However it might seem this is not the match between Milan and Barcelona and it has to rejoice at a huge interest of European football fans. The match at Emirates stadium, where the local Arsenal will host Borussia Dortmund, will be more interesting.

Position in the table and team condition:
For Arsene Wenger’s and Jurgen Klopp’s players this is a key match, the cost of which is the advance into the next tournament stage. Before the fifth tour of meetings Arsenal (8 points), Marseille (7 points) and Borussia Dortmund (5 points) are leading the table. It seems that Olympiacos (2 points) has fallen out of the game, and which will have some chances for an advance in case of a win in an away match with Marseille. There is something that unites these two clubs – condition. Arsenal and Borussia have both started the season in their leagues unsuccessfully. The Gunners have restored their shape faster, having played some perfect matches in October in the Premier League (5 wins in 6 matches). Borussia looks a bit better in its league than in matches in the Champions League. In every following tour the champion of Germany plays better. 16 points have been scored in 6 last matches and first of all the victory at Allianz Arena against Bayern Munich, a good start before the visit to the capital of England.

Potential and team situation:
Many fans expunged Arsenal from the struggle in the Premier League after the unsuccessful performance in the match with Manchester United. As it turned out it was a too rapid decision since the Gunners finally really began to play. Robin van Persie shows an incredible disposition since the start of the season. The main forward of Arsenal has scored 13 times into the gates of opponents already. His scoring duel with Robert Lewandowski will be remembered for long, taking into consideration the way how the Pole played in the Saturday evening match with Bavaria. The confrontation between two central players Michael Arteta (Arsenal) and Mario Gotze (Borussia) also promises to be interesting. The London team will play without Gibbs, Sagna, Wilshere. Klopp will not be able to use Neven Subotić.

History of meetings:
Arsenal and Borussia have met only 3 times in the Champions League. In the season of 2002/2003 at the old stadium Highbury the “Gunners” won with the score 2-1, but at Westfalen in Dortmund lost to the hosts with the same score. The first meeting at the new Signal Iduna Park ended in a draw 1-1.

Forecast and grounds:
It is very difficult to point out the favorite in this match although bookmakers bet on Arsenal. After the thing that the German champion showed at Allianz Arena the local team is expected to have a very hard task. Borussia thanks to Hummels and Pischak looks very good in attack, in what to tell the truth the Gunners do not fall behind. It seems that the winner of this match can be the team which will score the first goal since in such case its opponent will defend more. That is why we offer the variant under 2.5 at Unibet bookmaker.