Philips Stadion welcomes PSV and Borussia Dortmund for the first leg of the Champions League Round of 16. Dortmund look to continue their good form in Europe whereas PSV will look to take a lead into the away leg.
- Borussia Dortmund to win @ 2/1 on William Hill
- Both teams to score @ ½ on Paddy Power
- Over 1.5 goals @ ⅕ on William Hill
These odds are correct at the time of publication and are subject to change.
Date: 20/02/2024
Kick-off time: 20:00
Location: Philips Stadion
Borussia Dortmund finished top of their group, the “group of death”, winning three games, drawing twice and losing just once. PSV finished second in their group but have been running away with their domestic league and will be looking to replicate it here.
PSV currently sit top of the Eredivisie after 22 games. Eindhoven have 20 wins and two draws, the only team in the league left unbeaten. This leaves them on 62 points, 13 points ahead of second-place Feyenoord.
Eindhoven have only made it out of the Champions League Group Stage five times in their 17 seasons in the competition. The furthest PSV have made it in the competition is the Semi-finals in 2005, where they drew 3 - 3 on aggregate but lost on away goals.
Borussia Dortmund, on the other hand, currently sit fourth in the Bundesliga. In 22 games, Dortmund have 11 wins, eight draws and three losses which leaves them on 41 points, 17 points below league leaders Bayer Leverkusen.
Dortmund have won the Champions League once in 1997, a 3 - 1 win over Juventus in the Final. Since then, Dortmund have reached the Final once more, where they faced a 2 - 1 loss to rivals Bayern Munich. After 2013, Dortmund have only made the Quarter-finals, three times.
PSV and Borussia Dortmund have met just once in their histories, a club friendly back in 2017. Marco Reus and Shinji Kagawa both scored in the first half to give Dortmund the 2 - 0 lead at halftime. Andre Schurrle added a third ten minutes into the second half but Luuk de Jong got PSV on the scoresheet just five minutes later. Christian Pulisic then grabbed a goal in the 74th minute to wrap up a 4 - 1 win for Dortmund.