One of the standout ties from the latest set of Champions League fixtures will see Borussia Dortmund do battle with Barcelona at the Westfalenstadion on Wednesday night.
The two heavyweights head into matchday six occupying third and fourth place in the league phase standings respectively.
Borussia Dortmund already have one foot in the knockout round after winning four of their opening five continental contests of the campaign, the most recent of which saw them cruise to a 3-0 victory at Dinamo Zagreb.
Closer to home, Nuri Sahin's side find themselves down in sixth spot in the Bundesliga table following a 1-1 draw away at Borussia Monchengladbach on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Barcelona have also banked maximum points from four of their opening five Champions League games of the season, most notably dishing out a 4-1 drubbing to Bayern Munich.
However, Hansi Flick’s side have won just one of their last five matches in La Liga, with a 2-2 draw away at Real Betis their latest stumble on the domestic front last time out.
How the bookies view it: Barca to bag victory
Borussia Dortmund – who have lost just one of their last 13 Champions League home games – are 2/1 outsiders on Kiwff while a share of the Signal Iduna Park spoils has been priced up at 11/4 with the same firm.
Barcelona are 11/10 favourites on Kwiff to claim top honours on Wednesday night.
Head to head: History against the hosts
Somewhat surprisingly, these two big hitters have only twice previously crossed paths in the Champions League, which was during the now-defunct group stage back in season 2019/20. The pair played out a goalless draw at this venue before Barcelona claimed a 3-1 win in the reverse fixture at the Camp Nou.
Players to watch: Robert to mark return with a goal?
Former Borussia Dortmund striker Robert Lewandowski is 11/10 on Kwiff to mark his latest return to Signal Iduna Park by getting on the scoresheet on Wednesday night. No player has scored more goals than Lewandowski (7 ) in this season’s Champions League thus far.
Serhou Guirassy has struck four times across his five Champions League outings this season. The Borussia Dortmund forward is 13/8 on Kwiff for an anytime strike this midweek.
Predicted line-ups
Borussia Dortmund will once again be without injured duo Karim Adeyemi and Waldemar Anton. Julian Brandt has sat out BVB’s last two Bundesliga games with a muscular issue and he could miss out again this midweek.
Barcelona will be unable to call up on Andreas Christensen, Ansu Fati, Marc Bernal, Marc-Andre ter Stegen and Ronald Araujo, all of whom are injured.
Borussia Dortmund: Kobel; Ryerson, Can, Schlotterbeck, Bensebaini; Sabitzer, Nmecha, Gross; Malen, Guirassy, Bynoe-Gittens
Barcelona: Pena; Kounde, Cubarsi, Martinez, Martin; Casado, Pedri; Yamal, Olmo, Raphinha; Lewandowski
Anything else catch the eye?
Look to Ramy Bensebaini to commit two or more fouls during this heavyweight showdown on Wednesday night at 13/10 on UniBet.
The Borussia Dortmund left-back has given away a combined total of five fouls across his last two starts in this season’s Champions League.
Bensebaini is likely to come up against Barcelona’s boy wonder Lamine Yamal on Wednesday night – a player who has been fouled twice or more in two of his four outings in this season’s Champions League.
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