Dortmund vs Villarreal Prediction & Betting Tips (25 November)

Borussia Dortmund, finalist in the 2024 Champions League, reached the quarter-final stage of the edition last year and, despite a lower status than PSG, Bayern, Real Madrid, Barcelona or others, is still one of the teams against which we must clearly be wary. 14th in this league phase, BVB collected 7 points after 4 days thanks in particular to two successes in Copenhagen 2-4 and against Athletic Bilbao 4-1. A nice wake-up call for the Germans who started their competition with a draw on Juventus turf 4-4 . On the other hand, during the previous day, they were outclassed by Manchester City, a heavy 4-1 defeat. In the Bundesliga, the local team is part of the leading group and met Stuttgart at home last weekend with the result coming in order to continue a fourth day without a setback, including two victories obtained on the lawn of Augsburg 0-1 and Cologne 1-0. Villarreal returns to the Champions League this season but the sauce is not taking off and the machine has still not taken off.

There was a good draw at home against Juventus 2-2, but for the rest, there were three defeats. Still at home against Man City 0-2 and away to Tottenham 1-0 and Pafos in Cyprus 1-0. This Yellow Submarine team shows two faces since in the championship, it is at the top of the table and was trying to record a fourth victory in a row last weekend for the coming of Mallorca, result to come. Villarreal started this series against Valencia in the derby 0-2, continued at home against Rayo Vallecano 4-0 and on the field of Espanyol Barcelona before the international break 0-2. 

Not registered to participate in the competition, Patrick Drewes (replacement goalkeeper) and Ozcan will logically not play today. Absent due to injury against Manchester City, Julian Brandt has since returned to collective training sessions, as has Julien Duranville, playing during the break with the Belgian hopefuls while Niklas Süle is still on the sidelines. The offensive Guirassy (1 goal, 2 assists in C1) and Adeyemi (1 goal, 2 assists in C1) have chances of starting. Despite his midfield position, Nmecha has already found the fault 3 times in this Champions League and will be operational. Even further down the pitch, Algerian international full-back Bensebaini (2 goals in C1) will also be in the mix.

For Marcelino (coach), young striker Pau Cabanes is still injured like central defenders Kambwala and Logan Costa (ex-TFC). Absent from the break with Georgia due to injury, Georges Mikautadze (2 goals, 2 assists in La Liga) could miss the call, like Salomon (midfield, rotation). If his body allows it, Gérard Moreno (top scorer in the club's history) could well play this evening in Germany just like international Ayoze Perez, looking for rhythm following his long-term injury. The former Lille player Nicolas Pepe (2 goals, 1 assist in La Liga), the excellent Alberto Moleiro (4 goals, 2 assists in La Liga) and the Canadian internationals Buchanan and Oluwaseyi will be at the disposal of the former OM coach. 

• Summary: Borussia Dortmund U19 is going head to head with Villarreal U19 starting on 25 Nov 2025 at 15:00 UTC . The match is a part of the UEFA Youth League .