Juventus vs Dortmund prediction: EUROPE: Champions League – League phase betting tips on match 2025-09-15 19:00.
[p]Juventus host Borussia Dortmund in their UEFA Champions League (UCL) opener in what is a re-run of the 1997 final.[/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Juventus are in the UCL for a second successive season, securing their berth for this term thanks to their fourth-place finish in Serie A last term. A repeat of their matchday one result of last season – a 3-1 win against PSV – certainly wouldn’t go amiss, but that was one of just two league phase victories they managed at home last season (L2), with one of those defeats coming against another German side in Stuttgart. They’ll be hoping for a better outcome against German opposition here, and they do at least arrive on a huge high after striking late to edge a seven-goal thriller against Inter Milan on Saturday (W 4-3). [/p]
[p]Borussia Dortmund also got off to a great start in last season’s UCL with a 3-0 away win at Club Brugge, but a mixed record in their away league phase matches last term (W2, L2) suggests they’re a bit of an unknown quantity here. A 2-0 win against ten-man Heidenheim at the weekend was the perfect warm up for this clash, with that victory extending their unbeaten start to the new season to four matches (W3, D1). Recent history would suggest that they could well extend that run here, as Dortmund have won three of their last four games on matchday one in the UCL group/league phase. [/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Juventus have won six of nine competitive H2H meetings with Borussia Dortmund (W6, D1, L2), including the two most recent matches in the last 16 of the 2014/15 UCL. It was the German side who prevailed in the UCL final in 1997.[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Five of Juventus’ last eight competitive matches produced at least five goals.[/p]
[p]Only one of Juventus’ four home league phase fixtures last season saw both teams score.[/p]
[p]Dortmund won the first half without conceding in each of their three league matches this term.[/p]
[p]Seven of Dortmund’s eight league phase UCL matches last term produced over 2.5 goals.[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Kenan Yıldız has scored eight of his last nine goals for Juventus before the break and he netted the opener in their first UCL match last term. Maximilian Beier has contributed to two goals across his last two club matches (G1, A1), with Dortmund winning eight of his ten career goalscoring matches for the club (D1, L1).[/p]
[p]Juventus will have to do without Arkadiusz Milik and Francisco Conceição, while Dortmund remain mired with injury concerns, including former Juventus midfielder Emre Can.[/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]Given Juventus’ recent high-scoring affairs, we suggest backing both teams to score and over total 2.5 goals.[/p]
[p][i]Author: Tomáš Vlasák[/i][/p]