Borussia Dortmund are still without Erling Haaland against Sporting Lisbon on Wednesday as they go in search of the win needed to book their place in the UEFA Champions League last 16 (kick-off: 9pm CET).

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Haaland has missed six matches with a troublesome hip flexor injury, but Dortmund head coach Marco Rose hasn't given up hope of having his star striker back on the field before the year is out. The 21-year-old was also absent for the reverse fixture, decided in BVB's favour by a solitary Donyell Malen goal. Malen added a first Bundesliga strike to his tally on Saturday, with captain Marco Reus sealing a 2-1 win over VfB Stuttgart that took Die Schwarzgelben to within a point of Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich after 12 matches. They're also second in Champions League Group C following back-to-back defeats to Ajax, but will join the Dutch outfit in the knockout rounds if they take maximum points in their penultimate fixture in the section. Portugal international Raphael Guerreiro starts after returning from injury at the weekend, while Marin Pongragic deputises for suspended centre-back Mats Hummels. Real Madrid loanee Reinier Jesus replaces Thorgan Hazard in attack.

Sporting barely laid a glove on Dortmund on Matchday 2, but are still in with a shout of progressing thanks to a pair of comfortable wins over already eliminated Besiktas. Although the Primeira Liga's second-placed team have recorded nine straight victories in all competitions since their trip to the Signal Iduna Park, the history books suggest that run could be about to come screeching to a halt. Sporting have won only two of their previous 13 home meetings with German teams, and will have to settle for a place in the UEFA Europa League if they suffer a seventh European competition defeat to Bundesliga opposition. Teenaged forward Tiago Tomas is fit enough for the bench, but Ruben Vinagre and Jovane Cabral are both missing for the defending Portuguese champions.

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• Haaland has scored 21 goals in just 18 Champions League appearances. He is Dortmund’s top scorer this season with 13 in all competitions.
• Reus is Dortmund’s next best for goals in 2021/22 with five, including one in four Champions League games. He’s their all-time leading Champions League scorer (19) and will move outright first for appearances against Lisbon (55).
• Dortmund are bidding to reach the knockout stage for the third successive season. They have done so six times out of seven since losing the 2012/13 final to Bayern.
• Julian Weigl made 171 competitive appearances for Dortmund before joining Sporting's city rivals Benfica, winning the 2016/17 DFB Cup and 2020 Supercup.
• Axel Witsel played for Sporting's city rivals Benfica, while Guerreiro is a 53-time Portugal international.
• Sporting's defeat in Dortmund made it five straight losses against Bundesliga clubs.

CONFIRMED line-ups

Sporting: Adan - Inacio, Coates (c), Feddal - Porro, Palhinha, Nunes, Reis - Sarabia, Goncalves - Paulinho
Subs: Paulo, Virginia, Tabata, Santos, Neto, Ugarte, Tomas, Esgaio, Braganca, Nazinho
Out: Jovane (knee), Vinagre (ankle)
Coach: Ruben Amorim 

Dortmund: Kobel - Meunier, Akanji, Pongracic, Schulz - Brandt, Witsel, Bellingham - Reinier, Reus (c), Malen
Subs: Ostrzinski, Hitz, Zagadou, Dahoud, Can, Tigges, Passlack, Knauff
Out: Dahoud (knee), Guerreiro (muscle problem in warm-up), Haaland (hip), Hazard (not included), Hummels (suspended), Morey (knee), Reyna (thigh), Schmelzer (knee), Wolf (thigh)
Coach: Marco Rose