Find predictions, team news and betting tips for the Champions League quarter-final second leg between Borussia Dortmund and Barcelona on Tuesday 15th April (8pm BST).
Tip 1
Ballon d’Or favourite Raphinha has contributed 28 goals and 22 assists within 46 appearances for Barcelona this season, with he and his team in pole position to scoop the treble.
Although it’s been seven games since the former Leeds winger scored in the league, he has been prolific on the biggest of European stages, netting four in his last three, 12 in the competition and finding himself on the scoresheet in 8/12.
His latest run includes the opener in last week’s 4-0 demolition of Dortmund, and with the Brazilian creating two and scoring one himself, he should be well supported to fire in another in Germany this week.
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Tip 2
Barca have been arguably the team to beat in this season’s premier club competition, finishing 2nd only to Liverpool during the inaugural league phase with 19 points and a group stage high of 28 goals scored.
Since entering the knockout stage, Hansi Flick’s side have won two of their three fixtures to nil, including last week’s battering of Borussia Dortmund in Spain.
Despite the scoreline suggesting that this tie is all but wrapped up, Dortmund won’t approach the match with that mentality, and they’re likely to come out all guns blazing at Signal Iduna Park. However, that isn’t necessarily the wisest idea against one of the deadliest attacks in world football right now, and as a result I can a strong Barca side managing the game expertly and wrapping up the job with another win and shutout.
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Although Saturday’s point was a commendable one away to the league leaders Bayern Munich, the Black and Yellow have lost their way on the domestic front, slipping all the way down to 8th in the Bundesliga.
BVB welcome back Pascal Gross from his first leg suspension, although Niko Kovac will still be unable to call upon Nico Schlotterbeck or Marcel Sabitzer, who are both ruled out with knee injuries.
Borussia Dortmund Predicted XI: Kobel; Ryerson, Can, Anton, Bensebaini; Gross, Nmecha; Gittens, Brandt, Adeyemi; Guirassy.
Barca hold a four point lead over Real Madrid at the top of the La Liga ladder currently, edging out Leganes in a 1-0 win on Saturday – a result which also pushed their exceptional goal difference up ever so slightly to +55 should that become a factor in this season’s title contest.
That victory did come with a casualty, however, as left back Alejandro Balde suffered a hamstring injury which is expected to keep him ruled out of action until the end of April. He joins Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Marc Casado, Marc Bernal and Dani Olmo on the sidelines for this second leg.
Barcelona Predicted XI: Szczesny; Kounde, Araujo, Cubarsi, Martin; Pedri, De Jong; Yamal, Lopez, Raphinha; Lewandowski.
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