Borussia Dortmund welcomes Zenit St. Petersburg to the Signal Iduna Park, for the UEFA Champions League 2nd round of last 16, Wednesday March 19th – 20:45 GMT.

Domestic league performance:
Dortmund is placed 2nd in the Bundesliga with 48 points after 25 matches played (15W, 3D, 7L), one point ahead of Schalke and 23 points behind leaders Bayern Munich. Dortmund is enduring an inconsistent season in the Bundsliga and Saturday's 2-1 home loss to Borussia Moenchengladbach was their seventh defeat of the season.

Zenit occupies the 2nd position in the Russian League with 41 points after 21 games (12W, 5D, 4L), 3 points behind leaders Lokomotiv Moscow. The team lost their last game on 15/03/2014: CSKA Moskva – Zenit St. Petersburg (1-0).

Borussia Dortmund won the 1997 Champions League when they played against Juventus (3-1) and lost the cup last year in the finals against Bayern Munich (1-2). The team finished the group stage above Arsenal with 12 points (4W, 2L). Dortmund has won 8 of their last 9 Champions League home games, with a 1-0 defeat to Arsenal in this season’s group stage.
Zenit St. Petersburg managed to qualify the stage group with 6 points under Atletico Madrid (1W, 3D, 2L) and qualified for their 2nd time in the Champions League knockout rounds.

Missing players for Wednesday’s game:
Borusia Dortmund: defensive midfielder Sven Bender, winger Jakub Blaszczykowski and midfielder Ilkay Guendogan.
Zenit St. Petersburg: defender Cristian Ansaldi and forward Andrei Arshavin missed last week's loss 1-0 against the reigning Russian Premier League champions CSKA Moscow through injury and are doubtful for the clash in Germany.