Borussia Dortmund invites Besiktas to Signal Iduna Park (Dortmund) for their final group stage match in the 2021/22 Champions League. Kick off on 7th December 2021 at 23:00 EAT.
A win for the hosts might bring them level with Sporting, who will face Group C leaders Ajax on Tuesday. They have 6 points in the bag, one of those wins came against Sporting on the second match day, but that win by a single goal margin is trumped by the latest defeat by two goals in Lisbon. This means they cannot finish above the Portuguese club, the gap between the two sides currently stands at three points.
Borussia Dortmund prepares for this match following the 2-3 Bundesliga defeat in their last game to Bayern Munich. In that game, they had 47% possession, 12 shots with four of them on target and goals scored by Julian Brandt (5′) and Erling Haaland (48′). Bayern München fired 17 shots with six on target and goals by Robert Lewandowski (9′, 77′) and Kingsley Coman (44′).
Champions of Turkey for the 16th time last spring – their third title in six years – Besiktas currently sits in ninth place in the Super Lig standings with 18 points adrift of unbeaten leaders Trabzonspor. They have had a disastrous campaign and they lost all five games so far in the Champions League.
Beşiktaş shared spoils 1-1 in the Super Lig match with Kasimpasa in their previous game. In that match, they managed 55% possession, 14 shots with six of them on target and a goal scored by Can Bozdoğan (12′). On the other side, Kasimpasa got eight attempts at goal with four on target Umut Bozok (82′) scored for Kasimpasa.
Borussia Dortmund vs Besiktas had to head
The win on match day one of helped Dortmund to keep their 100%-win record against Besiktas.
Besiktas 1-2 Dortmund 15/09/21
Home
- Dortmund 2-3 B. Munich
- Wolfsburg 1-3 Dortmund
- Sporting Lisbon 3-1 Dortmund
- Dortmund 2-1 Stuttgart
- Leipzig 2-1 Dortmund
Away
- Kasimpasa 1-1 Besiktas
- Besiktas 0-4 Giresunspor
- Besiktas 1-2 Ajax
- Alanyaspor 2-0 Besiktas
- Besiktas 1-2 Trabzonspor
Borussia Dortmund team news
Mateu Morey, Marcel Schmelzer, Youssoufa Moukoko, Roman Bürki and Julian Brandt will not be available for this game following injuries. Emre Can is also unavailable serving suspension.
Besiktas team news
Sergen Yalçın will not be able to call upon the service of Mert Günok, Alex Teixeira and Gökhan Töre who are on the sidelines recuperating from injuries.
Prediction and odds
Dortmund is not absolute great form, but Besiktas haven’t won in any of their last six matches on the road. We predict a straight win for the hosts.
- Borussia Dortmund Win
- Goals over 2.5
- Both teams to score
