Dortmund procura vitórias consecutivas na UCL em Zagreb.

[introduction]

The UEFA Champions League fixture, Dinamo Zagreb vs. Borussia Dortmund, kicks off at 20:00 [GMT] on Wednesday. Referee Clément Turpin [FRA] will have Willy Delajod [FRA] as the VAR for this fixture.

[home]

Dinamo Zagreb will take on Dortmund in Wednesday’s encounter, hoping to bring a seven-game losing run against German opposition on European soil to an end. The Croatian outfit are coming off the back of a goalless draw against Rijeka in the domestic league, where they remain in 3rd place, despite picking up only one win in the last five games [DLWDD]. Their form in the UEFA Champions League, however, has taken a turn for the better, having beaten Slovan Bratislava 4-1 on UCL MD 4 to pick up back-to-back UCL victories [LDWW]. Although that is just as many wins as they have picked up in their previous 25 games combined [2W, 4D, 19L]. Zagreb could now win three games on European turf for the first time in club history. However, the home side, who are in 16th place with seven points [2W, 1D, 1L], are winless in their last six home games against German outfits. They have also lost five of those [0W, 1D, 5L], a record they would be keen to end on Wednesday. A 4—3—3 with Sandro Kulenovic at the centre of the attacking trio may be seen from Nenad Bjelica on Wednesday.

[away]

Dortmund were back in Bundesliga action at the weekend with a 4-0 win over nine-man Freiburg on home soil. The Black & Yellow will be looking to replicate their domestic form at the weekend when they make the trip to Zagreb, hoping to pick up back-to-back UCL victories after a 1-0 win over Sturm Graz on UCL Match Day 4. It was Dortmund’s third win in the competition [WWLW], one that lifted them into 7th place with 9 points [3W, 0D, 1L]. Wednesday’s clash will be the first meeting between both sides and also the first time Borussia Dortmund will face a Croatian side in any European competition. Nevertheless, Dortmund will be keen to extend their fine record on European soil. Since the start of last season, only 15-time UCL winners, Real Madrid [11], have won more UEFA Champions League matches than Borussia Dortmund [10]. Nuri Şahin is expected to deploy a 4—1—4—1 formation, featuring Maximilian Beier, who was on target at the weekend in attack. Karim Adeyemi and Niklas Süle are both ruled out of this midweek clash, while Guirassy, who missed the weekend win over Freiburg with an infection, is in doubt.