Borussia Dortmund meet Real Madrid at Wembley Stadium, London, in 2023-24 UEFA Champions League Final.
Victory would see Borussia Dortmund claim a second Champions League title, whilst Real Madrid are chasing a record-extending 15th crown in this competition.
Team News
Sebastien Haller is a doubt for Borussia Dortmund after struggling with an ankle injury which kept him on the bench in the semi-finals, and forced him to miss their last five Bundesliga matches.
Ramy Bensebaini (knee) and Julien Duranville (muscle) remain ruled out.
Real Madrid manager, Carlo Ancelotti could opt to start Thibaut Courtois in goal despite the Belgian having played just four matches this season, due to a serious knee injury.
David Alaba (ACL) and Aurelién Tchouameni (foot) are both sidelined.
When is Kick-Off
Borussia Dortmund face Real Madrid on Saturday 1 June at Wembley Stadium, London, in a 8pm BST kick-off, live on TNT Sports 1 in the UK.
Stat Attack
- Borussia Dortmund are meeting Real Madrid in a Champions League Final for the first time, but are unbeaten in 7 of their 12 previous meetings in this competition (W3, D4, L5).
- Real Madrid have won one of six previous clashes against Dortmund when played as the away team (W1, D2, L3).
- Real Madrid are yet to lose a Champions League Final against German opposition despite failing to keep clean sheets in both fixtures (W2), during which they scored nine goals and conceded four goals.
- Dortmund have kept three clean sheets in their last five Champions League matches (W4, L1).
- Joselu, Rodrygo and Vinicius Junior are Real Madrid’s joint top-goalscorers in this competition this season with five goal apiece, of which seven of those 15 combined goals came on the road.
Prediction
Considering that they’re considered underdogs in this final, Dortmund just need to come out and play with the same defensive resilience and smash-and-grab end product which we saw against PSG in the semi-finals.
Real Madrid meanwhile will certainly dominate this game given their attacking form and strong record against German opposition in Champions League Finals, but they will need to be clinical knowing what Dortmund did to PSG otherwise they could suffer a surprise cupset.
It is worth remembering that the last four finals in this competition were settled by 1-0 results so this could be another cagey showpiece, but I do think that Real will have enough to make this a routine outcome despite keeping one clean sheet in the knockout stages.
Prediction: Borussia Dortmund 1-2 Real Madrid
Result: Borussia Dortmund 0-2 Real Madrid
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