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Tottenham Hotspur v Borussia Dortmund : Champions League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Tue 20th Jan, 20:00 BST, The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London

Thomas Frank welcomes Niko Kovač to The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Tuesday night, as their Tottenham Hotspur and Borussia Dortmund troops clash in the Champions League. The aim of this preview is, quite simply, to help you make the smartest bet possible. To this end, statistics for the biggest betting market have been laid out below, with head to head (H2H) records and particularly important form streaks highlighted. The best odds are included as well.


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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We've made over 1.5 goals our tip on this fixture, meaning that the teams will score a minimum of 2 goals between them during the standard 90 mins. Both Spurs and Dortmund's recent form stats suggest it's likely, while their head-to-head (H2H) record is pointing in the same direction too. The bookies make it their favoured prediction in this market too, available at 1.22.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Spurs are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 44% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.25.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Spurs
44%
5/4
2%
5/4
Draw
24%
5/25/2
Dortmund
32%
2/1
5%
2/1
Draw 1-1
11%
6/111/2
Spurs 2-1
9%
8/115/2
Spurs 1-0
8%
17/215/2
Dortmund 2-1
8%
10/1
8%
9/1
Dortmund 1-0
7%
10/1
8%
9/1
Spurs 2-0
7%
11/1
9%
10/1
Draw 2-2
6%
12/110/1
Draw 0-0
5%
12/1
8%
10/1
Spurs 3-1
5%
16/114/1
Dortmund 2-0
5%
16/114/1
Spurs 3-0
4%
20/1
11%
16/1
Dortmund 3-1
3%
22/118/1
Spurs 3-2
3%
22/118/1
Dortmund 3-2
3%
28/120/1
Dortmund 3-0
2%
33/122/1
Over 2.5 Goals
57%
4/58/11
Under 2.5 Goals
43%
1/11/1
Home 1st Goal
51%
4/5
4%
4/5
Away 1st Goal
46%
11/10
5%
23/20
No 1st Goal
3%
12/1
8%
9/1
BTTS - Yes
59%
8/13
3%
8/13
BTTS - No
41%
6/5
5%
23/20
BTTS - Home Win
23%
3/129/10
BTTS - Draw
19%
10/316/5
BTTS - Away Win
17%
9/2
8%
4/1
Home/draw
68%
4/11
2%
4/11
Away/draw
56%
8/13
2%
8/13
Home/away
76%
2/73/10
Over 1.5 Goals
80%
1/42/9
Under 1.5 Goals
20%
3/114/5
Over 3.5 Goals
34%
2/19/5
Under 3.5 Goals
66%
2/52/5
Over 4.5 Goals
18%
9/24/1
Under 4.5 Goals
82%
1/71/7
Over 5.5 Goals
8%
10/19/1
Under 5.5 Goals
92%
1/201/25
Over 0.5 Goals
95%
1/251/25
Under 0.5 Goals
5%
12/1
8%
9/1
Home DNB
61%
8/13
6%
8/13
Away DNB
49%
6/5
8%
23/20
Spurs win to nil
21%
10/3-
Dortmund win to nil
15%
5/1-
Spurs / Spurs
23%
13/5
3%
12/5
Spurs / Dortmund
3%
25/1
10%
20/1
Spurs / Draw
7%
12/110/1
Draw / Spurs
14%
9/29/2
Draw / Dortmund
11%
6/1
7%
6/1
Draw / Draw
15%
9/2
9%
17/4
Dortmund / Spurs
4%
22/118/1
Dortmund / Dortmund
17%
15/4
9%
18/5
Dortmund / Draw
7%
12/1
13%
10/1
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Win / draw / win Champions League table
Won
Draw
Lost
Spurs
Dortmund
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Arsenal66001618 
-
-
-
-
2
Bayern65011115 
-
-
-
-
3
PSG64111113 
-
l
 
5-3F
-
-
4
Man City6411613 
-
-
-
l
 
4-1A
5
Atalanta6411213 
-
-
-
-
6
Inter6402812 
-
-
Jan 28
-
7
Real Madrid6402612 
-
-
-
-
8
A.Madrid6402312 
-
-
-
-
9
Liverpool6402312 
-
-
-
-
10
Dortmund6321611 
Jan 20
-
-
-
11
Spurs6321611 
-
-
-
Jan 20
12
Newcastle6312710 
-
-
-
-
13
Chelsea6312510 
-
-
-
-
14
S. Lisbon6312410 
-
-
-
-
15
Barcelona6312310 
-
-
-
-
16
Marseille630339 
-
-
-
-
17
Juventus623129 
-
-
-
d
 
4-4F
18
Galatasaray630309 
-
-
-
-
19
Monaco6231-19 
-
d
 
0-00-0
-
-
20
Leverkusen6231-29 
-
-
-
-
21
PSV622248 
-
-
-
-
22
Qarabag6213-37 
-
-
-
-
23
Napoli6213-57 
-
-
-
-
24
Kobenhavn6213-67 
w
 
4-0F
-
-
w
 
2-4F
25
Benfica6204-26 
-
-
-
-
26
Paphos6132-56 
-
-
-
-
27
Union SG6204-86 
-
-
-
-
28
A.Bilbao6123-55 
-
-
w
 
4-1F
-
29
Olympiakos6123-75 
-
-
-
-
30
E.Frankfurt6114-84 
-
Jan 28
-
-
31
Brugge6114-84 
-
-
-
-
32
Bodø6033-43 
-
d
 
2-2A
d
 
2-2F
-
33
Slavia6033-93 
w
 
3-0F
-
-
-
34
Ajax6105-133 
-
-
-
-
35
Villarreal6015-91 
w
 
1-0F
-
w
 
4-0F
-
36
Kairat Almaty6015-111 
-
-
-
-
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Win / draw / win form
5
Spurs have won 5 consecutive home european games
11
Spurs have not lost in 11 consecutive home european games
4
Spurs have kept a clean sheet for 4 consecutive home european games
Spurs 11TH
20 league games
Home
5
Overall
Goals: Scored
48
Conceded
11
Games: Scored
19 / 20
Conceded
8 / 20
Clean sheets
12 / 20
Failed to score
1 / 20
Won
16
D
4
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Spurs3 - 0Slavia
Spurs4 - 0Kobenhavn
Spurs1 - 0Villarreal
Spurs1 - 0Man Utd
Spurs3 - 1Bodø
Spurs1 - 1E.Frankfurt
Spurs3 - 1AZ Alkmaar
Spurs3 - 0Elfsborg
Spurs2 - 2Roma
Spurs1 - 0AZ Alkmaar
Spurs3 - 0Qarabag
Spurs0 - 0Milan
Spurs1 - 1S. Lisbon
Spurs3 - 2E.Frankfurt
Spurs2 - 0Marseille
Spurs3 - 2Vitesse
Spurs5 - 1NK Mura
Spurs3 - 0P. Ferreira
Spurs2 - 0D. Zagreb
Spurs4 - 0RZ Pellets
Goals: Scored
38
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
11 / 20
Clean sheets
9 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
12
Draw
5
L
3
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HSpurs3 - 0Slavia
ASpurs3 - 5PSG
HSpurs4 - 0Kobenhavn
ASpurs0 - 0Monaco
ASpurs2 - 2Bodø
HSpurs1 - 0Villarreal
HSpurs1 - 0Man Utd
ASpurs2 - 0Bodø
HSpurs3 - 1Bodø
ASpurs1 - 0E.Frankfurt
HSpurs1 - 1E.Frankfurt
HSpurs3 - 1AZ Alkmaar
ASpurs0 - 1AZ Alkmaar
HSpurs3 - 0Elfsborg
ASpurs3 - 2Hoffenheim
ASpurs1 - 1Rangers
HSpurs2 - 2Roma
ASpurs2 - 3Galatasaray
HSpurs1 - 0AZ Alkmaar
ASpurs2 - 1Ferencvaros
Dortmund 10TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
36
Conceded
34
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
9
D
3
Lost
8
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Man City4 - 1Dortmund
Kobenhavn2 - 4Dortmund
Juventus4 - 4Dortmund
Barcelona4 - 0Dortmund
Lille1 - 2Dortmund
S. Lisbon0 - 3Dortmund
Bologna2 - 1Dortmund
D. Zagreb0 - 3Dortmund
Real Madrid5 - 2Dortmund
Brugge0 - 3Dortmund
PSG0 - 1Dortmund
A.Madrid2 - 1Dortmund
PSV1 - 1Dortmund
Milan1 - 3Dortmund
Newcastle0 - 1Dortmund
PSG2 - 0Dortmund
Chelsea2 - 0Dortmund
Kobenhavn1 - 1Dortmund
Sevilla1 - 4Dortmund
Man City2 - 1Dortmund
Goals: Scored
50
Conceded
32
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
11
D
4
Lost
5
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HDortmund2 - 2Bodø
HDortmund4 - 0Villarreal
ADortmund1 - 4Man City
ADortmund4 - 2Kobenhavn
HDortmund4 - 1A.Bilbao
ADortmund4 - 4Juventus
HDortmund3 - 1Barcelona
ADortmund0 - 4Barcelona
ADortmund2 - 1Lille
HDortmund1 - 1Lille
HDortmund0 - 0S. Lisbon
ADortmund3 - 0S. Lisbon
HDortmund3 - 1Shakhtar
ADortmund1 - 2Bologna
HDortmund2 - 3Barcelona
ADortmund3 - 0D. Zagreb
HDortmund1 - 0Sturm Graz
ADortmund2 - 5Real Madrid
HDortmund7 - 1Celtic
ADortmund3 - 0Brugge
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Spurs since 2016
Spurs
Dortmund
Goals: Scored
7
3
Games: Scored
3 / 3
2 / 3
Clean sheets
1 / 3
0 / 3
TOT
2
BVB
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Spurs
Spurs3 - 0
Spurs3 - 1
1 - 2Dortmund
League games at Dortmund since 2016
Dortmund
Spurs
Goals: Scored
4
3
Games: Scored
2 / 3
2 / 3
Clean sheets
1 / 3
1 / 3
TOT
2
BVB
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Dortmund
0 - 1Spurs
1 - 2Spurs
Dortmund3 - 0
Goal Statistics
Spurs 11th Dortmund 10th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.6
goals
1.3
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
20%
1
32%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
8%
There is a 80% probability that Spurs will score 1 or more goals
0
26%
1
35%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 61% probability that Dortmund will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-1
Spurs’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+33
Dortmund have scored 33% more goals when away than predicted
2.4
average goals scored
1.8
average goals scored
0.6
conceded
1.7
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Champions League - 2025/2025 season
Spurs
PG (predicted goals)
Dortmund
1.6
1.3
Attack rating
TOT
BVB
29%
better
view stats
Games scored14
19
Failed to score5
1
Scored first9
15
Goals scored27
38
Avg. goals scored1.4
1.9
Avg. shots per game7
10
Avg. shots per goal5
5
Conversion rate for20
20
Avg. XG for1.2
1.6
KickOff rating
+29%
Defence rating
TOT
BVB
10%
better
view stats
Games conceded12
13
Clean sheets7
7
Conceded first8
5
Goals conceded27
24
Avg. goals conceded1.4
1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded9
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded6
7
Conversion rate against16%
14%
Avg. XG against1.4
1.1
KickOff rating
+10%

The line-ups for the Champions League match between Spurs v Dortmund will show here when available.

Spurs Champions League squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
6223
G VicarioM VenR MuaniM Ven
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
G Vicario GLK6
-
P Porro DEF61
1
-
M Ven DEF62
3
-
D Spence DEF6
-
J Palhinha MID611
1
-
X Simons MID611
1
-
P Sarr MID6
-
Richarlison FWD61
2
-
L Bergvall MID5
1
-
R Bentancur  MID5
-
R Muani FWD522
2
-
M Kudus  FWD51
-
W Odobert FWD51
-
K Danso DEF4
-
C Romero DEF41
-
D Udogie DEF4
-
A Gray MID4
-
B Johnson FWD41
1
B Davies DEF1
-
M Tel FWD1
-
D Scarlett FWD1
-
Dortmund Champions League squad statistics 2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
6322
G KobelF NmechaJ BellinghamK Adeyemi 
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
G Kobel GLK6
-
W Anton DEF61
1
-
D Svensson DEF62
1
-
J Bellingham MID62
-
F Nmecha MID63
-
S Guirassy  FWD632
-
N Schlotterbeck DEF5
-
R Bensebaini DEF52
1
-
J Ryerson DEF51
-
J Brandt MID53
-
M Sabitzer  MID52
-
F Silva FWD511
-
M Beier FWD52
1
-
K Adeyemi  FWD522
2
-
Y Couto MID41
-
C Chukwuemeka MID411
-
A Anselmino DEF31
-
E Can DEF3
-
P Groß MID31
-
N Süle DEF1
-