Chelsea vs Borussia Dortmund – Champions League: TV channel, staff information, lineups & prediction

Chelsea will look to string collectively two consecutive victories for the primary time since early October after they welcome Borussia Dortmund to Stamford Bridge for the second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie.

Graham Potter’s Blues have been stable within the first leg however have been caught out by an electrical counter from Karim Adeyemi, who earned Dortmund a 1-0 victory to take into this second leg.

Chelsea fell to 2 extra defeats earlier than the weekend’s victory over Leeds restored some much-needed confidence, and they’re going to hope to construct on that momentum with an enormous victory right here.

Here’s all you’ll want to learn about this one.

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Chelsea staff information

Reece James is predicted to return after lacking the Leeds sport with a minor harm, however there will probably be no signal of Mason Mount. The midfielder is coping with an belly harm however is serving a one-game suspension anyway.

Thiago Silva, Edouard Mendy and Armando Broja are confirmed absentees, whereas Cesar Azpilicueta can be dealing with a battle to return to the squad.

N’Golo Kante and Christian Pulisic might return to the bench however each Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Benoit Badiashile, Noni Madueke and David Datro Fofana are all out of the Champions League squad and should watch from the sidelines.

Chelsea predicted lineup (3-4-2-1): Kepa; Chalobah, Koulibaly, Fofana; James, Kovacic, Fernandez, Chilwell; Sterling, Havertz, Felix

Borussia Dortmund staff information

Adeyemi, who scored the one aim of the primary leg, will miss out by means of harm, whereas goalkeeper Gregor Kobel can be dealing with a late health take a look at as he battles a thigh harm.

Youssoufa Moukoko, Mateu Morey, Abdoulaye Kamara, Donyell Malen and Julien Duranville are all unavailable as properly, as is backup right-back Julian Ryerson, who’s suspended.

Borussia Dortmund predicted lineup (4-3-3): Meyer; Wolf, Sule, Schlotterbeck, Guerreiro ; Can, Ozcan, Bellingham; Brandt, Haller, Reus

Chelsea have been a lot improved towards Leeds however nonetheless flashed loads of frailties at each ends of the pitch, and that is one thing Dortmund will probably be assured of exploiting.

The German aspect are on a ten-game unbeaten run throughout all competitions and, regardless of having to climate a little bit of a storm within the first leg, Dortmund will consider they’ve what it takes to maintain Chelsea’s stuttering assault at bay.

Dortmund might play a little bit extra defensive to guard their lead, which might result in a quiet affair from which Edin Terzic’s aspect ought to emerge on prime.

Prediction: Chelsea 0-1 Borussia Dortmund

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On this version of Son of Chelsea, a part of the 90min podcast community, Daniel Childs discusses Chelsea’s much-needed victory over Leeds and what it might imply for Graham Potter.

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