Borussia Dortmund vs Manchester City Match Analysis and Prediction

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Manchester City will be looking to seal top spot in Group G of the Champions League when they make the trip to face Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, the hosts need two more points to guarantee qualification to the knockout stages, although a draw here would be enough to do so should Sevilla defeat Copenhagen in the other match of the group.

Dortmund head into the contest against the English champions full of confidence having beaten Stuttgart 5-0 in the Bundesliga on Saturday.

currently five points ahead of Sevilla and Copenhagen in second place in Group G ahead of their task agains Manchester City, Dortmund have done the hard part in terms of ensuriing they reach the knockout rounds of the competition for the fourth time in five seasons.

However, another defeat to Manchester City could potentially make their game against Copenhagen next week a nervy one depending on how their two rivals in the section fare against each other this week, meaning Dortmund will be doing everything in their power to wrap things up with one game to spare.

Manchester City also know that their will top their Champions League group for the sixth successive season by avoiding defeat in Dortmund on Tuesday.

Having already defeated them at the Etihad Stadium through Erling Braut Haaland’s late goal against his former side last month, Dortmund would not be able to leapfrog their opponents should they fail to defeat them on Tuesday.

The Citizens cut the gap to Arsenal at the top of the Premier League standings to just one point after defeating Brighton & Hove Albion 3-1 on Saturday, with Haaland bagging himself yet another brace to extend his domestic tally to 17 goals in 11 games, before Kevin De Bruyne sealed all three points. However, Arsenal later opened the gap to two points on Sunday.

Borussia Dortmund vs Manchester City head to head

These two teams have prevously met on eight occasions across all competitions, where Dortmund have claimed three vistories while City have won four, and they have drawn once. City have scored nine goals and conceded 10 in the process. City won 2-1 at home in their last Champions League meeting.

Borussia Dortmund 1-1(P) Manchester City 28/07/16

Manchester City 0-1 Borussia Dortmund 21/07/18

Manchester City 2-1 Borussia Dortmund 06/04/21

Borussia Dortmund 1-2 Manchester City 14/04/21

Manchester City 2-1 Borussia Dortmund 14/09/22

Borussia Dortmund latest home form

Borussia Dortmund have recently been on a good run of form at home, having been unbeaten in their six most recent matches. They managed to defeat Stuttgart 5-0 in their last home game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored 12 goals and conceded just three.

Borussia Dortmund 3-0 FC Copenhagen 06/09/22

Borussia Dortmund 1-0 Schalke 04 17/09/22

Borussia Dortmund 2-2 Bayern Munich 08/10/22

Borussia Dortmund 1-1 Sevilla 11/10/22

Borussia Dortmund 5-0 Stuttgart 22/10/22

Borussia Dortmund latest away form

Borussia Dortmund have recently failed to keep a good run of form on the road, having won just two of their six most recent matches. They defeated Hannover 96 2-0 in their last away game in the DFB Pokal. In their last five matches, they have scored nine goals and conceded eight.

Manchester City 2-1 Borussia Dortmund 14/09/22

FC Cologne 3-2 Borussia Dortmund 01/10/22

Sevilla 1-4 Borussia Dortmund 05/10/22

Union Berlin 2-0 Borussia Dortmund 16/10/22

Hannover 96 0-2 Borussia Dortmund 19/10/22

Manchester City latest home form

Manchester City have recently been on a good run of form at home, having been unbeaten in their 14 most recent matches. They defeated Brighton & Hove Albion 3-1 in their last home game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored 20 goals and conceded just five.

Manchester City 2-1 Borussia Dortmund 14/09/22

Manchester City 6-3 Manchester United 01/10/22

Manchester City 5-0 FC Copenhagen 05/10/22

Manchester City 4-0 Southampton 08/10/22

Manchester City 3-1 Brighton & Hove Albion 22/10/22

Manchester City latest away form

Manchester City were beaten 1-0 by Liverpool in their last away game in the league. However, they have recently been on a good run of form on the road, having been unbeaten in their previous seven games. In their last five matches, they have scored eight goals and conceded two.

Aston Villa 1-1 Manchester City 03/09/22

Sevilla 0-4 Manchester City 06/09/22

Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-3 Manchester City 17/09/22

FC Copemhagen 0-0 Manchester City 11/10/22

Liverpool 1-0 Manchester City 16/10/22

Borussia Dortmund news

Borussia Dortmund were forced to substitute Nico Schlotterbeck during the second half against Stuttgart due to a calf injury, with the defender unlikely to recover in time for this game.

Sebastien Haller, Mahmoud Dahoud, Mateu Morey, Jamie Bynou-Gittens and Thomas Meunier are all ruled out due to their respective injuries.

Manchester City news

Manchester City will make the trip without Sergio Gomez due to suspension after he was sent off against Copenhagen in his side’s last European game.

Kalvin Phillips and Kyle Walker remain sidelined through injury as they race to return to full fitness, but John Stones returned to the matchday squad at the weekend.

Prediction and Odds

This has all the makings of a closely-fought encounter between sides who are seeking to avoid defeat, but we believe Manchester City will edge Dortmund to a tight victory.

Erling Haaland is likely to be a man possessed in front of his former fans, and that could make all the difference on Tuesday.

Odds: 1 3.10 X 2.05 2 1.98