Newcastle vs Borussia Dortmund tips and predictions: Magpies backed to topple another European giant
- Robbie Savage
- 24 October 2023
Newcastle are in dream land and Planet Sport Bet ambassador Robbie Savage is expecting the fairytale to continue as Borussia Dortmund make the trip to St James’ Park.
Great start for Newcastle in the Champions League. The point in Milan and then following that with a win against PSG, scoring goals.
Borussia Dortmund are doing well in the Bundesliga. I think that Newcastle, home advantage will count, the atmosphere will be amazing, I’m going for a Newcastle 2-0 win.
Robbie’s Tip: Newcastle 2-0 Borussia Dortmund
Team news
Newcastle will be without the injured Harvey Barnes for Wednesday’s encounter. Lewis Miley could also miss out through illness. Sven Botman and Joe Willock are both doubts.
Borussia Dortmund, on the other hand, won’t be able to count on Julien Duranville and Youssoufa Moukoko. Thomas Meunier and Mateu Morey are also inactive.
Key stats
- First competitive meeting between the two clubs
- Newcastle have never lost against German opposition (4W, 1D)
- Their last game against German opponents came in the 2006/07 UEFA Cup when they drew 0-0 with Eintracht Frankfurt
- BVB have lost their last six away games against English opposition
- In the Champions League this season, BVB had 14 more shots than Newcastle, though they’re yet to score a single goal
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This time two years ago, Newcastle United were pondering their Premier League future, with the club sitting second-bottom in the table with zero wins to their name.
Today, Eddie Howe and his men are looking to strengthen their position at the top of the Champions League's group of death. Quite remarkable.
After securing a draw away against AC Milan and an emphatic home win over PSG, the Magpies will now be looking to squeeze more points out of a goal-shy Dortmund side.
The German outfit have had more shots than Newcastle in the competition, yet they still haven’t put the ball in the back of the net.
The same story is beginning to develop in the Bundesliga.
Dortmund are fourth but have scored nine fewer goals than Bayern and eight less than the top two of Stuttgart and Leverkusen.
With that in mind, we’re backing the hosts to out-score and out-power Dortmund at St James’ Park.
Newcastle will feed off their rowdy home atmosphere and score at least two goals. The Magpies to open the scoring is also an enticing bet.
