Bologna vs Dortmund Prediction & Betting Tips (21 January)

It was to be expected, with the departure of Thiago Motta, Zirkzee and Calafiori, this Bologna team has literally changed from one season to another and is not at Champions League level. Not the slightest victory after six days and 2 small points scraped against Benfica 0-0, and Shakhtar 0-0, the European adventure will end at the end of the final day since mathematically speaking, the Rossoblu can no longer return to 24th place. They now have one prestigious victory to achieve in order not to end up brown in this edition. In the championship, the locals can maintain hope of playing in the Champions next year but will have to be particularly perceptive in the coming weeks of competition. Before its defeat against Hellas Verona just after Christmas 2-3 at 10 against 11, Bologna had started a nice little series of six games without defeat in all competitions including 2 successes in Serie A against Fiorentina 1-0, and on the Torino meadow 0-2. 2025 will have started with two big oppositions in the league against AS Roma and Inter then with the reception of Monza last weekend to follow.

Borussia Dortmund is clearly in the game for the race for the top 8 being at the foot of this mountain with 1 small point behind Lille. The Germans had no luck in the draw, falling against the two Iberian big names: Real Madrid, defeated 5-2 in a Hollywood scenario at the Bernabéu, and Barça, defeated 2-3 in a sensational match at the Signal Iduna. Park. In the Bundesliga, it is more complicated for Guirassy's partners who are far from being engaged in the discussion of the title race with no less than 11 points behind leader Bayern Munich, after 15 days. The BVB will have played three times in the league in 2025 before this meeting, against Leverkusen, on the field of promoted Holstein Kiel, and last weekend, in a new shock against Frankfurt to follow.

At Bologna, the long-term injured Aebischer, Cambiaghi, and El Azzouni will probably miss this meeting. Absent during the trip to La Luz against Benfica, Lykogiannis (7 appearances in SA), the full-back Juan Miranda (ex-FC Barcelona), and the important Orsolini (6 goals in SA) will this time be help to develop under the orders of Vincenzo Italiano (coach). Colombian international Lucumi scored Bologna's only goal in this Champions League. Which is very worrying given his role (defender). However in the championship, in addition to Orsolini and his 6 goals, Castro (4 goals, 4 assists), and Dan Ndoye (3 goals, 2 pancakes) are showing their advantage.

The defenders Süle, and Mane will probably be absent for this trip in Italy (injured). On the other hand, absent against Barça, Anton, Beier (3 goals, 2 assists in the league), and playmaker Julian Brandt returned to competition and are applying for a starting place this evening. We will now see if the Austrian international Sabitzer (20 goals in 87 seasons) will recover from his injury, the same for the Norwegian full-back Ryerson (crucial). Co-top scorer in the Champions League with 6 goals, Guirassy (also 6 goals in BL) will be on the trip, the same goes for Adeyemi (2 goals, 3 assists in the league), Malen (3 pawns in BL), or even the crack Gittens (5 goals, 3 offerings) who could clearly get his ticket to the Three Lions in March with the new coach, Thomas Tuchel.