Over 2.5
Juventus 2 - 1 Borussia Dortmund
Who will win?
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Juventus
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Draw
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Borussia Dortmund
Juventus host Borussia Dortmund on what is night one of the 2025/26 UEFA Champions League campaign. Juventus will be hoping to finish higher than 20th place in last season's group phase whilst the German visitors would probably be content with finishing 10th once more, but would love to improve just a bit to sneak into the automatic Round of 16 places.
Our prediction is a Juventus win, over 2.5 goals and both teams to score.
Juventus: Di Gregorio, Bremer, Gatti, Kelly, Kalulu, Mario, Locatelli, Thuram, Koopmeiners, Yildriz, Vlahovic
Arek Milik is the only injured player for the Old Lady.
Dortmund: Kobel, Bensebaini, Anton, Ryerson, Svensson, Couto, Grob, Bellingham, Brandt, Adeyemi, Guriassy
Niklas Sule and Julien Duranville are unavailable for Borussia Dortmund.
Juventus Last Five:
Juventus 4-3 Inter Milan
Genoa 0-1 Juventus
Juventus 2-0 Parma
Atalanta 1-2 Juventus (Friendly)
Dortmund 1-2 Juventus (Friendly)
Juventus have made a great start to the Serie A season, sitting only behind Napoli in the table on goal difference and will come into this Champions League opener brimming with confidence.
Dortmund Last Five
Heidenheim 0-2 Dortmund
Dortmund 3-0 Union Berlin
St. Pauli 3-3 Dortmund
Essen 0-1 Dortmund (DFB Pokal)
Dortmund 1-2 Juventus (Friendly)
Borussia Dortmund have similarly made an unbeaten start to the Bundesliga season, and funnily enough these two sides met back at the start of August, albeit in a friendly match.
24 Feb 2015 // Juventus 2-1 Borussia Dortmund
Our advanced algorithm analyses over 200 data points to generate these predictions, with us favouring a Juventus victory with 60% confidence. The model factors in current form, player availability, home advantage and tactical matchups.
Football Park’s Best Bet: Over 2.5 goals and both teams to score @ 2.10 - our team of in-house betting tipsters have predicted more than 2.5 goals and both teams to score based on attacking talent and the number of goals from both teams in recent matches.
Alternative bet: Juventus to win @ 2.00 - backed by the Italian's stronger start to the season and home advantage.
Dusan Vlahovic (Juventus) The Serbian striker already has two goals in three Serie A games this season, although his pass accuracy is down at 53%. At 190cm tall, watch for this man to latch onto crosses into the box.
Kephren Thuram (Juventus) The French midfielder has settled nicely at his new club, with a 66% duel success rate, a goal and 88% pass accuracy.
Ramy Benselbaini (Dortmund) The centre-back has won 14 duels so far, putting him in the top 15 in the Bundesliga, as well as 22 clearances plus a passing accuracy of 92%, allowing him to comfortably play out from the back.
Serhou Guirassy (Dortmund) already has four goals in three games, including one at the weekend against Heidenheim, and with a 93% shot accuracy, the goalkeeper will have to be on high alert to keep him out once more.
16 September 2025 // KO 20:00 UK
Match is being broadcasted live on TNT Sports in the UK
The Allianz Stadium is hosting the match, which has a capacity of 41,500 after being built between 2009-2011.
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