Our prediction for this Champions League match:
Lille
Match Time & Date:
12/03/2025
18:45
Prediction: 2-1
Borussia Dortmund
A spot in the Champions League quarter-finals will be at stake when Lille and Borussia Dortmund lock horns at Stade Pierre-Mauroy on Wednesday evening. Les Dogues did well to hold Borussia to a 1-1 draw at Signal-Iduna-Park and yet another close encounter is on the cards in the return leg. The likes of Sahraoui, Santos, Umtiti, and Zhegrova remain in the recovery room, while midfielder Nabil Bentaleb is ineligible for the Champions League clash.
Jess Thorup’s men, on the other hand, aim to bounce back from a shocking 1-0 loss to Augsburg. As Lille have turned their Stade Pierre-Mauroy into a real fortress, beating star-studded Real Madrid earlier in the process, we predict that Serghou Guirassy and Co. are going to return to Germany empty-handed. There are no fresh injury worries in the away team, but midfielder Marcel Sabitzer should be recalled to the starting XI.
Highlighted Player (Julian Brandt):
Julian Brandt is one of the most promising wingers in Germany. He started playing football in his hometown, Bremen, at SC Borgfeld, moving to FC Oberneuland, after which he joined VLF Wolfsburg’s youth academy. With 27 goals in his 48 games during two seasons with the Wolves, Brandt recommended himself to Bayer 04 Leverkusen, signing a five-and-a-half-year contract in January 2014.
The 22-year-old winger prefers to play on the left flank, but he can also provide help on the right side, as well as an attacking midfielder. During the season 2015/2016, Julian Brandt netted goals in six consecutive games, becoming the youngest player since Gerd Muller to achieve this.
The good performances in the season made Joackim Low call the youngster in Germany’s preliminary 27-man squad for the Euro 2016 and he made his first appearance for the senior squad in May 2016, against Slovakia. He was a part of the Germany squad at the Summer Olympics, where Brandt and his teammates won the silver medal. In the summer of 2018, Julian Brandt made the World Cup team.
Highlighted Team (Lille):
Lille have been playing an important role in French football ever since they were founded in 1944. Les Dogues won their first domestic trophy in the 1945/1946 season.
Lille did well to win their second Ligue 1 title in 1954 and 57 years later they lifted their last domestic title. Les Douges finished the 2010/2011 season in top position in the standings, eight points clear of second-placed Olympique Marseille and it has to be noted that Lille attacker Moussa Sow won the Golden Boot (25 goals).
Lille are one of the two teams that managed to win three consecutive Coupe de France trophies (1946, 1947, 1948), but they have yet to clinch the Coupe de la Ligue title. Les Dogues faced PSG in the 2015/2016 Coupe de la Ligue trophy, but les Parisiens proved to be a big catch for Frederic Antonetti’s team in the title game.
Lille play their home matches at Stade Pierre-Mauroy and the capacity of the stadium is 50.186. The venue was opened in August, 2017 and the construction cost €282 million.
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