Barcelona – Dortmund

The Catalan club will be stronger than Borussia Dortmund in their first meeting

Barcelona will start the quarter-final stage of the tournament as the main favourites. In many ways, the Catalans are endowed with this status due to the simplicity of their upcoming opponents in the quarter-finals. If PSG and Real Madrid expect to be tested by uncomfortable English teams, the leader of the Examples got the current Bundesliga midfielder with a formidable name. Recall that Borussia Dortmund is the vice-champion of the Champions League, as they lost to Real Madrid in the final of last year's draw. However right now the Bumblebees are not a serious force capable of claiming a repeat of last year's success. Barcelona very convincingly passed the general stage of the Champions League. "Blue-granates" until the last round claimed the final first place of this round, but during the eighth game day could not finish Atalanta. Having received the right to play in the play-offs without participating in the knockout rounds, Barcelona very confidently dealt with Benfica in the 1/8 finals. The Catalans ended the first game in their favour in Lisbon, where they played in the minority from the middle of the first half. In the second meeting was extracted a simple victory at home walls - 3:1. Borussia Dortmund, despite the disastrous situation in the Bundesliga, performed well in the overall stage. For a long time, the "bumblebees" claimed a place in the top 8, but had to play "joints" with Sporting, which they beat with a total score of 3:0. In the 1/8 finals Borussia with difficulty overcame the resistance of Lille - 1:1 and 1:2. Bookmakers have identified the home team as favourites for the upcoming meeting, offering odds of 1.37 on their victory. Barcelona will take their quarter-final opponent in a good mood. Even despite the Catalans' first misfire in eight official matches (1-1 against Betis), the Blues have increased the distance from Real Madrid in the Primera to four points. With eight rounds to go to the end of the season, this may not seem significant, but mathematically it means Barcelona's possibility of a misfire. Borussia have won their last two Bundesliga fixtures and moved up to eighth position. This has allowed a glimmer of hope for a final spot in the Champions League zone. Despite the aforementioned successes in the championship, Borussia will not be able to compete with a formidable opponent at its stadium.