Borussia Dortmund vs Arsenal - Competition: UEFA Champions League
Borussia Dortmund meet Arsenal once again in the CL group stages.
Last season they topped the group but only on goal differential after
they tied on points with Arsenal and Napoli. They welcome the Gunners to
Germany once again where they actually fell in defeat 1:0 back in 2013, so expect the Yellow Wall to be louder than ever as they seek revenge. However, brilliant tactician Jurgen Klopp will have to deal with a lengthy injury list once again, which was made even longer over the international break as Marco Reus will make another trip to the medical room. Mats Hummels and Ilkay Gundogan
will greet him there, but both are close to returning to action with
the latter already back in training. However, he has admitted himself
that he won’t be ready for Tuesday’s clash. But good news does come in
the form of Shinji Kagawa, who put an immediate stamp
on proceedings over the weekend with a goal against Freiburg in his
first action since returning to Germany, and the creative Japanese
midfielder will get the start here once again. The Yellow-Blacks did
lose their opening match of the Bundesliga season at home but have also won all 4 of their other competitive matches.
Arsenal team travel to Germany once again in their Champions League kickoff
hoping to replicate last year’s victory over the hosts. But they will
hardly come up against a similar team, as the Yellow-Blacks have seen
the departure of Robert Lewandowski and have an extensive injury list to
cope with. The Gunners will be confident of securing a victory,
although they have only won 3 of their 7 competitive matches so far. The
other results ended on level terms, as Arsene Wenger’s men remain unconquered this season. Last time out saw them pick a solid 2:2 draw against Premier League
champions Manchester City, though they’ll admittedly be kicking
themselves for blowing a late lead. Yet again their Achilles heel was a
set piece, as Demichelis scored from a corner kick after being left
inexcusably wide open. But the Citizens are a dangerous team, and
Borussia Dortmund have problems with so many injuries. Alexis Sanchez is in red-hot form and he appears to be the real deal with his tireless work rate. Also, Jack Wilshere
is slowly re-finding the form that had the critics raving for so many
years and he could cause the Black-Yellows some serious problems in the
center of the park. However, the hosts aren’t often conquered at home,
and this match will be a real battle.
Borussia Dortmund last 5 matches:
13/08/14 Borussia D 2 – 0 Bayern Munchen
16/08/14 Stuttgarter Kickers 1 – 4 Borussia D
23/08/14 Borussia D 0 – 2 Bayer Leverkusen
29/08/14 Augsburg 2 – 3 Borussia Dortmund
13/09/14 Borussia Dortmund 3 – 1 Freiburg
13/08/14 Borussia D 2 – 0 Bayern Munchen
16/08/14 Stuttgarter Kickers 1 – 4 Borussia D
23/08/14 Borussia D 0 – 2 Bayer Leverkusen
29/08/14 Augsburg 2 – 3 Borussia Dortmund
13/09/14 Borussia Dortmund 3 – 1 Freiburg
Arsenal last 5 matches:
19/08/14 Besiktas 0 – 0 Arsenal
23/08/14 Everton 2 – 2 Arsenal
27/08/14 Arsenal 1 – 0 Besiktas
31/08/14 Leicester City 1 – 1 Arsenal
13/09/14 Arsenal 2 – 2 Manchester City
Match date: 16 September 2014 - Kick Off Time: 19:45 BST
Venue: Signal-Iduna-Park, Dortmund
Venue: Signal-Iduna-Park, Dortmund
0 التعليقات:
Post a Comment