Tottenham vs Dortmund – Preview, Predictions and Best Bets

Spurs won just four times in their last 18 matches. Dortmund have lost just once in 12 fixtures, but they’ve lost each of their last four clashes with Tottenham.

Match: Tottenham vs Dortmund
When: Tuesday, 20 Jan 2026

Tottenham Form

Spurs are in dire form with just four wins of their last 18 matches. Their last eight matches have seen five losses and just one win. However, they have won all three of their home Champions League matches this season without conceding a goal.

A poor 3-0 loss at Nottingham Forest was followed by a 2-1 home defeat to Liverpool with nine men. They won 1-0 at Crystal Palace but could only draw 0-0 at Brentford. After a 1-1 home draw to Sunderland, they’ve lost three in a row. They lost 3-2 at Bournemouth, 2-1 at home to Aston Villa in the FA Cup and 2-1 at home to West Ham in the league.

Tottenham Team News

Tottenham are set to be without several players for this match. Pape Matar Sarr misses this match after his AFCON involvement. Yves Bissouma is available in midfield after returning from the tournament.

Rodrigo Bentancur is injured in midfield and Conor Gallagher is cup-tied. Dominic Solanke has returned from a long-term injury in the attack. James Maddison, Mohamed Kudus and Dejan Kulusevski are long-term absences.

Tottenham Motivation

Spurs have a chance of a top-eight finish in the League Phase if they can win this match. They sit level on points with Dortmund and just a point off of Atletico Madrid.

Thomas Frank’s side needs a result and the style of play is irrelevant. They could play quite defensively in order to eke out a win.

Dortmund Form

Since a 4-1 loss at Man City, it’s just one defeat in 12 for Niko Kovac’s side. They smashed Villarreal 4-0 on matchday five and won 2-1 at Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga. A 1-0 home loss followed to Leverkusen in the DFB Pokal. After beating Hoffenheim 2-0, they could only draw 2-2 at home to Bodo/Glimt on matchday six.

With ten, they drew 1-1 at Freiburg before beating Borussia Monchengladbach 2-0 at home. BVB have scored nine goals in three matches since their mid-season break. A last-gasp 3-3 draw at Eintracht Frankfurt preceded a 3-0 home win over Werder Bremen. On Saturday, a 96th-minute penalty brought a 3-2 win over St. Pauli with 3.20 xG produced.

Dortmund Team News

Niko Kovac has just one injury ahead of this match. Energetic midfielder Marcel Sabitzer is ruled out with a calf problem. Ramy Bensebaini and Aaron Anselmino are available again in defence.

Serhou Guirassy and Carney Chukwuemeka were given partial rests in the last match. Both are set to return to the starting XI for this match.

Dortmund Motivation

Dortmund will go to Spurs and try to win. A draw is not a terrible result and coach Kovac has said that he was targeting the playoff round and not a top eight finish.

BVB are an attacking side, but they can sit deep in a back five under this current coach.

Key Stats

• Spurs have won just 4 of their last 18 matches (10 losses)
• Tottenham have won their 3 home UCL matches this season without conceding
• Dortmund have lost their last 4 matches vs Tottenham
• Dortmund have lost 7 of their last 8 matches away in England

Verdict

Dortmund struggle in England and Spurs are doing well in Europe. They may have enough to win at home if Thomas Frank sets up in a more solid system.

Best Bet: Tottenham win at 2.76

Alternate Bet: Tottenham win/draw double chance + Over 2.5 goals at 2.95