Borussia Dortmund continued his adventure in the Champions League Tuesday evening when they welcome Lille in the first leg of their last 16 games.
Last season’s finalists finished just outside the top eight in the inaugural phase of the Champions League League, which led to a two -legged bar with a sports CP rather than automatic progress towards the 16 -year -old round. Fortunately for BVB, a change of manager helped to see them exceed the side of Lisbon in a comfortable fashion.
The arrival of Niko Kovac forced a recovery for Dortmund after fighting under Nuri Sahin, former Bayern Munich and Monaco supervised three victories and four clean leaves in his last five games.
Lille lost his coach during the summer while Paulo Fonseca left for Milan, but the replacement of Bruno Genesio has impressed since his shooting. The DOGUES are fifth in Ligue 1 – just five points from second place in Marseille – and won five of their eight battles in the league when they finished seventh, including impressive victories over Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid.
Here is 90 minutes Guide to an intriguing case.
Borussia Dortmund vs Lille Record Tête-à-tête (all time)
Current form (all competitions)
Borussia Dortmund | Lille |
|---|---|
St Pauli 0-2 Borussia Dortmund – 01/03/25 | PSG 4-1 Lille – 01/03/25 |
Borussia Dortmund 6-0 Union Berlin – 02/22/25 | Lille 2-1 Monaco – 02/22/25 |
Bochum 2-0 Borussia Dortmund – 15/02/25 | Rennes 0-2 Lille – 02/16/25 |
CP Sportif 0-3 Borussia Dortmund – 11/11/25 | Lille 1-2 Le Havre – 08/02/25 |
Borussia Dortmund 1-2 Stuttgart – 08/02/25 | Lille 1-1 (4-5p) Dunkirk-04/04/25 |
Country | TV channel / live flow |
|---|---|
United Kingdom | Discovery +, Discovery + App, TNT SPORTS 2 |
UNITED STATES | Paramount +, Fubotv, Vix, CBS Sports Network |
Canada | Dazn Canada |
Felix Nmecha in the only absent confirmed of Dortmund for Tuesday’s shock after the Kovac team seemed to go through the weekend victory in St Pauli unscathed. The German midfielder is currently sidelined with a knee problem.
Julian Ryerson missed 2-0 victory on Saturday with an illness, but could return to the right back against Lille. The loan of Manchester City, Yan Couto, operated in his place against St Pauli.
Julian Brandt returned to an injury during a brief cameo this weekend, but it is unlikely that it was rushed in the starting range for the Lille clash.
Dortmund chairs Lineup vs Lille (4-2-3-1): Kobel; Ryerson, CAN, Schlotterbeck, Bensebaini; Sabitzer, Gross; Adeyemi, Reyna, Gittens; Guirassy.
Lille will almost certainly be missing the key contributor Edon Zhegrova Tuesday evening, the international of Kosovo being absent since December. He approaches a return but admitted his desire to leave the club recently.
Samuel Umtiti is also missing due to a knee injury and Tiago Santos is absent for the rest of the campaign after having torn his LCA.
Star striker Jonathan David should be fresh for the trip to Dortmund after being used on the bench during the weekend defeat against Paris Saint-Germain. The Canadian international has always marked in demolition 4-1.
Former Dortmund defender Thomas Meunier could start in the right back against his former employers.
Lille predicts the VS Dortmund programming (4-2-3-1): Knight; Meunier, Diakite, Ribeiro, Gudmundsson; Andre, Bouaddi; Mukau, Gomes, Haraldsson; David.
Dortmund has renewed confidence after the victories and consecutive whitening from Bundesliga while they are starting to turn the corner under Kovac, with Tuesday an excellent opportunity for them to take a momentum before the last two months of the campaign.
They have faltered their attacking muscles with eight goals in their last two games, with Serhou Guirassy in a particularly devastating form having marked five of them.
Lille will be hard to keep the Dortmund fast and exuberant front line, even if they boast of a generally strong defensive record. They will imagine their chances of getting on the match sheet, in particular with David leading the line, but may have to accept the defeat at the Iduna Park signal.
