We present the announcement of the match of the third round of the Champions League between Borussia and Atletico..
Wednesday, October 24, 22:00. Dortmund, Signal Iduna Park. The referee is Anthony Taylor (England) Borussia Dortmund and Atletico de Madrid take the first two places in Group A standings, having two wins in two matches each. At the same time, both teams experienced difficulties in the first round - Borussia managed to snatch victory over Brugge only in the very end, while Atletico had to recoup in the match against Monaco..
The second round for both the one and the other team was much calmer. “Bumblebees” defeated Monaco at home, and Atletico beat Brugge with a huge gaming advantage.
Before the full-time confrontation teams have incredible statistics of performances this season.. Atletico lost just one match - on September 1st in Vigo Celta, and has since drawn three matches with five wins..
Borussia has never left the field this season, and last lost points more than a month ago (a draw with Hoffenheim), after which 6 wins were gained (1 in a friendly match). In the last round of the Bundesliga Dortmund guests were in Stuttgart and smashed the hosts with the score 4: 0.
Wards Simeone had an excellent opportunity to climb to the top of the standings, but in an away match with Villarreal failed to keep the winning score.
Lucien Favre in this match just can not count on defender Akanji, there are problems for Guerreiro, Schmelzer and Tolyan, as well as Marius Wolf. Diego Costa has a hamstring injury, and Savich is injured - they also can't play.
Indicative compositions:.
Borussia: Burki - Pischek, Diallo, Zagadu, Guerreiro - Witzel, Delaney - Sancho, Reuss, Larsen - Alcacer Atletico: Clouds - Juanfran, Godin, Hernandez, Lius - Correa, Rodrigo, Saul, Koke - Kalinich, Grizmann Neger:
In Question: Schmelzer, Guerreiro, Tolyan, Wolf - Costa, Savic Interesting Facts:.
- 22 years ago, teams in the group stage of the Champions League exchanged away victories.
- Borussia won 7 of 13 home games against Spanish teams.
- Atletico in Germany won 6 times, while losing 10.
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