BVB v Athletic Bilbao: Predicted line-ups | OneFootball

In the first home game of this Champions League season, Borussia Dortmund is expecting Athletic Bilbao from the Basque Country today at 9 pm, who started with a 0:2 against FC Arsenal. BVB hardly has to cope with any more failures and will strive for the first victory in the CL in this home game in front of a sold-out house. This could happen with the following personnel.

Since the return of Nico Schlotterbeck and Niklas Süle to the team, the infirmary at BVB has cleared up a bit. However, the following players are still out:

Furthermore, Salih Özcan was not registered for this competition. However, Serhou Guirassy, who was recently out, is again available.

At Kicker, it is believed that coach Niko Kovac will opt for the following starting eleven at Signal Iduna Park, which again would not include the recently strong Julian Brandt.

Gregor Kobel – Waldemar Anton, Nico Schlotterbeck, Ramy Bensebaini – Yan Couto, Marcel Sabitzer, Felix Nmecha, Daniel Svensson – Karim Adeyemi, Maximilian Beier – Serhou Guirassy

However, Kovac could still opt for Brandt, as could Julian Ryerson, Pascal Groß and Jobe Bellingham from the start.

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BVB has many options: Brandt only on the bench?

Unai Egiluz and Benat Prados are both out with cruciate ligament tears. However, this has been the case for several months now, so their absence does not mean an acute weakening of the guests from Athletic Bilbao. Kicker sees them in this starting eleven, but does not provide any further information on what plans Bilbao coach Ernesto Valverde might pursue.

Unai Simon – Jesus Areso, Daniel Vivian, Aymeric Laporte, Yuri Berchiche – Ruiz de Galarreta, Mikel Jauregizar – Inaki Williams, Sancet, Unai Gomez – Gorka Guruzeta

At the bookmakers, BVB is quite a clear favorite to win. The odds for a bet on this are around 1.77. Bets on an away win by Athletic Bilbao are priced between 4.30 and 4.50.

In addition to the home advantage, BVB's good current form speaks for them, which they further expanded with the fourth consecutive clean sheet victory in the Bundesliga.

The two clubs have never met in competitive games so far. Thus, the spectators in the stadium and on TV today will see a real premiere in European club football. Other numbers and facts about the two teams are still worth reading and can be seen here.

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