The second leg of the Champions League last 16 will begin in the middle of this week. Dortmund will take turns to host Tottenham Hotspurs at Signal Iduna Park.

In the first leg then Dortmund had to go home with a 0-3 defeat from Tottenham headquarters. This defeat forced Dortmund to at least win with a score of 4-0 or superior to more than 3 goals in order to qualify.

Pursuing a huge goal deficit will certainly be very difficult for Dortmund. Moreover, at present their conditions of confidence are deteriorating after disappointing performances in the last few games. In fact, a series of negative results they achieved made their position increasingly threatened at the top of the Bundesliga standings. Dortmund, which was previously ahead of almost 11 points from Bayern Munich, is now only superior to head to head over the defending champions.

In the last match Dortmund defeated 1-2 at the Augsburg headquarters. With these results Dortmund recorded only able to win 1 victory and must suffer 3 defeats in their last 7 matches in all competitions.

Luckily, Tottenham also came with more or less the same conditions of confidence. In his last match, the Spurs had to be willing to share points over Arsenal at Wembley in the Premier League last weekend and the results made Spurs winless in the last 3 games with details of 2 defeats and 1 draw.

The decline in Tottenham’s performance certainly opens opportunities for Dortmund to win this fight. However, Dortmund need to improve their self-confidence first considering they need a big win in this second leg. In addition to extra hard work, Dortmund also need luck to be able to move on to the next round.

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Odds: 2.02