PSV vs Dortmund Champions League round of 16 first leg preview: Where to watch, kick-off time, possible line-ups

PSV and Dortmund meet in the UEFA Champions League round of 16 first leg on Tuesday 20 February.

Where to watch PSV vs Dortmund on TV

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What do you need to know?

PSV boss Peter Bosz faces a reckoning with his past in the round of 16; the Dutchman left Ajax to take charge of BVB in June 2017 but lasted just six months, his side failing to win any of their six Champions League group stage games that autumn.

PSV have been on exceptional form in the Eredivisie – top and unbeaten since the start of the campaign – and will hope to improve on their only prior meetings with Dortmund: they lost 3-1 at home and drew 1-1 away in the 2002/03 first group stage. Edin Terzić's BVB, meanwhile, hope that Jadon Sancho's return to the club on loan from Manchester United will herald another run to the latter stages of Europe's top club competition.

Possible line-ups

PSV: Benítez; Teze, Ramalho, Boscagli, Dest; Veerman, Schouten, Saibari; Bakayoko, De Jong, Lozano
Misses next match if booked: Boscagli, André Ramalho

Dortmund: Kobel; Ryerson, Hummels, Schlotterbeck, Maatsen; Sabitzer, Can; Malen, Brandt, Sancho; Füllkrug
Misses next match if booked: Hummels, Schlotterbeck

Squad changes

PSV
In: Richard Ledezma, Jaden De Guzman, Conrad Egan-Riley
Out: Dantaye Gilbert, Fredrik Oppegård, Jason van Duiven, Yorbe Vertessen

Dortmund
In: Jamie Bynoe-Gittens, Ian Maatsen, Jadon Sancho
Out: Hendry Blank, Giovanni Reyna

Form guide

PSV
Form: WWDWLD
Most recent result: PSV 2-0 Heracles, 16/02, Dutch Eredivisie
Dutch Eredivisie table

Dortmund
Form: DWDWWW
Most recent result: Wolfsburg 1-1 Dortmund, 17/02, German Bundesliga
German Bundesliga table

Expert predictions

Derek Brookman, PSV reporter
Usually a new coach takes time to settle at the club, but Bosz has redefined the term 'hitting the ground running'. A Dutch record-equalling 17 straight wins from the start of the Eredivisie, and remaining undefeated thereafter, has taken them ten points clear of champions Feyenoord. Add to that a five-match unbeaten streak in the Champions League, and you can see why the Eindhoven side are justifiably confident of progressing to the quarter-finals.

Matthias Rötters, Dortmund reporter
In the Champions League season so far, BVB have shown their top form and finished top of perhaps the most difficult group with Paris, Milan and Newcastle. This is a significant reason why Dortmund are now favourites for the clash with the Dutch league leaders. It is a role that the Black and Yellows feel they should fulfil over two games, especially because their injury situation is more comfortable than it has been for a long time. Only the long-term absentee Felix Nmecha is not an option against PSV.

What the coaches say

Peter Bosz, PSV coach: "Dortmund can counterattack well and they also have the players with the ability to deploy a good positional game. Johan Bakayoko trained with the team yesterday so he is definitely on the right track. I hope the crowd will get behind the team from the first whistle."

Edin Terzić, Dortmund coach: "We have great respect for PSV. They are very fast, strong at dribbling and create plenty of opportunities. To possess all of this you need a good plan, good players and self-confidence, which they have. I'm fundamentally an optimist, and we will need both possession of the ball and counterattacking football to succeed on Tuesday."

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