Sevilla will play hosts to Borussia Dortmund in the first leg of the Champions League last-16 round on Wednesday. The kick-off is at 21:00 CET.

Preview

The hosts have been in phenomenal form in the past few weeks as Julen Lopetegui's men come into this encounter on the back of nine-game winning streak across all competitions. What's more, they conceded only once during that run. Thus, Sevilla could realistically challenge Real Madrid and Barcelona for the second-place finish in the 2020/21 La Liga season as both Spanish top-flight giants have struggled with consistency this term while Atletico Madrid have all but won this year's title.

Dortmund, in turn, look to be a crisis team right now. BVB have endured a rather poor start to the season in the Bundesliga, something that cost Lucien Favre a job in the Westfalenstadion dugout in December. Borussia, however, haven't improved much under interim head coach Edin Terzic since then. In fact, Dortmund have won only one out of their last six league matches and will travel to Seville on the back of a two-game streak without a win.

Jesus Navas, Lucas Ocampos and Marcos Acuna will definetly miss Wednesday's clash for the hosts due to respective injuries.

BVB, meanwhile, will have to cope with the absence of Roman Burki, Lukasz Piszczek, Dan-Axel Zagadou, Thomas Meunier, Axel Witsel, Marcel Schmelzer and Thorgan Hazard.

Prediction

Considering Sevilla's current form, there should not be too many thoughts on the winner of the upcoming clash at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan. It would be a huge surprise if Dortmund manage to end the La Liga side's nine-game winning run on Wednesday, especially considering their poor displays lately.

Tip

Sevilla to win at 2.398 with 1XBET.