Borussia Dortmund meets Arsenal in the first match of the groups stage of Champions League on Tuesday, September 13th 2011 at 19:45 UK time
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Borussia Dortmund
Last year’s champion in the German Bundesliga Dortmund did not start the season very well losing 2 of the first 5 rounds and drawing one. This will be Borussia Dortmund’s first Champions League in nine years. Eleventh place so far for the team in Bundesliga, having gathered 7 points in 5 games. Dortmund has already met Arsenal at home in Champions League Season 2002-03, where the Germans won with 2:1. Latest game against Hertha on September 10th 2011, at home was a loss with 1:2. Seems like Dortmund’s priority for now will be good performance in Champions League. Good history in beating English teams in important matches, 2:1 against Liverpool in 1966, 5-2 aggregate against West Ham United in the same year, 1:0 against Manchester United in Champions League season 1996/97 where they won the final against Juventus.
Arsenal
Arsenal has done very poorly in Premier League so far, having sold Fabregas to Barcelona and Nasri to Manchester City. The team struggles with creativity and opportunities to score, but managed to eliminate Udinese from the Champions League play-offs, beating them both games 1:0 in London and 2:1 in Italy. A minimal victory against Swansea this weekend brought Arsenal their first 3 points in the league. Some fine new players were brought in the team, from which the names of a few stand out: Mikel Arteta, Peter Mertesacker.
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Prediction
Given that Borussia has beaten Arsenal in 2002 with 2:1, makes them a favorite in this game with odds of 2.05 (Intertops).
On top of that Arsenal shows very dissatisfying performance both in Champions League and Premier League, despite the recent victories on both campaigns. The team is priced at 3.50 (Intertops)
My prediction, Borussia Dortmund will not miss their chance to take advantage of their current performance advantage over Arsenal and win the match.
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