Actual Madrid vs Borussia Dortmund: Preview, predictions and lineups


There is a repeat of the 2024 Champions League ultimate to take pleasure in on Tuesday evening as 15-time European champions Actual Madrid welcome Borussia Dortmund to the Spanish capital.

Dortmund have been made to rue a profligate first half at Wembley in June as Madrid scored twice within the second half to safe one more European crown. They seemingly solely bought richer over the summer time with Kylian Mbappe’s arrival, however Carlo Ancelotti’s facet are but to kick into gear this time period.

Madrid misplaced in Mbappe’s absence on Matchday 2 of the league section in Lille and at present path Hansi Flick’s Barcelona on the prime of La Liga. They did, nevertheless, safe an necessary victory on the highway at Celta Vigo on Saturday with Mbappe and Ballon d’Or favorite Vinicius Junior each on the scoresheet.

The person who led Dortmund to the showpiece occasion at Wembley final season, Edin Terzic, has been usurped by former assistant Nuri Sahin within the BVB dugout. Sahin has endured a combined begin to his tenure, however they’ve opened their Champions League account with a pair of wins in opposition to inferior opposition, together with a 7-1 beatdown of Celtic on Matchday 2.

BVB at present sit seventh within the Bundesliga having squeezed previous the newly promoted St. Pauli at house on Friday evening.

This is 90min’s information to Tuesday’s 2024 Champions League ultimate rematch.

Actual Madrid vs Borussia Dortmund H2H File (Final 5 Video games)

Present type (all competitions)

Actual Madrid

Borussia Dortmund

Celta Vigo 1-2 Actual Madrid – 19/10/24

Borussia Dortmund 2-1 St. Pauli – 18/10/24

Actual Madrid 2-0 Villarreal – 05/10/24

Union Berlin 2-1 Borussia Dortmund – 05/10/24

Lille 1-0 Actual Madrid – 02/10/24

Borussia Dortmund 7-1 Celtic – 01/10/24

Actual Madrid 3-2 Alaves – 29/09/24

Borussia Dortmund 4-2 Bochum – 27/09/24

Actual Madrid 4-1 Espanyol – 21/09/24

Stuttgart 4-2 Borussia Dortmund – 22/09/24

Nation

TV channel/stay stream

United Kingdom

discovery+, discovery+ App, TNT Sports activities 2

United States

Paramount+, fuboTV, TUDN.com, Univision NOW, TUDN App, TUDN USA, UniMás

Canada

DAZN

(From L to R) Eduardo Camavinga, Rodrygo Goes, Ferland Mendy...

Rodygo (C) ought to return to the Madrid XI on Tuesday / SOPA Pictures/GettyImages

Dani Carvajal – scorer in opposition to Dortmund at Wembley – suffered a season-ending anterior cruciate ligament tear earlier than the October break, so Lucas Vazquez will proceed down Madrid’s proper flank.

David Alaba continues to nurse his long-term knee harm, with the Austrian’s restoration taking far longer than anticipated. Nonetheless, Ancelotti not too long ago reveals he believes the defender will likely be totally match quickly.

Brahim Diaz ought to be again in competition having missed Saturday’s win in Vigo, however the dynamic Morocco worldwide is unlikely to begin Tuesday’s sport. Rodrygo and Ferland Mendy ought to return to Ancelotti’s XI.

Actual Madrid predicted lineup vs Borussia Dortmund (4-3-3): Courtois; Vazquez, Rudiger, Militao, Mendy; Tchouameni, Valverde, Bellingham; Rodrygo, Mbappe, Vinicius.

UEFA Champions League 2024/25 League Phase MD2Borussia Dortmund v Celtic FC

Karim Adeyemi is absent attributable to a hamstring harm / ANP/GettyImages

The guests enter this conflict with an array of harm issues.

Matchday 2 hat-trick hero Karim Adeyemi is at present nursing a hamstring pressure and might be out of motion till after the November worldwide break. Giovanni Reyna, Yan Couto and teen Julien Duranville are additionally poised for returns subsequent month.

Niklas Sule missed Friday’s win over St. Pauli attributable to sickness however might be okay to characteristic on Tuesday, whereas Pascal Gross picked up a knock throughout Dortmund’s current victory and is a doubt for the journey to Madrid.

Borussia Dortmund predicted lineup vs Actual Madrid (4-2-3-1): Kobel; Ryerson, Anton, Schlotterbeck, Bensebaini; Can, Sabitzer; Malen, Brandt, Gittens; Guirassy.

Madrid secured an necessary win in opposition to the surprisingly spectacular Celta on Saturday, with Ancelotti providing a tactical wrinkle by deploying Aurelien Tchouameni in a hybrid function on the coronary heart of his defence. It ought to be extra acquainted viewing on Tuesday in opposition to a free-scoring Dortmund workforce that struggles to defend the transition.

This is perhaps a kind of video games the place Madrid absorb stress and purpose to harm their opponents on the counter-attack. Their attacking power is devastating and there isn’t any approach Dortmund’s porous defensive construction will maintain up on the Bernabeu.

Anticipate targets in a house win.

Prediction: Actual Madrid 4-2 Borussia Dortmund

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