Borussia Dortmund vs. Sturm Graz preview: Team news and predicted lineups

Here is our preview of Tuesday’s UEFA Champions League clash between Borussia Dortmund and Sturm Graz, including our predicted lineups.

An injury-hit Borussia Dortmund side welcome Sturm Graz to the Signal Iduna Park on Tuesday.

Nuri Sahin and his Borussia Dortmund team have come in for a lot of criticism this season, but they responded strongly by beating RB Leipzig 2-1 at the weekend to end a three-game losing streak.

They did so despite missing a total of 10 first-team players, and Sahin will be hoping for some much-needed returns ahead of Tuesday’s clash.

Waldemar Anton and goalkeeper Gregor Kobel seem to have the best prospects of returning from injury in time.

The game may come too soon for Julian Ryerson, while Marcel Sabitzer is unlikely to feature as well after being forced off against Leipzig with a muscle injury.

Karim Adeyemi, Julien Duranville, Giovanni Reyna, Niklas Süle and Yan Couto are all definitely out.

Their opponents, Sturm Graz, are yet to secure their first Champions League point of the season three games into the competition, having lost to Brest, Club Brugge and Sporting CP.

However, they’re top of the Austrian league after drawing 1-1 with second-placed Rapid Vienna at the weekend.

They will be without Alexander Borkovic, Jon Gorenc Stankovic and Gregory Wuthrich against Dortmund.

Predicted lineups:

Dortmund: Kobel – Groß, Anton, Schlotterbeck, Bensebaini – Can – Beier, Brandt, Nmecha, Gittens – Guirassy.

Sturm Graz: Scherpen – Gazibegovic, Geyrhofer, Aiwu, Lavalee – Chukwuani – Yalcouyé, Zvonarek, Kiteishvili – Biereth, Jatta