Borussia Dortmund will look to clinch a spot in the knockout rounds of the 2013-14 Champions League.
The German giants are tied with Napoli for second place with nine points and need a win to have any hopes of advancing. As it stands, Dortmund holds the tie breaker with Napoli for second place if the two sides were to finish with 12 points; Dortmund also holds the away goal advantage against Arsenal if the three sides were to wound up with 12 points after Wednesday's match. This would indicate that Dortmund could finish as high as first place in the group with a win over Marseille and a victory for Napoli over Arsenal.
However, the team will be facing a Marseille squad that has just had a coaching change and is likely to be looking for some consolation points.
"We will see as it is always difficult to play teams after a change of coach. Marseille have a few injured players and we will prepare for that. We know they are going to fight: they are bottom of the group but they are a quality team, not a typical bottom-of-group team," said Dortmund Coach Jurgen Klopp, according to UEFA.com. "We are very positive, though. We have a great opportunity to qualify from a tough group and we are here to do so. We can adapt our system but we will not be influenced by Marseille's formation. We know we will have to be very rigorous and not be too relaxed because Marseille are going to be tough opponents."
Prediction: Dortmund wins 2-0.
Start Time: 2:45 p.m. EST
- Contribute to this Story:
- Send us a tip
- Send us a photo or video
- Suggest a correction
