How to watch Borussia Dortmund v Chelsea in the Champions League – TV channel, live stream details, kick-off time

14.02.2023 - 02:19 eurosport.com

Chelsea travel to Germany on Wednesday to face Borussia Dortmund in the first leg of their Champions League last 16 tie. Remarkably, it will be the first time the two sides have ever met in a competitive match.

Ad They come into the encounter in entirely different form, with Dortmund unbeaten since their post-World Cup resumption, while Chelsea have just two wins in their last 13 matches in all competitions.

TransfersReal Madrid ready to rival Chelsea in Felix pursuit — Paper RoundYESTERDAY AT 23:06 Graham Potter is looking for the combinations to make his team gel, and Wednesday night could see all of Mykhaylo Mudryk, Joao Felix and Enzo Fernandez — three of the Blues' highest-profile January signings — in the starting XI.

For Dortmund, Jude Bellingham will be the man charged with winning his team the midfield battle against the likes of Fernandez and Mateo Kovacic, although the latter must pass a late fitness test.

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Borussia Dortmund cruised to a 1-0 win against Chelsea in their Champions League round of 16 first leg on Wednesday. Adeyemi's 63rd-minute goal stretched Dortmund's winning run to seven matches in all competitions this year.Germany international Adeyemi sprinted more than 60 metres and slotted home against the run of play to give his team the advantage going into the return leg in London on March 7.Big-spending Chelsea's efficiency in front of goal has been an issue for the Premier League club this season with only one win in 2023, and it was evident again.They missed a number of good chances, including hitting the woodwork through Joao Felix but failed to find an equaliser with Dortmund keeper Gregor Kobel denying Enzo Fernandez in stoppage- time.

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A superb length-of-the-field goal from Borussia Dortmund forward Karim Adeyemi helped his side to a 1-0 win over Chelsea on Wednesday, putting them in the box seat to qualify for the Champions League quarter-finals. Adeyemi's goal came during a period of sustained dominance from the visitors early in the second half, with the Germany forward pouncing on a clearance from a Chelsea corner. Adeyemi sensed the opportunity and ran the length of the field, rounding both Enzo Fernandez and goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga to give Dortmund the lead in the first leg tie.

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Graham Potter bemoaned Chelsea's poor defending and bad luck after a 1-0 Champions League defeat to Borussia Dortmund, but insisted he saw plenty of positives in the performance. The Blues created a string of good chances at Signal Iduna Park, the best coming when Joao Felix struck the crossbar, but they couldn’t find a way past Gregor Kobel in the Dortmund goal. Ad Karim Adeyemi then produced the decisive moment with a superb individual goal on the counter-attack, putting on the afterburners to leave Enzo Fernandez in his wake before rounding Kepa Arrizabalaga to tap in.

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