Paris Saint-Germain needs a victory against already qualified Borussia Dortmund in their trip to Signal Iduna Park to stay in contention for Champions League knockouts. Here in this article check out the Dortmund vs PSG dream11 prediction, match preview, head to head, team news and predicted lineups for the Champions League 2023/24 match.
Dortmund vs PSG Match Details
Date: Wednesday, 13 December 2023 / Thursday, 14 December 2023
Time: 20:45 (CET) / 01:30 (IST)
Venue: Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund
Dortmund vs PSG Match Preview
Dortmund sealed their place in the Round of 16 with a 3-1 defeat of AC Milan in the last game, marking their third successive win in the group stages since losing 2-0 to PSG in the opener. Edin Terzic’s side faced the Ligue 1 giants again in the final group game with the top place up for grabs. A draw will be enough for the Bundesliga side who are three points better than the Parisians in the first place and the result might eliminate the latter if Newcastle beat Milan at home in their game, which will be a sweet revenge taken. Topping their group might allow them to face someone easier in the last 16 than the intense group stage they experienced making the win crucial. Although Dortmund has won only once in this meeting, their motivating factor will be that victory came at Signal Iduna Park three years ago. Dortmund are also unbeaten in the last seven Champions League games at home with five wins and five clean sheets including the last four matches.
Second-placed PSG will face a tussle of distorting that excellent record of the Black and Yellows as they have never managed to win at Signal Iduna Park, drawing the first-ever meet 1-1 in a Europa League tie played at the venue. Luis Enrique's men know they cannot afford to lose the final group game in Germany or have to pray for the other match drawing a stalemate or a Milan victory. The Ligue 1 holders will be in no mood to make last-minute scrapping as they did while facing Newcastle two weeks ago. Trailing by a goal at home and ensuing defeat, they were handed a lifeline by a controversial penalty given by VAR which was converted by star forward Kylian Mbappe in the eighth minute of stoppage time. The point rescued helped PSG to keep their fight for the final game. Having lost in their last away matches makes their chances of survival difficult although they have not lost four in a row ever.
Recent Form (all competitions)
DOR: LLDW
PSG: WWDWW
Recent Form (Champions League)
DOR: WWWDL
PSG: DLWLW
Dortmund vs PSG Team News
Youssoufa Moukoko (Hamstring), Sebastien Haller (Knee), Julien Duranville (Thigh), Felix Nmecha (Hip) and Julian Ryerson (Medial Collateral injury) are all out of contention for Dortmund while Emre Can is suspended for one match after accumulating too many yellow cards. However, his midfield colleague Marcel Sabitzer might return from a thigh injury to partner Salih Ozcan. Marius Wolf could also slot in the right-back having recovered from an ankle injury with his position alike Thomas Meunier not registered in the Champions League squad.
Nuno Mendes (hamstring), Presnel Kimpembe (Achilles), Fabian Ruiz (shoulder), Keylor Navas (back) and Sergio Rico (head trauma) will not be travelling with the PSG squad and winger Ousmane Dembele is also suspended. Zaire-Emery could feature in midfield after returning from an ankle sprain in the weekend win over Nantes in Ligue 1.
Dortmund vs PSG Predicted Lineups
DOR: Kobel; Wolf, Hummels, Schlotterbeck, Bensebaini; Sabitzer, Ozcan; Reus, Brandt, Bynoe-Gittens; Fullkrug
PSG: Donnarumma; Hakimi, Marquinhos, Skriniar, Hernandez; Zaire-Emery, Ugarte, Vitinha; Kang-In Lee, Kolo Muani, Mbappe
Dortmund vs PSG head-to-head
Played - 5
DOR won - 1
Drawn - 2
PSG won - 2
Dortmund vs PSG Dream11 Team Prediction
GK: Kobel (7.5)
DEF: Hakimi (9), Hummels (8), L Hernandez (8)
MID: Lee (7.5), Vitinha (9), Brandt (9), Reus (7.5)
FW: Mbappe (9), Fullkrug (8.5), Muani (7.5)
Vice-captain: Julian Brandt
Captain: Kylian Mbappe
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