Dortmund – Chelsea

The home team cannot start the clash in the 1/8 finals with a win

Despite the fact that Borussia Dortmund and Chelsea are in the Champions League from season to season, also making the playoffs regularly, Wednesday will be the first meeting between the teams in the modern history. Both clubs are not having a very good season in the national championships, so the next game is the most important for Terzic's team, and for the London club the clash with Borussia could be regarded as crucial. Chelsea have spent an immense amount of money on transfers, but they are still just a mid-tier team in the Premier League table, which can only miraculously reach the Champions League zone. Bookmakers offered roughly equal odds on the opponents, with only a slight bias in favor of the Germans. Borussia have benefited greatly from their more than two-month break from the national competition. Since the resumption of the club season in Germany, the BVB have won all six official fixtures, allowing them to reach the quarterfinals of the national cup and climb to third place in the Bundesliga. Another thing is that of the serious clubs during this period, the only rivals of the Dortmund club were the unstable Bayer and Freiburg. In the Champions League group stage, Borussia took half of the possible points, beating the then "lame" Sevilla and modest Copenhagen. Chelsea, after their first loss in the Champions League group stage to Dinamo Zagreb, dismissed Thomas Tuchel and appointed Graham Potter as their head coach. Indeed, the Blues never lost again in the Champions League, finished top of the group. In the national championship, however, Potter not only failed to rectify the situation, but made it worse. The London club's star newcomers have yet to find a comfortable place on the pitch, resulting in a systematic loss of points. Another thing is that Chelsea are virtually unbeaten. In the last five rounds, the Blues have only lost to Fulham when they were down to ten men during the game. Most likely, in the upcoming match, the visitors will opt for a strictly defensive style, which three and a half weeks ago led to a 0-0 score in an away match against Liverpool. It's a safe bet that Chelsea will not lose.