FC Copenhagen vs Dortmund prediction: EUROPE: Champions League – League phase betting tips on match 2025-10-20 19:00.
[p]Borussia Dortmund will be looking to extend their unbeaten start to this season’s UEFA Champions League (UCL) when they travel to Copenhagen on Tuesday. [/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Copenhagen are looking for their first win of this term’s UCL league phase after twice squandering a lead against Bayer Leverkusen (2-2) and then losing 2-0 to Qarabağ. That loss forms part of a three-match winless run for Jacob Neestrup’s men (D1, L2), who found themselves 3-0 down at half-time in a sobering domestic defeat to Silkeborg on Friday night. They now face the prospect of going four straight games without a victory for the first time since March, but can take heart from going unbeaten in their four European home matches this season (W3, D1), keeping three clean sheets therein.[/p]
[p]Dortmund are also looking to bounce back after a 2-1 defeat in Der Klassiker against Bayern Munich, a result which ended their nine-game unbeaten start to the campaign in all competitions (W6, D3). The UCL seems the ideal stage to put things right for the Black and Yellows considering that they’ve netted exactly four times in each of their opening two UCL matches (W1, D1), yet solidity at the back is another matter entirely, as Dortmund have gone six UCL matches without a clean sheet in a sequence that’s seen them concede 12 times in total. [/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Copenhagen have never beaten Dortmund across four prior H2Hs (D1, L3), only facing two sides more often without ever winning in major European competition.[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Six of Copenhagen’s last seven matches saw the deadlock broken inside 30 minutes.[/p]
[p]Five of Copenhagen’s last seven home games saw both teams score.[/p]
[p]Each of Dortmund’s last eight UCL away games produced over 2.5 goals.[/p]
[p]Five of Dortmund’s last six games against foreign opponents saw both teams score. [/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Viktor Claesson scored against Silkeborg on Friday, with that ending a seven-match unbeaten streak when netting for Copenhagen (W4, D3). Julian Brandt also scored in defeat last time out, with each of his last seven Dortmund goals coming in games that saw both teams on the scoresheet. [/p]
[p]Copenhagen have a significant number of absentees, including former Dortmund midfielder Thomas Delaney. Dortmund are missing Emre Can and Aaron Anselmino. [/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]Given the visitors’ suspect defence but expressive attack, betting on a Dortmund win with more than 2.5 total goals is worth a go.[/p]
[p][i]Author: Alex Bowmer[/i][/p]