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UEFA Champions League - Dinamo Zagreb VS Borussia Dortmund Prediciton
UEFA Champions League - Dinamo Zagreb VS Borussia Dortmund
Match Time:28-11-2024 04:00 Thursday (GMT+8)
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Dinamo Zagreb
The hosts will be without Petar Sucuc, Juan Cordoba, and Bruno Petkovic ahead of this clash with Dortmund. Josip Misic, who was forced off in their league clash at the weekend against Rijeka, is further doubtful, and there are chances he won’t feature on Wednesday.
Hence, manager Nenad Bjelca may have to choose his midfield trio from a group of Arijan Ademi, Maxime Bernauer, Martin Baturina, and Lukas Kacavenda ahead of this clash with Dortmund.
Danijel Zagorac will start between the sticks. In their backline, Kevin Theophile-Catherine and Raul Torrente are set for central roles, while Stefan Ristovski and Takuya Ogiwara will assume the full-back roles on Wednesday.
Dinamo Zagreb possible starting lineup:
Zagorac; Ristovski, Theophile-Catherine, Torrente, Ogiwara; Kacavenda, Bernauer, Baturina; Spikic, Kulenovic, Pjaca
Borussia Dortmund
As for the visitors, Nuri Sahin will come into this clash with Dinamo Zagreb without key attacker Karim Adeyemi, who continues to make progress from a hamstring injury. On the positive side, star striker Serhou Guirassy is expected to make an appearance in some capacity, although he is not likely to start the game.
Maximilian Beier is expected to lead the line for Borussia Dortmund against Dinamo Zagreb. In contrast, Donyell Malen and Jamie Bynoe-Gittens are expected to feature in the wide areas, and Julian Brandt will assume the No.10 role.
There are further injury issues. as midfielder Kjell Watjen and defender Niklas Sule are also about to miss out with injury. Waldemar Anton and Nico Schlotterbeck will likely begin in the central defensive roles, while Pascal Gross and Emre Can will feature in the central midfield berths.
Borussia Dortmund possible starting lineup:
Kobel; Ryerson, Anton, Schlotterbeck, Bensebaini; Nmecha, Can; Malen, Brandt, Bynoe-Gittens; Beier
Dinamo Zagreb vs Borussia Dortmund Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
Borussia Dortmund have never played an official match against Dinamo Zagreb in the UEFA Champions League and will need to be at their best against a new opponent this week.
Dinamo Zagreb have lost each of their last seven matches against opponents from Germany in major European competitions and have conceded a total of 25 goals in these games, with their previous such encounter resulting in a 9-2 defeat at the hands of Bayern Munich.
Borussia Dortmund are set to face a team from Croatia in a major European competition for the first time in their history.
Dinamo Zagreb have won their last two matches in the UEFA Champions League - as many victories as they had achieved in the 25 such games preceding this run
Prediction: Dinamo Zagreb 2-2 Borussia Dortmund
Dortmund are in better form of late and will go into their clash confident after their 4-0 win last time out. However, it is difficult to ignore the visitors' poor record on the road, and it would be surprising if they managed to achieve victory against Dinamo Zagreb.
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