Dortmund – Arsenal

Group F in Champions League will be decided in the last round for sure. Napoli, Arsenal and Dortmund all have 6 points and qualification will go down to the wire. Marseille seems to be out of the race with zero points.

Dortmund is playing some fantastic football right now and the loss of Gotze did not hurt Klopp`s side one bit. You can see Dortmund (2nd place in Bundesliga, 1 point behind Bayern) again reaching the latter stages of the UCL. The germans now have Mkhitaryan who did everything Gotze did, they also added Aubameyang who is scoring at will alongside Lewandowski. Dortmund won the last 4 games including a 2-1 win at Arsenal two weeks ago. In the last 3 games they beat strong sides like Arsenal, Schalke and Stuttgart and scored 11 goals and conceded 3. In the last game they defeated Stuttgart 6-1! Some great form for Borussia. The hosts have Kehl doubtful and Piszczek and Gundogan are out for this game with injuries.

Dortmund lineup: Weidenfeller – Grosskreutz, Hummels, Subotic, Schmelzer – Sahin, Bender – Blaszczykowski, Mkhitaryan, Reus – Lewandowski

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Ozil`s signing (but also the good chemistry and coaching of the team) made Arsenal a contender for big trophies this year. Arsenal leads the Premier League and just beat Liverpool 2-0 in the weekend. The London side is high on both morale and form. The attacking display of Arsenal is fantastic with Ozil, Wilshere, Ramsey, Cazorla and Giroud in top form. Arsenal only failed to score once in the last 8 months in all competitions, including friendlies (0-2 loss in the League Cup to Chelsea last week). Wilshere and Gibbs are doubtful for Arsenal today. Diaby, Flamini, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Podolski, Walcott and Sanogo are long term injuries and will be unavailable again.

Arsenal lineup: Szczesny – Vermaelen, Koscielny, Mertesacker, Sagna – Arteta, Ramsey – Rosicky, Ozil, Cazorla – Giroud

All three of Dortmund`s games in the UCL have seen at least 3 goals. They are playing some unbelievable attacking football and Klopp wants even more efficiency up front as he said recently. The same can be said for Arsenal, they are scoring in every game. Arsenal`s defense remains hesitant. Arsenal has 2 games with at least 3 goals in the group stage from the 3 they have played.

You can’t look beyond goals for this game. Dortmund has been purely brilliant lately playing all out attacking football and for sure they will stick to this philosophy of play. Arsenal is the same type of team and they will try to come here and get back the three points they lost vs. Dortmund at home. It should be a great game between two of the most spectacular teams in the world. If there will be a decent percentage of converting chances into goals, I can’t see what could stop a high scoring game. I’m picking the over 2,5 goals bet. Even is the odds are not the best, they are fair and the bet deserves to be taken in my opinion, even with high stakes. Personally I can’t see any reason to not stake 10 units on goals. We should see a fair number of them in this matchup. Borussia Dortmund – Arsenal 2-2.

Pick: over 2,5 goals
Odds: 1.56 @ Pinnacle
Stake: 10
Possible profit: 5.60
Event date: 6 November

Editor Facts

• Ocean is 2 for 3 in the Champions League group stage this season