Barcelona vs Dortmund Prediction & Betting Tips (9 April)

Winner of the Champions League for the last time in 2015, Barcelona is back in the foreground this season. The arrival on the bench of Hansi Flick completely revived the Catalan training which today serves as a serious candidate in the title in C1. During the league phase, the Blaugranas convinced all the observers by winning, with the best attack on this mini-championship, 2nd place in the ranking. Directly qualified for the 8th finals, they managed to take over Benfica. Barça was tossed during the first leg played in Lisbon but was able to count on the prowess of his porter Szczesny and the efficiency of his Captain Raphinha to win a happy 0-1 victory. On the way back, the Flick band, however, largely dominated, which allowed it to calmly compost its ticket for the 3-1 quarters. In Liga, Barcelona is fully engaged in the battle for the title. Leaders in the ranking in front of Real Madrid, Lamine Yamal teammates carried out an excellent operation just before the international break. They won in the lair of Atletico Madrid 2-4, thus lining up a 7th victory in a row in the league and an 8th against Osasuna on the return from Truce 3-0 then a 9th, against Girona, in the process with further, a price in the 4-1 key. To the general surprise, Dortmund rose in the final of the Champions League, Madrid.

This season, Borussia posted great measures during the league phase but had to be satisfied with 10th place in the ranking with a small point behind the top 8. Forced to go through the dams, the teammates of Serhou Guirassy made the difference from the first leg played on the lawn of the Sporting 0-3 before managing their advantage at the return 0-0. In the 8th finals, they have difficulty ended from a Lille training which was far from demerit 3-2 after the round trip. The disputed penalty granted to Guirassy during the 2nd round certainly tipped the scale in this very tight double confrontation. On the national scene, Dortmund, however, does not meet expectations at all. The sawtooth results led to the dismissal of the Nuri Sahin coach at the end of January. Under the orders of Niko Kovac, Borussia is struggling to get up and today occupies a poor 10th place in the Bundesliga with 4 disbursement units on the last European Strapontins. Just before the international break, Dortmund bowed against Augsburg 0-1 and Leipzig 2-0. On the other hand, they then relaunched themselves by winning against a very beautiful Mainz team at home 3-1 and they will try to continue against Friborg next weekend . 

For this meeting, Barcelona obviously cannot count on goalkeeper No. 1 Ter Stegen as well as the others absent for a long time Christensen and Bernal, injured. In addition, the potentially holder Casado is also forced to declare forfeit (crossed ligaments). Beforehand before and during the truce, the central hinge holder made up of Cubarsi and Inigo Martinez will finally be able this evening. In the cages, takes place the experienced SZCZESNY who achieved prowess in the 8th finals when the midfield is not lacking in qualities with Jong and Pedri. Captain Raphinha (13 goals and 8 liga passes, 11 goals and 5 C1 passes) is on a cloud this season. It forms an explosive offensive trio with Yamal (6 goals and 11 liga passes, 3 goals and 3 passes in C1) and Lewandowski (25 Liga goals, 9 goals in C1).

The playmaker Dani Olmo was injured against Osasuna in the championship and his duration of unavailability would be 2 weeks and therefore, a return should take place this weekend and not today (uncertain). Of Dortmund, lack the call for the holders Nmecha and Sabitzer while Svensson has made his return to the group. To this is added the long -term injury of Filippo Mane while on the attack front, the essential Guirassy (14 goals in the Bundesliga, 10 goals and 4 passes in C1) did not participate in the victory of his family against Mainz. Mute against Lille in the 8th finals, the former Rennais was still decisive with a provoked penalty and an offering delivered to Beier (7 goals and 5 Bundesliga passes, 1 goal in C1). The offensive quartet could be supplemented by the playmaker Brandt (3 goals and 5 Bundesliga passes, 4 passes in C1) and the winger Adeyemi (3 goals and 4 Bundesliga passes, 5 goals in C1). To his advantage at the start of the season, the young Englishman Gittens (7 goals and 3 Bundesliga passes, 4 goals in C1) lost his place as a holder.

• Summary: Barcelona is going head to head with Borussia Dortmund starting on 9 Apr 2025 at 19:00 UTC at Olímpic Lluís Companys stadium, Barcelona city, Spain. The match is a part of the UEFA Champions League, Knockout Phase .
• Referee: Espen Eskas
• Barcelona Feedinco Rating: 7.09
• Dortmund Feedinco Rating: 7.06