Sevilla vs Borussia Dortmund
UEFA Champions League
Date: Wednesday, 17 February 2021
Kick-Off at 20:00 UK/ 21:00 CET
Venue: Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan, Sevilla.
Sevilla will be aiming to extend their winning run to nine games when they host Borussia Dortmund at their Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan in the Champions League last 16, first leg.
⚽️ 𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗖𝗛𝗗𝗔𝗬 ⚽️
— Sevilla FC (@SevillaFC_ENG) February 17, 2021
A 𝗵𝘂𝗴𝗲 match today 🆚 @BlackYellow in the @ChampionsLeague
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Los Sevillanos look unstoppable at the moments, and it is no wonder bookie see them as slim favourites to win the first leg.
All En Nesyri, Kounde, and Fernando should be recalled to the starting XI after the trio was rested in the 1-0 win over Huesca.
Since both Ocampos and Navas miss the game with injuries, home win should not be considered.
Borussia Dortmund, on the other hand, did well to win Group F, with the German side leaving the likes of Lazio, Club Brugge, and Zenit behind them.
Edin Terzic’s troops, though have been anything but impressive in the Bundesliga this season, which is the main reason why share of spoils is on the cards.
Witsel, Zagadou, Burki, Piszczek, and Schmelzer remain sidelined with injuries, while Meunier is a major doubt.
#UCL excitement is in the air 🤩 pic.twitter.com/FKe03DQem0
— Borussia Dortmund (@BlackYellow) February 16, 2021
Sevilla vs Borussia Dortmund Head-to-head
Teams Sevilla Borussia Dortmund played so far 2 matches.
Sevilla won 1 direct matches. Borussia Dortmund won 0 matches. 1 matches ended in a draw. On average in direct matches both teams scored a 2.50 goals per Match.
Sevilla vs Borussia Dortmund Prediction
Sevilla in actual season average scored 1.57 goals per match. In 13 (65.00%) matches played at home was total goals (team and opponent) Over 1.5 goals. In 10 (50.00%) matches in season 2021 played at home was total goals (team and opponent) Over 2.5 goals.
Borussia Dortmund average scored 2.35 goals per match in season 2021. In 18 (94.74%) matches played away was total goals (team and opponent) Over 1.5 goals. In 14 (73.68%) matches played away team was total goals (team and opponent) Over 2.5 goals.
Team News:
Sevilla will be without Jesus Navas, Lucas Ocampos and Marcos Acuna on Wednesday due to injury.
Youssef En-Nesyri, who was linked with a move to West Ham United in the recent January transfer window, will compete with Luuk De Jong for a place in attack.
Dortmund, meanwhile, will travel to Seville without Roman Burki, Thomas Meunier, Lukasz Piszczek, Dan-Axel Zagadou, Axel Witsel, Thorgan Hazard and Marcel Schmelzer due to injury.
Marwin Hitz and Emre Can are likely to continue in goal and at right-back respectively in the absence of Burki and Meunier, with 17-year-old England midfielder Jude Bellingham likely to start in midfield.
Sevilla possible starting lineup:
Bono; Vidal, Kounde, Carlos, Escudero; Fernando, Jordan, Rakitic; Suso, Gomez; En-Nesyri
Borussia Dortmund possible starting lineup:
Hitz; Can, Akanji, Hummels, Guerreiro; Bellingham, Delaney; Sancho, Reus, Reyna; Haaland