Name of the game: Champions League

Venue: Signal Iduna Park

Time: 2025/02/20 01:45

Teams: Dortmund VS Sporting Lisbon

Win or lose prediction: Draw 37%

Score prediction: 2-2

Number of goals prediction: 4 goals

Personal analysis: Dortmund's state this season can only be said to be average. The team's offensive positional warfare is not good. One of the key reasons is the lack of ball holding points in the frontcourt. Brandt's ability to pass the ball and grasp the timing as a front midfielder is not bad, but his ability to hold the ball is obviously weak when facing double-teaming and confrontation. The proportion of his lost balls in this season's games is very high. The speed and confrontation ability of the three forwards, Giraci, Gittens, and Adeyemi are not bad, especially the two wingers Gittens and Adeyemi have good ability to break through with the ball. Gross in the midfield has the ability to outflank the goal, while Sabitzer is more inclined to organize the offense in positional warfare. The function and role of the team's frontcourt are still sufficient. The team's defense is relatively weak, and the two full-backs' ability to participate in the offense is relatively average. The central defenders Zhan and Schlottbeck are qualified in front of the goal, but their ability to handle the ball is average. Sporting Lisbon's offense is not balanced from left to right. Most of the effective attacks are launched from the left. The combination of full-backs Rice + Simos and Araujo and Dzekeres is not bad. Both Dzekeres and Araujo are outstanding in their personal ability to break through with the ball, but the team lacks stable shooters in the frontcourt. At present, with many injuries in the team, except for Dzekeres and Trincao who have strong finishing ability, the rest of the players are average in their ability to grab points and get rid of shots. When defending, the team pays more attention to interception and double-teaming in the midfield area. The speed and ability of the side players in the back line are somewhat behind. In addition, the central defenders are slightly poor in confrontation and grabbing points, which makes them suffer when facing teams with strong attacking ability in front of the goal.

Although Dortmund is in average form this season, it is still much stronger than Sporting Lisbon in terms of strength. In particular, the injuries of Gonçalves, Bragança and Catamo have a great impact on the offensive operation of the team. Judging from the starting lineup in the first round, the team intends to give up this year's Champions League. In this game, Dortmund's home game handicap of 0.5 goals is obviously too low, especially in the first round when Dortmund won easily. With three goals in hand, Dortmund is likely to rotate the lineup in this round, so Sporting Lisbon + 0.5 wins is recommended for this game, and the score is expected to be 1-1 or 2-2.