Check out our match pack for the second leg of the Champions League quarter-final between Monaco and Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday night.
The game kicks off at 1945 BST at the Stade Louis II, live on BT Sport 3. Monaco lead 3-2 after the first leg.
Monaco v Borussia Dortmund: Our prediction
Tim Clement says: The sentimental temptation is to back Dortmund to overturn their first-leg deficit after UEFA and then Monaco left them with a big ask to reach the semi-finals.
Thomas Tuchel’s men had to play the first-leg less than 24 hours after the most troubling of experiences as their team bus was subject of an attack, resulting in defender Marc Bartra suffering a broken wrist.
They’ll need to be in the right place mentally when they visit the Stade Louis II, with only Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern Munich boasting a better home record in the competition with Monaco boasting a 70 percent win ratio at their 18,523 seater stadium.
The principality actually registered just two shots on target in the first leg, having benefitted from a bizarre Sven Bender own goal to lead 2-0.
However, the big concern is Dortmund’s away form, with just two wins in their last eight away matches in all competitions and four in 15 in total in the Bundesliga.
With Monaco winning all but two of their 16 home league games and beating Tottenham and Manchester City on home turf this season, they should surely be favourites on Wednesday night.
However, they are widely available at 2/1 for the second leg, with the visitors 5/2 favourites.
The one certainty seems to be that we’ll see more goals, but with the under/over markets will adjusted, it is the ‘to win and both teams to score’ markets which hold appeal.
The bet I like is Monaco prevailing despite having their backline breached, which was also the case against Spurs and City, and is where I’ll be investing.
Dortmund are the competition's highest scorers with 29 goals from their nine games, while Monaco have the worst defensive record of those still in the competition, conceding 15 times.
The over goals also adds to the appeal of the ‘anytime goalscorer’ market, with Europe’s rising star Kylian Mbappe attractive at 7/4 with Coral, having taken his tally to 13 goals from as many starts last week.
Prediction: Monaco 3-2 Dortmund
Monaco v Borussia Dortmund: Team news
Borussia Dortmund face a battle to overturn a 3-2 deficit when they travel to Monaco for the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final on Wednesday.
It takes place a week after the rescheduled first leg, which was delayed 24 hours after several explosions went off near the Dortmund coach and left defender Marc Bartra with a fractured arm.
Kylian Mbappe then scored twice as a struggling Dortmund fell to a defeat, and will now need a big display in Monaco to make the last four. The French side, meanwhile, are hoping for a first trip to to the semi-finals since they got to the final in 2004.
Tiemoue Bakayoko will return from suspension for Monaco, but Fabinho will miss the game after being cautioned in Dortmund.
Benjamin Mendy, who is a reported summer Premier League target, will also come back in for Leonardo Jardim's side after missing the first leg.
Bartra will be out for four weeks as he recovers from his wrist injury, but Marco Reus could start for Dortmund after making his return from injury in the 3-1 win over Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga on Saturday.
Monaco v Borussia Dortmund: Opta facts
All five previous teams winning 3-2 away from home in the first leg of their Champions League knockout tie have progressed to the next round.
Monaco have won four of their last five home games against German opposition (D1), in all competitions. In fact, their only defeat on home soil versus a team from Germany was against Borussia Mönchengladbach in the UEFA Cup back in October 1996 (0-1).
Monaco can reach the semis of the Champions League for the fourth time after 1993/94, 1997/98 and 2003/04. No other French team has made the last four more than once.
Monaco have won 70% of their home games in the Champions League (21 out of 30). Among clubs to have hosted at least 30 games, only Real Madrid (76%), Barcelona (73%) and Bayern Munich (71%) have a better rate.
Monaco only had two shots on target in the first leg against Dortmund, scoring with both of them as well as benefiting from a Sven Bender own goal.
Monaco have conceded 15 goals in the Champions League this season, more than any other team among the remaining quarter-finalists.
Only Barcelona and Bayern Munich (4) have been awarded more penalties than Monaco (3) in this season’s Champions League. However, none of them have found the back of the net.
Borussia Dortmund have reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League for the third time in the last five seasons.
Borussia Dortmund have lost eight of their last 11 games in the Champions League knockout stages (W3).
Borussia Dortmund are the top scorers in this season’s Champions League (27 goals in nine games), with 30% of them coming in the final 15 minutes (8). In fact, Dortmund’s games have produced more goals than any other team (40 - 27 for & 13 against).
The first leg saw the first ever instance of two teenagers scoring in the same Champions League knockout game (Ousmane Dembélé & Kylian Mbappé).
Eighteen-year-old Kylian Mbappé is the top scorer in this season’s Champions League knockout stages with four goals in three games.
Meanwhile, 21-year-old Thomas Lemar is the top assist provider in this season’s knockout stages, with three offerings.
Shinji Kagawa was involved in both Dortmund goals in the first leg against Monaco, assisting the first and scoring the second.
