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Topics: Sevilla, Borussia Dortmund
Alfie Culshaw
Borussia Dortmund travel to the South of Spain to face a struggling Sevilla side in the Champions League.
Dortmund come into this game off the back of an entertaining 3-2 defeat to Cologne at the weekend, a result that saw Edin Terzic’s side drop to 4th in the Bundesliga, two points behind leaders Union Berlin.
BVB have begun their Champions League campaign similarly to their domestic campaign, with mixed results.
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The German side lost last time out at the Etihad, as their former striker Erling Haaland scored a dramatic late winner to defeat his former club.
However, they overcame Copenhagen in matchday one with an outstanding performance, with goals from Marco Reus, Raphael Guerreiro and Jude Bellingham, meaning that they still find themselves within a strong position in Group G going into matchday three.
The same cannot be said for their opponents tonight, who have suffered a disastrous start to the season, sitting 17th in La Liga and bottom of Group G.
City thrashed Sevilla 4-0 in early September, before the Spanish outfit were held to a stalemate by Copenhagen last time out in this competition.
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Julen Lopetegui’s side were beaten convincingly by Atletico Madrid at the weekend and have accumulated just five points from their opening seven games in the league this season.
Here’s everything you need to know about Sevilla vs Borussia Dortmund.
Sevilla vs Borussia Dortmund will be available to watch on BT Sport 7HD for UK viewers and can be streamed on the BT Sport app.
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Fans will also be able to find highlights of the game on the BT Sport YouTube channel.
Dortmund’s encounter with Sevila kicks off at 8pm (BST) at the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium in Seville.
Sevilla are set to be without Tecatito, Karim Rekik and Jesus Corona due to injury.
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Oliver Torres was not included in Lopetegui’s Champions League squad so will miss out, while Manchester United loanee Alex Telles is expected to come into the side.
Terzic has a whole host of absentees to contend with, with Marius Wolf, Mats Hummels, Giovanni Reyna, Marco Reus, Gregor Kobel, Jamie Bynoe-Gittens, Mateu Morey, Mahmoud Dahoud, Nico Schulz and Sebastian Haller all not expected to travel to Spain.
Although a few of the aforementioned names could potentially be deemed ready for this game, Terzic will not be keen to take any risks with Der Klassiker coming up this Saturday.
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