Lucien Favre’s side are hoping to mount an astonishing Champions League comeback after losing the first leg 3-0 to Spurs at Wembley
Borussia Dortmund will try to complete a comeback for the ages when they host Tottenham at Signal Iduna Park in the second leg of their Champions League last-16 encounter.
Goals from Son Heung-min, Jan Vertonghen and Fernando Llorente have the Premier League side 3-0 up and cruising towards the quarter-finals, with only seven percent of teams who have lost by that scoreline in an away first leg progressing since 1980-81.
Can BVB beat the odds and upset a Spurs outfit who are winless in their last three?
| Game | Borussia Dortmund vs Tottenham |
| Date | Tuesday, March 5 |
| Time | 8:00pm GMT / 3pm ET |
| Stream (US only) | fubo TV (7-day free trial) |
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| US TV channel | Online stream |
|---|---|
| Galavision | fubo TV (7-day free trial) |
In the United Kingdom (UK), the game can be watched live on BT Sport 2 and BT Sport 4K UHD. It can be streamed on BT Sport Live.
| UK TV channel | Online stream |
|---|---|
| BT Sport 2 / BT Sport 4K UHD | BT Sport Live |
| Position | Dortmund players |
|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | Burki, Reckert, Unbehaun, Hitz |
| Defenders | Zagadou, Diallo, Hakimi, Guerreiro, Balerdi, Schmelzer, Toprak, Akanji |
| Midfielders | Delaney, Gotze, Raschl, Gomez, Dahoud, Pulisic, Witsel, Larsen, Bockhorn, Weigl |
| Forwards | Sancho, Philipp, Wolf, Reus, Alcacer |
Dortmund make four changes to the side that were shocked 2-1 by Augsburg on Friday.
Paco Alcacer, Raphael Guerreiro, Marius Wolf and Julian Weigl all return to the starting XI. Weigl will be suspended for the next game if Dortmund progress.
Dan-Axel Zagadou, Achraf Hakimi, Thomas Delaney and Jacob Bruun Larsen all drop to the bench.
Possible Dortmund starting XI: Burki, Diallo, Sancho, Alcacer, Gotze, Reus, Guerreiro, Akanji, Wolf, Witsel, Weigl.
| Position | Tottenham players |
|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | Lloris, Vorm, Gazzaniga, Whiteman, Austin |
| Defenders | Rose, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Sanchez, Walker-Peters, Foyth, Aurier, Eyoma |
| Midfielders | Winks, Lamela, Dier, Wanyama, Sissoko, Eriksen, Amos, Marsh, Skipp, Bowden |
| Forwards | Llorente, Kane, Son, Lucas |
Tottenham make three changes to the side that drew with north London rivals Arsenal at Wembley on Saturday.
Serge Aurier comes in at right-back with Kieran Trippier ruled out through injury. Ben Davies and Harry Winks are also recalled with Victor Wanyama and Danny Rose dropping to the bench.
Toby Alderweireld, Erik Lamela and Heung-min Son are all a booking away from a ban.
Tottenham starting XI: Lloris, Aurier, Alderweireld, Sanchez, Vertonghen, Davies, Winks, Sissoko, Eriksen, Son, Kane.
Borussia Dortmund are 21/20 favourites with bet365 to win the game. Tottenham can be backed at 13/5, while the draw is priced at 14/5.
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Late goals from Jan Vertonghen and Fernando Llorente combined with a strike early in the second half from Son Heung-Min have given Tottenham a healthy 3-0 lead to protect in their Champions League last-16 tie with Borussia Dortmund.
Since then, however, Spurs have failed to back that victory up. Two defeats followed by a 1-1 draw against Arsenal in the Premier League on Saturday, in which they were only a saved penalty away from crashing to another loss, have seen them fall out of the title race.
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Mauricio Pochettino’s side are now in a battle simply to finish in the top four but the manager believes his side can go on and win the Champions League.
“I think many circumstances are involved where sometimes you can arrive to play a final and maybe are not the best team,” he said.
“The belief, of course, is that we can beat any team, but now I think we need to do a very good job, be professional, be aggressive and try to forget the first leg.
“In our ambition and our minds, we are always positive. We trust in ourselves and, of course, you can beat any team.”
Tottenham may be on the slide, but Dortmund are also struggling to find the type of form that carried them to the top of the Bundesliga at Christmas.
Indeed, their advantage has been whittled away entirely by Bayern Munich and they now only top the league on goal difference.
The latest setback arrived on Friday, when they lost 2-1 to Augsburg, despite absolutely dominating that match.
In spite of that blow, Marco Reus, who missed the first leg, is optimistic that his side can turn around a 3-0 deficit against the Premier League outfit.
“We have played many games in this stadium where we’ve written history and we are in a position to achieve the impossible,” he said.
“It is important to believe in ourselves and give a great performance. We need to find the right balance between defence and attack. We need to reach our peak and score the goals in the right moment. But we believe in ourselves.”
If Dortmund were to shock Spurs, it would go down as one of their greatest ever results, particularly with their lamentable recent form in mind.