Our prediction for this Champions League match:
Bologna
Match Time & Date:
21/01/2025
21:00
Prediction: 2-2
Borusssia Dortmund
Bologna will be aiming to build on a 3-1 win over Monza when they take on Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League round 7. The Rossoblu have been scoring goals for fun of late in the Serie A and they are likely to stick to their attacking style of play. There are no fresh injury worries in the home team ahead of Tuesday’s clash, but all Michel Aebischer, Nicolo Cambiaghi, and Oussama El Azzouzi remain in the treatment room.
The Yellow-Blacks, on the other hand, suffered a dip in form, with the team losing each of their last three league matches. As Borussia Dortmund have been involved in some high-scoring games at the start of 2025 as well, we believe that there is a big value in betting on over 2.5 goals. Ramy Bensebaini is banned for the match, while fellow defender Niklas Sule has yet to overcome his injury.
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 (Bologna):
Bologna FC 1909 is an Italian football club founded in 1909 and playing in the Serie A. The club hosts its games in the Stadio Renato Dall’Ara which holds a capacity of 40500 seats. The stadium is named after their former chairman. The club plays its home games in the Stadio Renato Dall’Ara since 1927.
The club colors of Bologna are blue and red and is one of the most successful football clubs in Italy winning the Serie A 7times and the Coppa Italia 2 times in the clubs history. Lately Bologna is not performing like their glory times anymore. The club is often relegated to the Serie B but manages to get back to the Serie A on and off. Another important person in the club is Joey Saputo, Canadian but with Italian roots, which is owner of Bologna.
Well known football players that wore the blue red colors of Bologna in their career are: Falcone, Dokovic, Nakata, Gillet, Pagliuca, Vieri and Zagorakis.
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