Borussia Dortmund vs Shakhtar Donetsk: Preview, Prediction and Lineups

Borussia Dortmund vs Shakhtar Donetsk

March 5, 2013 7:45 PM UTC
Signal-Iduna-Park — Dortmund

Borussia Dortmund’s only hope for this season’s silverware is Champions league as they are already out from all other tournaments title race and they will be hosting Ukrainian side Shakhtar who played major role in kicking UCL title defenders Chelsea.

The first leg match between these two teams ended as 2-2 in Ukraine and Dortmund now have advantage with two crucial away goals. Dortmund don’t have any other titles to fight for this season as they were knocked by Bayern recently in DFB Pokal’s quarter final and are 17 points behind the league leader Bayern in Bundesliga.

The injury of Matt Hummels could be subject of worry for manager Jurgen Kloop but return of rested players( Mario Gotze and Lukasz Piszczek) in last match will surely boost the team.

The only change in Shakhtar’s side might be returning of defender Olexander Kucher.

Probable Lineups

Borussia Dortmund: Weidenfeller; Piszczek, Subotic, Santana, Schmelzer; Gundogan, Bender; Blaszczykowski, Gotze, Reus; Lewandowksi

Formation: 4-2-3-1

Shakhtar Donetsk: Pyatov; Srna, Chygrynskiy, Rakitskiy, Rat; Hubschman, Fernandinho; Teixeira, Mkhitaryan, Taison; Luiz Adriano

Formation: 4-2-3-1

Prediction

Looking at the player available, Form of the team, Form of players and Home advantage we predict score to be

Borussia Dortmund 3-1 Shakhtar Donetsk