A 1-1 draw in Eindhoven means a fiercely contested second leg is in store between Borussia Dortmund and PSV Eindhoven in the Champions League last 16 on Wednesday night.
Dortmund must have felt hard done by given their efforts in the first leg. After the red-hot Donyell Malen gave the visitors a first-half lead, they were pegged back by a controversial penalty converted by Luuk de Jong.
A draw was probably a fair result on the balance of play and an enthralling return leg beckons given what’s at stake and the respective styles of these two sides.
Dortmund head into the contest having won back-to-back Bundesliga outings, while PSV have remained imperious in the Eredivisie. Peter Bosz’s side are unbeaten through 25 league games.
Here’s 90min’s preview of Wednesday night’s second leg in Dortmund.
Borussia Dortmund vs PSV Eindhoven H2H Record (All Games)
Current Form (all competitions)
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Borussia Dortmund |
PSV Eindhoven |
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Werder Bremen 1-2 Borussia Dortmund – 09/03/24 |
Go Ahead Eagles 0-1 PSV Eindhoven – 08/03/24 |
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Union Berlin 0-2 Borussia Dortmund – 02/03/24 |
PSV Eindhoven 2-2 Feyenoord – 03/03/24 |
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Borussia Dortmund 2-3 Hoffenheim – 25/02/24 |
PEC Zwolle 1-7 PSV Eindhoven – 24/02/24 |
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PSV 1-1 Borussia Dortmund – 20/02/24 |
PSV Eindhoven 1-1 Borussia Dortmund – 20/02/24 |
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Wolfsburg 1-1 Borussia Dortmund – 17/02/24 |
PSV Eindhoven 2-0 Heracles – 16/02/24 |
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Country |
TV channel/live stream |
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United Kingdom |
discovery+ App, TNT Sports 2, discovery+ |
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United States |
Univision NOW, TUDN App, TUDN.com, Univision, TUDN USA, Paramount+ |
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Canada |
DAZN |
Dortmund lineup vs PSV Eindhoven (4-2-3-1): Kobel; Sule, Can, Hummels, Maatsen; Ozcan, Sabitzer; Malen, Brandt, Sancho; Fullkrug.
PSV Eindhoven lineup vs Borussia Dortmund (4-3-3): Benitez; Teze, Schouten, Boscagli, Dest; Veerman, Til, Junior; Bakayoko, De Jong, Tillman.
While PSV have been stellar domestically this term, they needed to head into this fixture with a lead from the Philips Stadion.
Signal Iduna Park hasn’t exactly been a fortress for Dortmund this term, but the Yellow Wall will be bouncing on Wednesday night for what is the club’s biggest game of the season.
Their recent upsurge will inspire plenty of confidence from the hosts, although PSV should have plenty of joy against a rather pedestrian centre-back pairing. There should be goals at both ends with the hosts edging it.
Prediction: Borussia Dortmund 2-1 PSV Eindhoven
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