Barcelona and Borussia Dortmund will again face off in the ongoing Champions League season, this time in the highly anticipated quarterfinal stage, with the first leg at Lluís Companys.
BAR vs DOR Match Details
Date: Wednesday, 9 April 2025/ Thursday, 10 April 2025
Time: 21:00 (CET), 00:30 (IST)
Venue: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Barcelona
BAR vs DOR Match Preview
Barcelona is firing at all fronts this season with their swaggy football under Hansi Flick, topping the La Liga and qualifying for the Copa del Rey final, who are also the favourites for the Champions League. After dominating the inaugural League Phase, coming second in the 36-team table, the Catalan giants fended off Benfica’s challenge 4-1 on aggregate last month to progress to the quarterfinal stage for the second season running. They are up against a familiar opponent, Borussia Dortmund, in the quarter-finals, whom they previously defeated 3-2 during the League Phase in Germany. Flick’s team will have the home advantage in the first leg of this tie and will be keen to take a decent lead for the away leg. Barcelona will be confident about their chances after carrying an unbeaten home form in this competition this season despite getting eliminated at this stage last season and not reaching the Champions League semifinal since the 2018-19 season. The La Liga giants have not lost any fixture against the Black and Yellows, hoping to maintain their record in front of the home support.
Borussia Dortmund making it to the quarterfinal stage of the Champions League has to be considered another remarkable run for them in the competition after stunning everyone by reaching the final last season. Back then, they struggled domestically and are going through a rough phase this time too, sitting eighth on the Bundesliga table five points away from the top four. Far worse, Die Borussen are also four points behind a European spot with only six games to go, leaving them with the possibility of missing continental football next season. With Niko Kovac at the helm, the team will hope for another miraculous outing in the competition with a daunting away trip to free-scoring Barcelona. The Black and Yellows finished 10th on the League Phase table, beat Sporting CP in the knockout playoffs and required a second-half comeback in the Round of 16 second leg at France to win 3-2 against Lille on aggregate.
BAR vs DOR Recent Form (all competitions)
BAR: WWWWD
DOR
BAR vs DOR Recent Form (Champions League)
BAR: WWDWW
DOR: WWDDW
BAR vs DOR Predicted Lineups
Barcelona
Szczesny; Kounde, Cubarsi, Martinez, Balde; De Jong, Pedri; Yamal, Torres, Raphinha; Lewandowski
Dortmund
Kobel; Ryerson, Anton, Bensebaini, Svensson; Can, Ozcan, Brandt; Adeyemi, Guirassy, Beier
BAR vs DOR head-to-head
Played - 3
BAR won - 2
Drawn - 1
DOR won - 0
BAR vs DOR Dream11 Match Prediction
Only an out-of-the-hat performance from Borussia Dortmund could earn a victory over Barcelona in the opposition’s backyard where they have been lethal throughout the season. Therefore, the host will produce another show this week, taking a significant advantage to the second leg. We predict a 3-1 victory for the Catalan outfit.
BAR vs DOR Dream11 Top picks
Captain Pick: Raphinha
Vice-captain Picks: Lamine Yamal, Robert Lewandowski
BAR vs DOR Dream11 Team Suggestion
GK: Kobel (Cr - 7, Pts - 124)
DEF: Kounde (Cr - 8.5, Pts - 272), Can (Cr - 7.5, Pts - 172), Martinez (Cr - 8, Pts - 240), Balde (Cr - 7.5, Pts - 196)
MID: Yamal (Cr - 9, Pts - 461), Herrera (Cr - 8.5, Pts - 360), Pedri (Cr - 8, Pts - 299), Adeyemi (Cr - 8)
FW: Guirassy (Cr - 9, Pts - 198), Lewandowski (Cr - 9, Pts - 443), Raphinha (Cr - 9, Pts - 776)
Vice-captain: Robert Lewandowski
Captain: Lamine Yamal
