Dortmund vs Inter Prediction & Betting Tips (28 January)

Borussia Dortmund had launched their Champions League campaign rather well this season. After holding Juventus to a draw at the end of a crazy match 4-4, the German club was able to string together great victories against Bilbao 4-1 and Copenhagen 2-4 before losing against City 4-1. Back on top against Villarreal 4-0, the Borussen were then hooked by Bodo/Glimt 2-2 and beaten at Tottenham 2-0 last week. After this setback, Niko Kovac's men fell to 16th place in the ranking, 2 units from the top 8 which therefore seems quite inaccessible now. On the national scene, BVB occupies 2nd place in the Bundesliga after winning 2 valuable victories against Werder 3-0 and Sankt Pauli 3-2. On Saturday, he will aim for the 3 pass against Union Berlin.

Opposite, Inter were finalists last season before losing heavily to PSG 5-0. Under the orders of Christian Chivu now, the Italians find themselves in the soft underbelly of this Champions League, in 14th position in the ranking, with a small point ahead of their opponent of the day. The Nerrazzuri in fact achieved 4 successes during the first 4 days against Ajax 0-2, Slavia Prague 3-0, Union Saint-Gilloise 0-4 and Kairat Almaty 2-1 before stalling and posting 3 defeats in a row against Atlético Madrid 2-1, Liverpool 0-1 and finally Arsenal 1-3 last week. In Serie A, on the other hand, Marcus Thuram's band is excelling at the moment. She will also be aiming for a 9th success in 10 matches on Friday evening against Pisa.

Already absent last week, the midfielder potentially holder Sabitzer and the promising Anselmino are still absent. Swedish full-back Svensson is suspended after being sent off on the last day while midfielder offensive Gross was transferred to Brighton. Finally, the little used Ozcan was not included on the list of players authorized to play in this Champions League. Not always a starter in the Bundesliga lately, striker Guirassy (6 goals in the Bundesliga, 3 goals and 2 assists in C1) was much preferred to Fabio Silva (4 passes in the Bundesliga) last week against Tottenham, without success. The formidable Brandt (5 goals and 2 assists in the Bundesliga, 3 goals in C1) and Adeyemi (5 goals and 2 assists in the Bundesliga, 2 goals and 2 assists in C1) are also candidates to start.

On the interist side, the important full-back Right Dumfries and midfield Calhanoglu will not be on the trip to Signal Iduna Park. To this we add that the replacements Di Gennaro (goalkeeper) and Palacios (defender) are also on the floor currently. The attack line should once again be made up of the very good Lautaro Martinez (11 goals and 4 assists in SA, 4 goals in C1) and Marcus Thuram (6 goals and 2 assists in SA, 2 goals in C1). The Italian internationals Bastoni, Barella and Dimarco are also key pieces of this team while in the right lane, the former Marseillais Luis Henrique established himself in the absence of Dumfries.