Barcelona host final 12 months’s Champions League runners-up Borussia Dortmund within the first leg of their quarter-final tie on Wednesday night.
Sitting fairly on the high of La Liga with the Copa del Rey remaining to come back on the finish of April, La Blaugrana are nonetheless on the right track for the treble this season. Their best challenges will are available Europe, nonetheless, beginning with Dortmund throughout two legs and persevering with with both Bayern Munich or Inter ought to they attain the final eight.
Barca can be desperate to have an combination buffer forward of the second leg on the raucous Sign Iduna Park subsequent week and can be robust favourites to safe that cushion in opposition to the inconsistent Germans.
Dortmund have improved since Niko Kovac changed Nuri Sahin within the dugout however performances and outcomes have nonetheless been unpredictable. Bundesliga defeats to Bochum and Augsburg over the previous six weeks have epitomised their struggles throughout the season, with the Champions League having confirmed refreshing respite amid a irritating home marketing campaign.
Right here is 90min’s information to the conflict.
Barcelona vs Borussia Dortmund head-to-head file (final 5 video games)
Present kind (all competitions)
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Barcelona |
Borussia Dortmund |
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Barcelona 1-1 Actual Betis – 05/04/25 |
Freiburg 1-4 Dortmund – 05/04/25 |
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Atletico Madrid 0-1 Barcelona – 02/04/25 |
Dortmund 3-1 Mainz – 30/03/25 |
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Barcelona 4-1 Girona – 30/03/25 |
RB Leipzig 2-0 Dortmund – 15/03/25 |
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Barcelona 3-0 Osasuna – 27/03/25 |
Lille 1-2 Dortmund – 12/03/25 |
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Atletico Madrid 2-4 Barcelona – 16/03/25 |
Dortmund 0-1 Augsburg – 08/03/25 |
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Nation |
TV channel/reside stream |
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United Kingdom |
TNT Sports activities 2, discovery+, discovery+ App |
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United States |
Paramount+, TUDN.com, Univision NOW, TUDN App, ViX, TUDN USA, Univision |
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Canada |
DAZN Canada |
Barca welcomed Andreas Christensen again into the matchday squad for the primary time since late January through the weekend draw with Actual Betis, however Hansi Flick remains to be with out long-term absentees Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Marc Bernal and Marc Casado.
Dani Olmo is a major absentee within the remaining third having suffered a muscle harm on the finish of March and can be changed by Gavi within the beginning lineup, the teenager scoring in opposition to Betis on the weekend.
Ferran Torres would be the solely participant to drop out of the facet that have been held in La Liga on Saturday evening, with Raphinha changing him on the left-hand facet.
Barcelona predicted lineup vs Dortmund (4-2-3-1): Szczesny; Kounde, Araujo, Cubarsi, Balde; Pedri, De Jong; Yamal, Gavi, Raphinha; Lewandowski.
Nico Schlotterbeck has just lately added his identify to the Dortmund harm checklist after it was confirmed he would miss the rest of the season with a knee harm. Fellow defenders Niklas Sule and Ramy Bensebaini are each doubts for Wednesday, too.
Kovac additionally has conundrums in midfield with Pascal Gross suspended and Marcel Sabitzer within the therapy room. Daniel Svensson featured within the engine room on the weekend, whereas Salih Ozcan and Felix Nmecha are different candidates.
Teenager Cole Campbell is Dortmund’s solely harm concern within the remaining third.
Dortmund predicted lineup vs Barcelona (4-2-3-1): Kobel; Ryerson, Anton, Can, Svensson; Nmecha, Ozcan; Adeyemi, Brandt, Beier; Guirassy.
Barca got here out victorious in an end-to-end thriller between the perimeters through the league part in December and can count on to succeed midweek, too. The Catalans will wish to boast no less than a two-goal benefit forward of the second leg.
Dortmund have defensive accidents and have been suspect on the again all season, one thing Barca are prone to exploit on Wednesday. Their attacking muscle ought to fireplace them to a cushty victory, though their guests will pose loads of risk on the break.
