bochum. They are now only 11th in the standings.

But in the Champions League, the Black-and-Yellows are undergoing a dramatic transformation. In the last edition of the tournament, they sensationally reached the final, where they lost to Real Madrid - 0:2. And now they have played a good overall stage. In eight rounds Dortmund allowed three defeats, failing to cope with Real - 2:5, Barcelona - 2:3, as well as with Bologna - 1:2. In the five remaining matches were only victories, which was enough for the tenth place in the composite standings, and therefore they went to the round of 32.

Yes, they failed to get directly into the round of 16, Germans got an extremely difficult opponent, but the task of getting to the next round, they have almost solved. Niko Kovac's men beat Lisbon 3:0 in Lisbon, so now they just need to avoid a major defeat at home, which looks like a very achievable task for Borussia.

Sporting

Sporting is the reigning champion of Portugal, and therefore this season the Lisboners are trying to defend the title. The debut of the current championship was impressive for them, as they did not lose a single point in 11 starting rounds. At the same time, they failed to maintain the set pace over the entire distance. The White-Green began to make mistakes, and in the last two games there were draws with Porto and Aroca - 1:1 and 2:2, respectively. That doesn't stop them from leading the standings, but their rivals are already close.

The Portuguese have also started very briskly in the overall Champions League stage. In the first four rounds, they only drew 1:1 with PSV and beat Lille 2:0, Sturm 2:0 and Man City 4:1. But in the next four matches they scored only one point in a 1:1 draw with Bologna, losing to Arsenal 1:5, Brugge 1:2, and Leipzig 1:2. All this led to the fact that Sporting rolled back to 23rd place in the standings, and now risks to fly out already in the round of 32 of the tournament.

It seemed that in the confrontation with Borussia the Portuguese would have a good chance for the final success, but in fact they failed in the first match. On their own field they held off Dortmund for an hour, but then began to make one goalkeeping mistake after another, which led to a major defeat - 0:3. Now the Green and White need to create a real football miracle to continue their performance in the Champions League.

H2H Meetings

Borussia Dortmund and Sporting have had five head-to-head meetings in their history. The Lisbon side have one win, while Dortmund have been stronger in four games, including a 3:0 win in the first leg of the round of 32 of the current Champions League.

Betting Stats

• Borussia have beaten Sporting in four of their last five head-to-head meetings.
• In four of the last five matches against Sporting, goals have been exchanged.
• In six of the last seven matches with Borussia the bookmaker's total over was reached.
• Borussia conceded at least two goals in seven of the last ten matches.
• Borussia scored at least two goals in eight of the last nine matches in the Champions League.

Expert Betting Tips

Borussia is an amazing team, which for the second season in a row unsuccessfully performs in the Bundesliga, but in the Champions League matches as if forgetting about the problems in the national championship. A year earlier, Dortmund reached the Champions League final, and now they are close to final success against Sporting. In Lisbon, the Germans defeated the opponent - 3:0, and now it is enough for them not to lose at home, but it is unlikely that Niko Kovac's wards will be satisfied with this. The Portuguese are forced to take risks and open up, while the Black-and-Yellows make great use of counterattacks, so it's a good bet that Borussia will win.

Total Over 2.5 for 1.65

W1 for 1.83

Total 1 Over 1.5 for 1.73