Fluminense vs Dortmund prediction: WORLD: FIFA Club World Cup betting tips on match 2025-06-16 16:00.
[p]Fluminense, one of the biggest names in Brazilian football, are embarking upon their second successive Club World Cup (CWC), and their quest to replicate 2023’s run to the final starts against CWC debutants Borussia Dortmund.[/p]
[p]Match Facts and Current Form[/p]
[p]As first-time winners of the Copa Libertadores in 2023, Fluminense qualified for the first edition of the reformed CWC and enter the tournament on a six-game unbeaten run (W5, D1), subsequently sitting a close-up sixth in their domestic league. While replicating 2023’s run to the final will be much more complicated due to the tournament expanding, they have solid CWC experience in the ranks, with manager Renato Portalupp leading Grêmio to the 2017 final, while defender Thiago Silva won this competition in 2022 with Chelsea.[/p]
[p]Two months before the season’s end, Dortmund looked near certainties to miss out on European football altogether in the Bundesliga, but an eight-match unbeaten run to end the season (W7, D1) secured an unlikely Champions League berth. They’ll be looking to carry that momentum forward into their CWC debut, and they do at least have some historical experience on the world stage, winning the 2017 Intercontinental Cup, when they ironically beat Brazilian side Cruzeiro 2-0 in the final. [/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]These sides have never previously met in competitive action.[/p]
[p]Fluminense were beaten 4-0 by European opposition in the form of Manchester City in the 2023 CWC final, while Dortmund’s 2-0 win over Cruzeiro in the 1997 Intercontinental Cup final is their only-ever meeting with Brazilian opposition. [/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Fluminense have scored 2+ goals in six of their last seven competitive games.[/p]
[p]Fluminense’s last four games saw at least one first-half goal. [/p]
[p]Dortmund have scored an average of 3.3 goals per game across their last six games.[/p]
[p]Nine of Dortmund’s last ten competitive games saw at least four total match goals.[/p]
[p]Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Thiago Silva has lost both of his prior personal H2Hs against Dortmund while playing for PSG and Chelsea. He’ll be trying to marshal Serhou Guirassy here, who finished as the joint-top scorer in last season’s Champions League with 13 goals – he’s opened the scoring on three of his last four scoring appearances.[/p]
[p]Fluminense’s top-scorer Germán Cano (seven competitive goals this year) will miss this game due to a knee injury. Dortmund spent big to recruit Jobe Bellingham before the tournament, but he is unlikely to play here, while Nico Schlotterbeck remains sidelined with a knee injury.[/p]
[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]Dortmund are favourites to open their campaign with three points here, but they do have trouble keeping clean sheets. The German side are in-form, but with Fluminense scoring in nine of their last ten games, a Dortmund win and both teams to score could be a shrewd bet.[/p]
[p][i]Author: Daniel vom Bruch[/i][/p]
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