Erling Haaland won’t play for Borussia Dortmund towards Rangers at Ibrox, however the guests nonetheless consider they’ll flip their Europa League tie round – and with good purpose.
Famous person striker Haaland has been out with a muscle harm for the previous month, having scored 4 targets in 4 video games in all competitions to begin 2022.
However Dortmund have continued in that vein with out their talisman, netting 25 occasions in eight matches this calendar yr – trailing solely Actual Betis (29) throughout Europe’s prime 5 leagues heading into the midweek matches.
That charge of three.2 targets scored per sport can be bettered by only one workforce, in the meantime, in Bundesliga rivals Bayer Leverkusen (3.3).
Holding opponents out on the different finish has been the difficulty for Dortmund, with 5 of Leverkusen’s 20 targets coming away at BVB. A equally lacklustre defensive displaying within the first leg of their knockout spherical play-off noticed Rangers 4-2 winners away from dwelling.
Once more solely Betis (42) have had extra targets for and towards mixed in 2022 than Dortmund (41).
And Betis present the inspiration for Dortmund, as the one workforce to have thrown away a two-goal away-leg result in exit the Europa League, doing so towards rivals Sevilla in 2013-14.
Fairly than worrying about Haaland’s absence then, head coach Marco Rose is targeted on guaranteeing his again line are as much as the duty in Glasgow, giving BVB the platform to fireplace themselves via.
“Erling has been out for nearly half of the season. Nonetheless, we scored plenty of targets,” Rose informed his pre-match information convention.
“Tomorrow we’ve got to assault, go for targets. After all, one can at all times slip in [at the other end]. That’s the reason we’ve got to watch out.
“We have now to work out higher options going ahead than within the first leg. In opposition to Gladbach [a 6-0 Bundesliga win], that was first step.”
On the recovering Haaland, Rose added: “There may be at all times plenty of reporting on Erling. He wants a bit extra time. He’s nonetheless a bit away from 100 per cent.
“We’re involved, he retains making an attempt and retains working. He nonetheless wants a while. He should be painless – and we’re not there but.”