Lille vs Borussia Dortmund: UEFA Champions League match preview

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UEFA Champions League: Round of I6
Venue: Stade Pierre-Mauroy 
Time: 20:45

What you need to know

It is all to play for as Lille host Borussia Dortmund in the second leg of this UEFA Champions League (UCL) last 16 tie.

A 1-1 draw in Germany last week has given the Lille a chance of reaching a European quarter-final for the second time in their history

Lille have just two defeats from their last 16 home matches across all competitions means they should fancy their chances of progressing (W10, D4).

Borussia Dortmund have been eliminated in seven of the eight European ties where they drew at home in the first leg, most recently against Liverpool in the 2015-16 Europa League quarter-finals.

The Black and Yellows were on the wrong end of a 1-0 Bundesliga defeat to Augsburg which kept them in the bottom half of the table.

Form last six games

Lille – LWWLDW

Borussia Dortmund – LDWWDL

Possible starting line-ups

Lille: Chevalier; Meunier, Diakite, Ribeiro, Ismaily; Bouaddi, Andre, Mukau; Mbappe, David, Haraldsson

Borussia Dortmund: Kobel; Ryerson, Can, Schlotterbeck, Bensebaini; Sabitzer, Gross; Adeyemi, Brandt, Bynoe-Gittens; Guirassy

Players to watch

Lille: Jonathan David

Borussia Dortmund: Serhou Guirassy

Injury list

Lille: Edon Zhegrova, Tiago Santos, Samuel Umtiti

Borussia Dortmund: Carney Chukwuemeka, Felix Nmecha, Daniel Svensson.

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