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Lille will go into Wednesday's return leg with a significant injury blow, with three players certain to miss out through injury, including Edon Zhegrova, Tiago Santos and Samuel Umtiti, while Osame Sahraoui is also doubtful after sitting out the last four games with a hip problem.

The home side's fitness concerns were further compounded when Mitchel Bakker was forced off at half-time against Montpellier with a tendon injury, while Gabriel Gudmundsson was also ruled out through illness.

Additionally, Nabil Bentaleb is ineligible to play in the Champions League, as he only returned in mid-February after recovering from a heart attack, which prevented him from registering for the knockout rounds.

Lille could stick with the same line-up from the 1-1 draw in the first leg, but they are likely to tweak their tactics by switching to a 4-3-2-1 formation to counter the might of Borussia Dortmund.

On the visitors' side, Daniel Svensson picked up a knee injury in the first leg and will be out for several weeks, joining Felix Nmecha, who also has a similar problem.

Carney Chukwuemeka remains a doubt due to a thigh injury, having only made a handful of appearances off the bench recently.

Coach Niko Kovac is unlikely to make too many changes to his starting line-up, with Serhou Guirassy – the leading scorer in the Champions League with 10 goals – continuing to lead the attack against his former club.

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Lille:

Chevalier; Meunier, Diakite, Ribeiro, Ismaily; Bouaddi, Andre, Mukau; Mbappe, David, Haraldsson

Borussia Dortmund:

Kobel; Ryerson, Can, Schlotterbeck, Bensebaini; Sabitzer, Gross; Adeyemi, Brandt, Bynoe-Gittens; Guirassy

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Not the most obvious advantage, but after a brave 1-1 draw at Dortmund, Lille have every reason to believe they can make history, especially as the Stade Pierre-Mauroy is a stronghold in European competition.

Lille have a formidable home record, winning 10 of their last 12 European games (D2), including three wins in four group games this season. They beat Sturm Graz 3-2, shocked reigning champions Real Madrid 1-0 and demolished Feyenoord 6-1. A 1-1 draw with Juventus was the only time they dropped points at the Pierre-Mauroy this season.

This impressive home form helped Lille book a direct ticket to the round of 16, as they collected 10 of the total 16 points from matches at Pierre-Mauroy, thereby finishing in seventh place in the group stage.

Lille's home strength was once again confirmed in Ligue 1 last weekend, as Bruno Genesio's men beat Montpellier 1-0 thanks to a second-half goal from Jonathan David.

A win on Wednesday would see Lille progress to the knockout stages of the Champions League for the first time in their history, but they will need to break a familiar pattern, with the first-leg draw being the third in a row.

The two previous meetings took place in the fourth round of the 2001-02 UEFA Cup, when the two sides drew 0-0 in Germany and shared the points 1-1 in France, allowing Dortmund to progress on away goals.

If good goals could have secured victory, Karim Adeyemi's superb volley in the first leg would have been enough. However, Hakon Arnar Haraldsson's second-half equaliser left Niko Kovac's Dortmund facing a serious challenge in their quest to reach the Champions League quarter-finals for the second season running.

The challenge is made more difficult by Dortmund’s poor record away from home in France, having won just two of their last 11 trips (D2 L6). They can take some inspiration from their most recent victory, though – a 1-0 win over PSG last season that helped them to a 2-0 aggregate victory before being beaten by Real Madrid in the final.

That win took Dortmund's record in knockout ties against French sides to four wins and three losses, having lost the previous three.

BVB will be hoping to continue their winning ways against another French side on Wednesday, with their away form in the Champions League this season providing some optimism. They have won three of their five away games (L2), including a convincing 3-0 win at Sporting Lisbon in the play-off knockout stages – a result that proved decisive.

However, Dortmund must overcome an unfavourable statistic, as they have been eliminated in seven of their previous eight European Cup ties after drawing at home in the first leg, most recently against Liverpool in the 2015-16 Europa League quarter-finals (1-1 home, 3-4 away).

In addition, Dortmund enter this match under pressure to find form after a disappointing 0-1 defeat to Augsburg in the Bundesliga, extending their winless run to two games following a draw with Lille last week.

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Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Lille vs Borussia Dortmundas follows:

• Sportsmole:Lille 2-1 Borussia Dortmund

• WhoScore:Lille 0-1 Borussia Dortmund
• Our newspaper predicts:Lille 2-1 Borussia Dortmund

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