Borussia Dortmund v Barcelona: Prediction and Tips

Borussia Dortmund and Barcelona have both made excellent starts to their UEFA Champions League campaigns this season but the Spanish giants could have the upper hand when they clash in what should be an entertaining game in Germany on Wednesday.

Both teams have won four of their first five matches in the competition and they are the two highest-scoring teams with Dortmund having netted 16 goals already while Barca are top of the goal charts with 18.

Barcelona's only defeat to date came in their opening fixture against Monaco, while Dortmund's sole loss was inflicted by another La Liga side when they went down 5-2 in a wild game against Real Madrid.

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Borussia Dortmund v Barcelona Prediction

Key Prediction Stats & Insights

Supercomputer Prediction

Borussia Dortmund v Barcelona Betting Tips

Predicted Starting Line-ups

Borussia Dortmund v Barcelona Prediction

Prediction	BetSie Supercomputer %	Odds	Odds %
Barcelona	43.9%	1/1	50%
Barcelona to win 3-1	N/A	12/1	7.69%

Key Prediction Stats & Insights

• Barcelona have won four consecutive UEFA Champions League matches

• Barca are the top scorers in the competition with 18 goals

• Dortmund's only UEFA Champions League defeat came against Spanish opposition

Supercomputer Prediction

Borussia Dortmund	31.6%
Draw	24.5%
Barcelona	43.9%

The BetSie Supercomputer gives Barcelona a 43.9% chance of beating Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday night, though the odds of 1/1 suggest they've got a 50% chance of winning.

The Supercomputer gives Dortmund a 31.6% chance of winning, slightly higher than the odds of 23/10 suggest (30.3%).

Borussia Dortmund v Barcelona Betting Tips

Tip	Current Odds
Barcelona to win	1/1
Over 3.5 goals	1/1
Raphinha anytime goalscorer	7/4

Barcelona to win - 1/1

Barcelona made a stuttering start to the new-look UEFA Champions League format, losing their first match of the league phase 2-1 in Monaco, but they have not put a foot wrong since.

They will fancy their chances of making it five successive victories having secured comfortable wins over Young Boys (5-0), Bayern Munich (4-1), Red Star Belgrade (5-2) and Brest (3-0) in their subsequent European matches.

The 27-time La Liga champions are two points ahead of Real Madrid in the table but have played one game more and they have been successful in seven of their 11 away fixtures in the league.

After winning all five of their matches in October, including the UEFA Champions League win against Bayern, they have suffered a couple of recent setbacks with losses to Real Sociedad and Las Palmas, while a 90th-minute equaliser by Real Betis on Saturday prevented them from going into this contest on the back of two successive wins.

Barca have shown up well in all of their recent European games, though, and the victory over Bayern bodes well for a match against Dortmund, who are only sixth in the Bundesliga standings.

Dortmund drew 1-1 at home to Bayern recently and followed that with another point on the road at Borussia Monchengladbach.

They are strong at home but made hard work of a 1-0 victory over Sturm Graz in their last match at the Westfalenstadion in this competition. 

The ankle injury sustained by centre-back Niklas Sule against Monchengladbach leaves them short of available senior defenders and that could be costly against Barcelona's attacking talent.

Over 3.5 goals - 1/1

These teams have both found goalscoring easy in Europe's top club competition and the offences should be on top when they meet in Germany on Wednesday.

Three of Barcelona's four wins in this competition have come in games producing four or more goals, while Dortmund have had a 7-1 win over Celtic and a 5-2 defeat to Real Madrid, so plenty of entertainment is likely.

Dortmund have failed to score in only two games this season, while Barca have been shut out just once, and the home team's defensive injuries could lead to this match featuring at least four goals. 

Raphinha anytime goalscorer - 7/4

Barcelona forward Raphinha was taken off after only an hour of the 2-2 draw with Real Betis to keep him fresh for this match and that was only the third time in his last 10 appearances for the Spanish club in which he has not found the net.

The Brazilian has scored 10 goals in those games, including a hat-trick in the UEFA Champions League win against Bayern and two goals in last week's 5-1 win in Mallorca.

Having also scored against Young Boys and Crvena Zvezda in this competition, he looks a likely candidate to be on the scoresheet again in Germany. 

Predicted Starting Line-ups

Borussia Dortmund

Formation: 4-3-3
Team: Kobel; Ryerson, Can, Schlotterbeck, Bensebaini; Sabitzer, Nmecha, Gross; Malen, Guirassy, Gittens.

Barcelona

Formation: 4-2-3-1
Team: Inaki Pena; Kounde, Cubarsi, Martinez, Balde; Pedri, De Jong; Yamal, Olmo, Raphinha; Lewandowski.

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