After meeting in the Champions League group stage earlier in the season, Borussia Dortmund and PSG get re-acquainted on Wednesday in the first leg of their semi-final match-up.
The PSG team has been full of goals lately, and pre-game odds suggest that we should see an entertaining contest at the Westfalenstadion. Bookmaker BetOnline has the odds at 2.20 for over 3.5 goals and 4.00 for at least five goals.
※ Current Odds Date & Time: April 29th, 3:00 P.M. (EST)
PSG locked up another Ligue 1 title with a 3-3 draw against Le Havre at the weekend and boasts a five-game run of scoring multiple goals. The streak started in the Champions League quarter-finals against Barcelona. Luis Enrique’s side showed impressive spirit to battle back from a first-leg loss, and it should only boost the team’s belief that they can finally triumph in Europe’s premier football competition this season.
With Kylian Mbappe scoring only four times during the team’s recent prolific run, which includes 17 goals in total, PSG should also be confident of having success even when the team’s head honcho isn’t at his best. Mbappe is set to draw a lot of focus from the Dortmund defense, but Edin Terzic’s troops will also need to pay close attention to the rest of the forward line.
Terzic masterminded an impressive victory over Atletico Madrid in the Champions League quarter-finals, but Dortmund has had a difficult period lately. The team has won only two of its last six outings across all competitions. BVB also heads into European action following a very disappointing result. After grabbing a lead, the team was embarrassed by RB Leipzig in a 4-1 defeat at the weekend.
Dortmund has previously beaten PSG only once in six head-to-head clashes. Erling Haaland bagged a pair of goals for them in a 2-1 home victory in 2020. It was 1-1 at the Westfalenstadion between the sides this season during the group stage, and goals from Mbappe and Achraf Hakimi gave the Parisians a 2-0 win at the Parc des Princes.
The German side has a mediocre home record against French teams, having recorded nine wins and losses in the previous 24 encounters. PSG is unbeaten against Dortmund this season but hasn’t yet registered a single away win in the match-up. The team hasn’t seen much success from other trips to Germany either, losing seven of 14 games and winning only four.
